Brick and mortar is a solid building material, but it won't last forever. Here are the basics for "tuckpointing", the process of repairing and rebuilding a brick wall. The mortar and cement holding ...

Q–I am planning to put down a brick walk by laying the brick on a bed of sand with a layer of gravel under the sand. I will be laying the bricks in the usual staggered pattern, but since the walk is ...

Q:A neighbor has given me a stack of bricks from his backyard. I intend to use them in the median strip between the curb and the sidewalk in front of my house. Many of the bricks have old mortar stuck ...