Q–Our basement walls are constructed of a very tough fieldstone coated with rough mortar or cement. I want to mount boards for tool racks and so forth on the walls, but masonry nails or masonry drills ...

Q: I want to install a pull-up bar in my garage, which has drywall on the ceiling. How do I make sure the bar doesn’t come crashing down on me? A: Whether it’s a pull-up bar, a big potted plant or any ...

Q Am I right that when sections of plaster break away from the lath, an accepted repair technique is to roughly fill in those gaps with drywall and then drywall over the whole wall or ceiling? — M.H., ...