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.

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&#… ...

Q: I am trying to figure out why paint is bubbling on a ceiling in my home. Could it be from sweating on the HVAC duct, which sits above the area where the paint is cracking and peeling? If so ...

Filling cracks with epoxy and painting makes an unsightly mess. One way to fix it is to clad the beam with pine boards, but this makes the beam larger and spoils its proportions.

Q: I recently paid $350 to have two long cracks in my slanted, vaulted living room ceiling repaired. The cracks are back after only three months. Is this fixable? A: A vaulted or cathedral ...

So the inspector never made any real note about the cracks in the ceiling, but over the past two days where I have been sick at home, I've looked at them more and wanted to get an opinion on this ...

Mark the endpoints of a new hairline crack in a wall or ceiling as soon as you notice it, document the date, and keep track of how it grows or widens over time.