I live in an early 1900s two-story brick home in a historic district. The house has, I think, solid masonry walls. It is very cold in the winter, especially near the exterior walls and windows.

Q: I anticipate a project to freshen up the paint in one of the rooms of my 1927 house. The ceiling is covered with acoustic tiles, apparently installed in a remodel about 1960. I would like to ...

A third system involves a metal grid instead of furring strips and metal clips instead of glue or nails.l For ceilings made of sound plaster, gypsum board, or other material that provides a sound, ...

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., ...