Q: Hello, I am a faithful reader of your column in the Daily Herald in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. In the next couple of weeks, I am having new concrete front steps and two sidewalk pads ...

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Q. The poured-concrete front steps of our bilevel are 40 years old and crumbling. From the top landing, there are four steps down to another landing and two more steps to the right. We have collected ...

Q. Our house has an 6’ x 6’ concrete platform outside the front door, in a corner under a projection of the garage roof, a foot above ground level, two steps above the front walk, and one step up to ...

John Clark, an avid woodworker, is not averse to sprucing up rooms within his Glen Park house, or fashioning elaborate cabinetry for himself when he is isn't working on a client's project. This time, ...