Q. An ice dam left a small irregular brownish area and a crack in a bedroom ceiling. How do I fix it? A. You don’t mention if it’s a textured ceiling, the width of the crack, if there’s any ...

A crack crawling across your wall can be super concerning. Read these tips to find out if it's something that needs to be repaired right away or not.

Have you noticed a crack (or two) in your ceiling? We asked our in-house carpentry expert to explain what these different cracks might mean.

Q. We need your advice on the repair of drywall cracks. We have cracks at the top corners of our bedroom/bathroom doorway. The cracks run upward toward the ceiling at about a 45-degree angle ...

Making a wall crack bigger doesn't sound like the smartest idea, but nevertheless, it is the best way to go about repairing any plaster cracks – including repairing ceiling cracks.

Q: My house has had no heat for four days, and now I see some cracks in the ceiling, usually following the edges of the tape that was applied to the drywall seams. They aren’t wet and are in a part of ...

Q. I bought my house 3 years ago, and had it inspected. I have always noticed cracks in the ceiling that seem sealed and painted over. And now I notice some are reforming. What is the cause ...

Typically, to properly fix a crack, the crack is widened and the old popcorn scraped off down to the drywall. A special popcorn-repair material, such as is included in the Homax Acoustic Ceiling ...

Cracks are traditionally filled with a plaster-like material which hardens, and then when the ceiling expands or contracts, the hard material will break up, making matters worse. The caulking stays a ...

Have you noticed a crack (or two) in your ceiling? We asked our in-house carpentry expert to explain what these different cracks might mean.