(KUTV) — Emergency managers say seismic upgrades to old brick homes worked well during the Magna earthquake earlier this year. The Utah State Historic Preservation Office conducted a survey of homes ...
Veteran masons say today's mortar isn't your grandfather's mix — and that matters.
INDIANAPOLIS – Do you know what “repointing” bricks means? By definition, it consists of “removing a portion of the deteriorated mortar and redoing the joints with new mortar.” Doing that basically ...
When hundreds of bricks fell last month from the 15th floor of a Bronx development and crushed a sidewalk shed set up to protect passersby, city Housing Authority staff discovered that some of the ...
SOUTHWICK – After an engineering firm examined the condition of Town Hall’s brick walls, it recommended repairs that are estimated to cost between $1,150,000 and $1,250,000. “It’s a staggering amount.