The walls and ceiling were cracked during the 1989 quake and poorly patched before we moved in. We had the roof redone this summer, and the banging and hammering seriously recracked the plaster.

This is how we'd approach the project: Pick the room with the most cracks and start there. Do the crack repair and the painting, then wait for a few weeks.

Paint peeling off the walls is unsightly. Worse still, without the paint protecting the surface, the underlying wall material can be damaged too. Flakes, bubbles, spidery cracks, and holes in the ...

From chipped paint to bigger holes in your walls - there are simple fixes. Here, the experts tell us how to deal with these problems.

Here, our painting and decorating experts explain how to fix paint bubbling on walls, so you can master how to paint a wall like a pro.

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&#… ...