To build this simple raised garden bed, make sure you’re square with other structures or anything else around so it doesn’t seem out of place. You can do this with masonry line and a tape measure.

You could also make your own forms by screwing together 1/8-in. hardboard. For a non-traditional fire, opt for a smokeless fire pit.; Rip a 4 x 8-ft. sheet into four 8-in.-wide strips.

The wall, 9 feet tall and three bricks thick, has taken nearly a year to plan and build. Its final cost is estimated at $500,000. The goal was to build a wall like its predecessor, which hopefully ...

A few weeks ago a visitor to my AsktheBuilder.com site wanted to know about brick foundations. Karen has an ambitious desire to build a small 900-square-foot house by herself. She is well aware of ...

The Oldcastle blocks are cheap. Really cheap. Many raised-garden kits cost upwards of $100, but these bricks sell for around $3 each and you only need four of them for a basic bed.

To help AEC professionals and building owners identify problems before they get serious, Shiu offers four key indicators of an unhealthy brick wall system. 1. The masonry wall is bowed, especially at ...

The FEMA advisory offers a number of prescriptive recommendations for designing and building brick veneer walls to withstand hurricanes and other high-wind events: • To avoid the misalignment of brick ...