Sections of an interior brick basement wall need repointing and a homeowner is wondering what type of mortar to use for the work. The project is a small one, so the owner of the early 20th century ...

Last week, I fielded no fewer than five phone calls from homeowner with the same grim news. They found it nearly impossible to get quotes from contractors to do fairly simple repairs. Each caller’s ...

We've all seen it: The brick or stone wall where the mortar is all powdery, cracked or non-existent. "Mortar can disintegrate over time because of weather as a result of the freeze-thaw cycles. The ...

The bricks on my four-story house in Brooklyn need to be repointed. The house was built circa 1890 and I want to make sure the contractor uses mortar that is not too hard for the old bricks. There is ...

The University of Virginia Chapel was swathed in scaffolding for the new year. Facilities Management’s historic masons, specializing in historic preservation, have been working on repointing the ...

A brick is a brick. Mortar is mortar . or is it? Historian and preservationist Marvin Harper of Historic Shirley Place doesn't think so. Shirley Place, at 512 Main Ave., in Northport, will be the site ...