Every day, I receive quite a few emails via the Ask Tim page on askthebuilder.com. A common question, believe it or not, is how to add color to concrete. It makes sense. A lot of people dislike the ...

Concrete flooring is affordable and surprisingly versatile, even allowing you to customize it in many ways with DIY techniques. Although installing it in your bathroom could be a big mistake, the ...

As you emerge from your home this spring and assess your outdoor space, you might find that your old concrete patio could use a little sprucing up. If you’d like a little patio refresh on a small ...

People frequently write me to ask how to add color to concrete. This question makes sense. Many people dislike concrete’s typical drab gray color. So they ask me about painting garage floors, steps, ...

WHILE some might consider painting floors sacrilegious, especially when beautiful wooden floors have long been seen as a chic staple, today many homes don’t have wooden floors anymore, and painting ...

Q: I have an older concrete porch that has never been painted. I will be painting it with patio latex paint. I plan on cleaning with TSP (trisodium phosphate) and then applying a concrete bonding ...

"House Smarts" host Lou Manfredini joins Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb with some answers to home renovation and repair questions. He explains the best way to paint concrete walls, how to get rid of ...

Many outdoor spaces require regular TLC, and the odds are, if you’ve ended up reading this guide, you want to learn how to stain a concrete patio yourslef. Most hardscapes like driveways, walkways, ...

Broom finishes, the most common surface textures for exterior flatwork, are created by pulling a broom over freshly placed concrete. Brooming creates a textured or slip-resistant surface with grooves ...