You are getting ready to specify brick for your wonderful new home. You desire brick because it is durable, maintenance-free, good-looking, full of texture and waterproof. Whoa, try again! You got ...

Mortarless stone veneer is a modern decor trend that also harkens back to ancient times — when master builders created grand structures without mortar. Without power tools, diamond-blade wet saws or ...

DEAR TIM: After noticing some bubbled paint inside my home under a few windows, I did an inspection of the outside of my home and discovered holes in the mortar of my brick window sills. It’s obvious ...

Do you follow trends in design, building, clothes and so forth? You probably realize that the motive force behind these changing trends is to pry hard-earned money from your wallet or savings account.

Q: When a blowing rain lashes my brick-veneer home, water streams down over the inside of my foundation in the basement. I thought brick was waterproof. What's happening? Is there a way to minimize or ...

Dear Christine: The dampness on the floor is most probably from water coming in through the brick walls. It is important to correct this because if the floors are damp, the lumber and insulation ...

Masonry construction is one of the oldest methods of creating built structures. However, the brick wall has changed considerably since the first fired clay bricks were laid nearly 8,000 years ago. To ...