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Is that old pile of bricks leftover from a previous project creating an eyesore on your property? While you can certa...
Many homes have brick facades, fireplaces, mantels, interior walls, and walkways. Although it’s a long-lasting buildi...
Bricks are used regularly in commercial, industrial, and residential construction because they are durable, long-last...
Q: We moved into a new home and recently found multiple holes in the brick wall’s mortar joints that look to be cause...
Q: We recently bought a 25-year-old brick home. The other day I noticed that a few mortar joints along the bottom row...
Perk up your patio with great-looking, long-wearing brick with one of these ideas.
Pavers—be they brick, stone, or concrete—are a pleasing alternative to large expanses of plain concrete, adding visua...
Prized for its classical appeal, durability, and low maintenance, brick is among the most desired types of exterior s...
Despite being one of the most durable materials around, brick very visibly ages. Its crisp square edges can soften, ...
Decorative brick adds warmth and beauty to your home, but its tough surface shouldn’t deter you from hanging your art...
Bricks provide durable cladding for interior and exterior walls, chimneys, and fireplaces. But the mortar used to fil...
Brick, the hard-working earthen blocks basic to so many structures, is becoming a trendy flooring option for high-tra...
The naturally distressed patina of brick adds to its desirability indoors and out, but too much dirt accumulation can...
Once a purely practical feature to guard against everyday spills and splatters, brick backsplashes are now desirable ...
Worn-down bricks make any home look unfashionable and outdated. Instead of shelling out big bucks to repaint their ex...
Exposed brick brings texture, color, and a rustic vibe to interior spaces. The look, which is typically achieved by removing the plaster from a wall to reveal the...
Looking for a way to improve the look of a brick exterior, interior wall, or fireplace surround? Consider German smea...
Seems like just yesterday that the red brick in your family room looked perfect, but tastes change with time. Now you...
Many home improvement enthusiasts choose to enhance their landscapes with the DIY installation of brick patios, walkw...
Sometimes, even despite attentive maintenance and care, brick masonry fireplaces amass a fair amount soot, mildew, an...
Keeping exterior brick masonry walls looking their best requires time and effort. When you paint, proper preparation ...
If you've ever tried to remove paint from brick, you know that it can be a painstaking process. Depending on the scop...
Although exposed brick offers a warm, appealing aesthetic redolent of history, many homeowners are puzzled by the que...
Brick is very low maintenance, but age and weather still take their toll. As a result, brick requires occasional repo...
Brick is an extremely sturdy construction material. It’s attractive, fire resistant, and low maintenance—and it stand...
For thousands of years, people have made bricks and used them to build structures of all kinds. Even today, with so m...
In a restoration project, reusing the original brick is a great idea. Water damage and neglect can destroy the morta...
There are a host of reasons that homeowners choose to paint brick:• If a brick fireplace is out of sync with the deco...
Painting bricks requires some special considerations. Wet down the surface first to ensure better paint adhesion. Us...
Here are a few tips on laying your own bricks. Prepare a mortar mix that is neither too firm and nor too runny. Spre...
Brick houses are hard to damage. Anyone familiar with The Three Little Pigs knows that. Inevitably, however, there co...
Brick has a timeless appearance and requires little maintenance, making it a popular material for a variety of applic...
Architect Mary Kennedy and Bob tour her Georgian Colonial family home in Westchester County, NY. After a flood ruined the house, the challenge was to salvage and ...
Bob meets with Ed and Lisa Zywusko, a husband-and-wife masonry team, and sees how they are going to refurbish the old brick chimney.
Bob meets with the construction foreman to discuss the demolition work that's underway. Having removed the elevator shaft, the crew plans to move ahead by taking ...
Bob tours the multi-story luxury loft space of developer and artist Jane Walentas. Next, Bob and his son, Chris, consult with Cas Stachelberg about the history, a...
Karen Brooks Hopkins, president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), gives Bob a peek at the restoration of the main building.
Bob gets an update on the status of the brick façade restoration. Replacement bricks have been aged and roughed up with a grinder, lending them an antique appeara...
Bob meets with Darren Brown and Jonathan Adler to discuss the interior design of the penthouse apartment, which Adler envisions being a casual space, enhanced by ...
Bob gets a final status update on the restoration of the façade, as the ground-floor commercial storefront undergoes construction and the bluestone steps are laid...
Bob and Professor Tom Visser (UVM) visit the Burtch-Udall house in Quechee, VT, and the nearby Sumner Mansion-- suitable locales for a running discussion on prope...
Bob meets with Judy Lee, the owner of the fifth Elmwood project house. The front porch, built in 1892, must be replaced.
Contractors put in the brick walkway. Forester Moulding and Lumber replicates the porch railings and balusters. Also, new security and sprinkler systems are insta...
Bob reviews the progress being made on the front of the house and, with restoration contractor Richard Marks, discusses the original brick and masonry work.
Bob watches as the mason lays a new hearth in the old fireplace using salvaged Charleston brick.
Bob takes a field trip to East Windsor Hill, CT, where the bricks for the cabin project were made. Along the way, he learns about the manufacturing process bricks...
As the mason builds a Count Rumford fireplace, he describes the foundation built to support the hearth and the variety of bricks used throughout the fireplace.
Bob talks with contractor Bob Ryley about shingle exposure, brick surrounds for basement windows, and the design of a brick walkway.
Bob demonstrates some masonry techniques for repairing a crumbling outdoor barbecue.
General contractor Ron Gan talks through the process of bricking in a window in the new kitchen. Ron also addresses the installation of a smaller bathroom window.
Brick worker Dan Webb explains how the brick façade is power-washed to remove several layers of ugly paint.
Bob helps general contractor Ron Gan and his crew take down a section of brick wall in order to make way for a garage door leading into the basement.
The concrete floor has been poured in the basement, and general contractor Ron Gan explains how a ledger board is attached to the masonry wall to support ceiling ...
Bob reviews progress on the renovation, both upstairs and down. Carpenter John Sheehan installs a new vinyl window, which is a challenge in a brick house where no...
