No home is complete without a lightweight hammer (or two). Use it to secure nails and fasteners for lighter pieces of art and ...

Timothy Dahl Brick and mortar is a solid building material, but it won't last forever. Here are the basics for "tuckpointing", the process of repairing and rebuilding a brick wall.

With reference to the National Home Builders Regulatory Council (NHBRC) Home Building Manual: Part 2 (2015); structural damage is classified by maximum crack widths in masonry walls as follows; ...

Q: When we bought our 1942 house nine years ago, it came with a brick retaining wall 35 feet long and 4½-to-5½ feet tall. Holding up the stairs to our front door, it was already leaning to one ...

The brick lintel spans across the bay, so if water is making its way in, it has nowhere to go but to the drywall ceiling in the kitchen. Before I dig into this and hire contractors, I’d like ...

“Some cracks are superficial,” contractor Darren Stotten agrees, “and all houses have cracks, both outside brick walls and inside plasterboard and rendered walls.