Two mistakes you really want to avoid are busting off a chunk of a concrete stair step and cracking the corner of a patio slab. To avoid these disasters, don’t drill any closer than 4 in. from the ...

Question: A decorative window shutter on a brick wall at my house blew off in a windstorm. It would be easy to reattach it, except that the holes left in the mortar by the former nails are now too ...

The world has changed radically since Canada’s Parliament Buildings were completed in the mid-1800s. And although repaired over the years, the three stone buildings on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, ...

Does anyone know a masonry contractor/architect who is familiar with installing masonry anchors or wall restraints (those pretty little stars that hold lovely old buildings together?) Also, does ...