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Q: My house was built in the '40s and has a cinder-block foundation. On the inside, it has paint that's peeling. Some of the blocks are crumbling, but the problem is not deep, less than an inch. In ...

When I first moved into my junior year dorm room, it felt like I was moving into a sad, dull box - one with cinder-block walls, linoleum floors, and outdated vertical blinds. But instead of being ...

Q. My house was built in the ’40s and has a cinder-block foundation. On the inside, it has paint that’s peeling. Some of the blocks are crumbling, but the problem is not deep, less than an inch. In ...