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Mix up the secret ingredient: cement paint. Cement paint is made by mixing pure Portland cement with clear, cold water. (Add enough water to make a mix that has the consistency of warm gravy.) If the ...

Use a straightedge to get the patching compound even. Then wait a few minutes and swirl a magnesium or wood float over the ...

Every seven weeks I sit in my barber’s chair and say to Mikayla: “Take no prisoners. Cut each and every one of them.” She giggles to humor me. I have to step up from the asphalt parking lot ...

a U.S. maker of vinyl and aluminum doors and windows, for $3.1 billion, including debt. Founded in 1940, Atlanta, Georgia-based Quikrete is one of the biggest manufacturers of packaged concrete ...

I have 30 years of experience listening to the sorrowful lamentations from homeowners just like you that hired a contractor ...

Summit Materials (NYSE:SUM) jumped 7% after a report that Quikrete Holdings approached the company about a takeover. The building materials company is working with advisers as it pursues an offer ...

Has your vinyl fence become damaged? Believe it or not, you might be able to take a DIY approach to repairs. It's easy to do, ...

Bloomberg on Thursday reported that privately held building-materials maker Quikrete Holdings has approached Summit about a potential takeover, with a per-share price in the "low 50s," according ...

I’ve done some emergency repair work for her at ... How many ways can you think of to patch a foundation crack? Here are a few: • Get a tube of concrete crack caulk at a local hardware store.