This week we honor the lost life of Joseph McCoy, who was lynched on April 23, 1897. This article ran on May 1, 1897, in the ...

In the case of your brick walls, that weakness is the mortar—the cement-like “glue,” visible in the joints between the bricks, that keeps your bricks together. Mortar has a much shorter ...

usually because the brick has deteriorated or mortar joints have been damaged," Domanowski says. In colder climates, this moisture freezes and expands, fracturing the brick over and over until the ...

If you've ever renovated a brick or stone structure, there's a good chance you've come across this process. Tuckpointing is a ...

Keep a half-inch of airspace between the foundation and the brick. Maintain a mortar bed joint thickness of 3/8-inch. Remove excess mortar. Build corner leads as you approach the end or use corner ...

Use a masonry ruler to find the number of courses, depending on how big you want the bed joints (3/8 inches is common for bed joints and head joints) and how tall you want your raised planter to be.