Concrete and Masonry - Page 27 of 47

Q: I’ve been asked to do some work on an old three-story row house here in Philadelphia. The building has 8-in. thick brick walls with star-shaped metal plates on the front.…

For small projects, you can save time and money if you form and pour all the concrete at once.

Q: My 6-year-old concrete driveway is poured over a gravel base in 12-ft. by 12-ft. sections separated by 1/2-in. felt isolation joints. Paul Johnson, via email, None A: Paul Fisette, building-materials…

Q: The fireplace in my house was rebuilt sometime in the late 1960s. The walls of the firebox are still in beautiful condition, but the floor seems to be deteriorating.…

Top 10 blunders that rot your house, waste your money, and make you sick.

Here's a look at six tools that bore holes up to 1 in. but also chip concrete and even bore large holes in wood.

Comfortable quarters for a family of five on a postage-stamp lot in Houston, but for only $70 per square foot.

Inspired by antique woodwork, this vacation/retirement home transforms modest materials into a tower of light with classical proportions.

Q: I’m about to install a fence and have purchased cedar 4x4s for the posts. But I recently read a tip in your magazine about replacing cedar posts that had…

A commercial retaining wall system finds a niche in the residential market