Concrete and Masonry

Brendan Mostecki shares his techniques for adding a masonry keystone detail to a window by Brendan Mostecki

Short handle mortar hoe by John Carroll

Fake rocks can look pretty good if you know what you’re doing by Brendan Mostecki

HardieBacker, Durock, and DensShield each has characteristics that affect where it can be installed and how tile is placed on it by Rob Yagid

How to choose between stronger and more expensive epoxy and traditional cement-based grout by Tom Meehan

These premium products offer time-tested longevity, so your choice depends on price, appearance, and installation requirements by Harrison McCampbell

Rather than hiding a poured-concrete or block foundation with landscape plantings, show it off with stone veneer by Cody Macfie

You can make a plain-looking wall into a great-looking rock wall by veneering it with fieldstone by Cody Macfie

by Jane Aeon

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

by Richard T. Kreh Sr.

Stone and concrete walls built flat on the ground and craned into place are fast and maintenance-free, if unconventional by Thomas J. Elpel

by Tom Meehan

by Ethan B. Eikrtsen