To paint concrete successfully, so that it looks good and lasts a long time, proper preparation is key. If you are tired of looking at a dingy concrete garage floor or patio, you can update the look ...

Concrete is a popular building material because it is inexpensive and durable. Plain gray exterior concrete — whether in poured-in-place, precast or block form — tends to be a little boring to look at ...

Q: I have an older concrete porch that has never been painted. I will be painting it with patio latex paint. I plan on cleaning with TSP (trisodium phosphate) and then applying a concrete bonding ...

Concrete surfaces require a special approach to painting. We tested today’s top masonry paints—find out how they fared.

Every day, I receive quite a few emails via the Ask Tim page on askthebuilder.com. A common question, believe it or not, is how to add color to concrete. It makes sense. A lot of people dislike the ...

Q: When we added handrails to our front entry last summer, the contractor had to extend the bottom steps to meet code requirements for the rail supports. The new concrete isn’t the same color, so I ...

People frequently write me to ask how to add color to concrete. This question makes sense. Many people dislike concrete’s typical drab gray color. So they ask me about painting garage floors, steps, ...

Many outdoor spaces require regular TLC, and the odds are, if you’ve ended up reading this guide, you want to learn how to stain a concrete patio yourslef. Most hardscapes like driveways, walkways, ...

WHILE some might consider painting floors sacrilegious, especially when beautiful wooden floors have long been seen as a chic staple, today many homes don’t have wooden floors anymore, and painting ...