Cracks in your drywall are a common and mostly cosmetic issue. However, thick cracks or horizontal ones could mean trouble with your foundation.

Dear Allegra, I have a crack in my ceiling in the living room and bedroom that has traveled down the wall over time. What can I do to repair that? My house was built in the 1930’s. Another thing is ...

Most people call it Sheetrock–a tradename of the USG Corp. that has manufactured more than 9 billion panels. Generically, it’s called gypsum wallboard or simply drywall–so named about 60 years ago ...

Drywall regularly sustains all kinds of damage, from holes made while hanging shelves and pictures to dings from protruding chair backs and door knobs, but luckily it’s almost as easy to repair as it ...

Q: I just read an article on repairing drywall at the joints, which I have a lot of. But in one room the wall is cracked in a diagonal -- sort of zigzag -- all the way down the wall. It really looks ...

Q: The walls in our 30-year-old house have developed cracks in a number of places where the pieces of Sheetrock butt. Also, in a couple of corners, one side of the tape has pulled. We want to paint, ...

Q: Just off the side door in my house are the stairs that go down to the basement. The ceiling overhead is sloped where the underside of the stairs to the upstairs go. The house was built almost a ...