Bricks are one of the most durable of building materials, but they require periodic maintenance and regular inspection. It is wise to check in early spring for winter damage. A frequent problem is ...

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 ...

Repointing brickwork is usually required at least once or twice per century. Wear, weather and structural stresses cause the mortar between bricks to deteriorate over the decades, until you’re left ...

The reasons St. Louis became a brick city are manifold: clay deposits in the earth, innovative brickmakers here in town, European immigrants who knew how to stack and scrape the blocks into elegance.