Q: I have some rot on the flat trim boards next to my windows, doors and all around my house. Some of the rot is severe and some is minor. The wooden boards seem to be glued together with funny ...

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Banking on consumers' growing appetite for low-maintenance products, Milwaukee-based cellular PVC extruder Gossen Corp. has launched a new exterior trim board. The line, called Select Trimboard, can ...

Q: My 18-year-old, two-story house has exterior stucco that is in good shape. But the doors and windows are trimmed in rough-sawn, painted 1-by- 4s, some of which have begun to rot. Not only is the ...

The same goes for exterior trim. Semi-gloss paint gives you a smoother surface than lower-sheen finishes and has a degree of shine, providing a visual contrast. “Semi-gloss finishes are usually easy ...

When most people buy a house, they tend to focus on the here and now — what it looks like and all the good times they will have living there. To the extent that they think about resale at all, the ...