QUESTION: My home has a cinderblock foundation, and I would like to stucco the outside surface. How do I prepare the surface? What tools and materials are required, and how do I apply the stucco?

DEAR TIM: I live in a house with a concrete block foundation. I think the outside of the block has decorative stucco on it because the exterior of the block is not smooth. Some of the exterior is ...

DEAR TIM: I’ve got an odd problem. I have concrete spalling on a sidewalk that leads from my concrete driveway to my home. The concrete driveway and sidewalk were poured at the same time. The driveway ...

Q: I have a mess at my home that is driving me crazy. My 3-foot-tall concrete block foundation was coated years ago with a thin coat of cement stucco. There are countless cracks in the stucco coating ...

Stucco is a common exterior wall finish, particularly in the arid reaches of the U.S. Southwest. There, the stucco does not ...

Question: We have done some landscaping near the house over the years and now quite a lot of the block foundation is exposed. It looks bad. What can I apply over it to make it look nicer? Answer: ...

Stucco is a surface coating made of Portland cement, sand and sometimes a plasticizing agent like lime. Stucco is also known as Portland cement plaster. Because stucco can be colored with mortar ...

Q: We have a stucco house. The stucco is in good shape, but some cracks we have tried to repair still show up. Is there a product that we can paint or spray over the stucco to give it a clean, even ...