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. The mortar and cement holding ...

To replace one brick that's in the center of many others, one method is to use a hammer drill with a 3/8-inch bit. You start at the center of the brick and drill many holes next to one another until ...

Q:A neighbor has given me a stack of bricks from his backyard. I intend to use them in the median strip between the curb and the sidewalk in front of my house. Many of the bricks have old mortar stuck ...

When a brick works loose, you cant just shove mortar in around it and expect the repair to last. Pull it out and fix it right. Itll take you at least 20 minutes to remove a loose brick from a wall and ...

Q: We have a new chimney on the side of our house. The old chimney runs three stories high and through the roof in the middle of the house. We need to dismantle it so that we can renovate and reclaim ...

Inside the ground floor of The Cavalier Hotel, the air feels cool on the skin. The dark, cavernous space smells damp and musty. Sunlight sneaking in through an open doorway is overcome by shadows from ...