Q:I am strengthening my house in the crawl space by putting oriented strand board (OSB) shear panels on the cripple wall from the mudsill to the floor joists. I am wondering if the same application ...

Beneath the surface of an old lake house the floor began to sink revealing cracked joists weakened by time and age with ...

Q: Our floors squeak when we walk on the carpets. What can we do to remedy this problem before we replace the carpets in two weeks? A: What perfect timing! You can put an end to the squeaking by ...

Q: I took your advice and took the time to inspect my crawlspace. Besides finding loose insulation, I noticed two small boards in between each floor joist that are just hanging by a nail. The two ...

Q: I saw your column a while back about sagging floorboards. Well, I have the opposite problem. A couple of spots underneath my living-room carpet feel like there is a “hump” there. When I pulled back ...

Q: Just last week I found a leak under my bathroom toilet and I guess it has gone unnoticed for a long time. Part of the flooring is black and rotted and a floor joist is also rotted and black. I ...

Last week I was downloading some photos from my digital camera, and I stumbled across hundreds of forgotten photos I shot while my daughter’s new home was being built on Mount Desert Island, off the ...

Question: I plan to build a storage shed. Actually, I’m building two sheds, as my wife wants her own cute garden shed. I’m not able to get much help for these projects and am wondering what to do ...