Q-I plan to put up wood panels in my basement because I want to finish one section as a family room. To do this I have to fasten many wood furring strips and a few 2 by 4s against the poured concrete ...

Question: A decorative window shutter on a brick wall at my house blew off in a windstorm. It would be easy to reattach it, except that the holes left in the mortar by the former nails are now too ...