Your home’s foundation—the concrete walls surrounding a basement or crawl space—supports the entire weight of the house, so it’s natural to be concerned if you discover cracks in the concrete.

Small cracks in your concrete driveway, patio, or foundation may not seem like much to worry about, and you may be tempted to ignore them. But left to their own devices, they can eventually widen into ...

Concrete cracks. That’s a fact. After investigating the cracks and establishing the repair objectives, designing or selecting the best repair material and procedure is fairly straight forward. This ...

Depending on the extent of the damage, you may be able to fill cracked concrete easily with the right DIY products. You can ...

Cracking is a natural, expected, and accepted behavior of concrete. However, cracks may affect the appearance, function, durability, service life, or more seriously, the structural integrity of the ...

Poor Chicken Little -- scurrying around in circles and crying that the sky is falling -- couldn't have begun to envision the anxiety of a homeowner convinced his house is falling (apart). The ...

I have to make an unexpected repair to my poured concrete foundation. A water leak led me to remove drywall in my basement, and to my surprise, I discovered rows of holes 5/8-inch diameter in my ...

All concrete foundations crack. Concrete is brittle, and shrinks after initial installation. We all live and work in buildings with foundation cracks. Shrinkage cracks are not a problem. But what’s a ...

Ginny Bartolone began writing DIY and home improvement guides nearly 10 years ago, covering everything from energy-efficient appliances to cracked foundations. Whether she's compiling cost information ...