Q: My house was built in the '40s and has a cinder-block foundation. On the inside, it has paint that's peeling. Some of the blocks are crumbling, but the problem is not deep, less than an inch. In ...
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I'm finishing my basement into a dedicated home theater and I have two questions: 1) Can I attach drywall directly to cinder-block or concrete? In my stairwell leading into the basement I don't want ...
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Q. My house was built in the ’40s and has a cinder-block foundation. On the inside, it has paint that’s peeling. Some of the blocks are crumbling, but the problem is not deep, less than an inch. In ...