Q: I disagree with my builder about what will happen under the garage slab of my new home. There is a trench around the inside on all four walls where they had to dig to install the foundation. The ...

Dear Angie: I'm wondering why my concrete garage slab ended up blotched and discolored. The contractor poured two slabs on a day with a high temperature of 53 degrees and a low of 48. The finisher ...

I am trying to pour a concrete slab floor in a small 10×20′ garage in Brooklyn. It’s a freestanding 2-car garage, 2 separate conjoined garages. I am renting half of the garage. The other half has a ...

DEAR TIM: My new home is under construction. I’m in a disagreement with my builder about what’s going to happen under my garage slab. Right now there’s a trench around the inside on all four walls ...

DEAR TIM: What type of stone would be best for filling a cavity under a planned two-car garage addition? It is approximately 7 feet deep. The local concrete supplier sells recycled concrete for a ...

Dear Jerry: My home was built in 1980. Over the past 10 years, the house has settled a bit, and as a precaution against further damage, I have since rerouted my gutter drainage pipes (once embedded ...

Q: What is the easiest and most effective way to remove linoleum from concrete so that I can put tile in its place? Do you think using a propane torch would work? A: This brings back some painful ...

DERBY -- Alderman Carmen DiCenso displayed a 10-pound slab of reinforced concrete Thursday night believed to have fallen from the ceiling in the municipal parking garage. The implication was clear: "I ...

A massive chunk of concrete ceiling in a Tampa International Airport parking garage collapsed early Monday, crushing an empty rental car and damaging two others. The 50-foot-by-150-foot slab came ...

Part of a concrete slab inside a parking garage located between Hale Avenue and South Broadway in White Plains collapsed ...