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Inspecting a Chimney Video: Inspecting a Chimney

An expert mason walks you through his diagnosis of a failing chimney  by Brendan Mostecki

Rebuilding a Brick ChimneyOnline Membership Required

Temporary repairs are the common solution to a failing chimney, but often, a better choice is tearing down and rebuilding by Brendan Mostecki

Smaller, better mortar hoe
Smaller, better mortar hoeOnline Membership Required

Short handle mortar hoe by John Carroll

Working with Manufactured StoneOnline Membership Required

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

Dress Up a Block Wall with a Rock WallOnline Membership Required

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

Stone Veneering
Video: Stone Veneering

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

Q & A: Cutting brick for a door

by John Carroll

Q & A: Control vs. isolation joints in a concrete driveway

by Paul Fisette

Q & A: Repairing a firebox

by John Carroll

Q & A: Mortar for repointing bricks

by Richard T. Kreh Sr.

Site-made grout saw
Tip: Site-made grout saw

by Ethan B. Eikrtsen

Flashing Brick-Veneer WallsOnline Membership Required

Good masonry work blocks most rainwater, and proper flashing details expel what does get through by Douglas R. Stieve

Q & A: Tying a chimney to a house

by Richard T. Kreh Sr.

Refacing Concrete Steps With BrickOnline Membership Required

A level may be a mason's best friend, but to cover up an unsightly set of concrete steps, an experienced eye takes over by Vladimir Popovac

Q & A: Removing hardened mortar from brick

by Vladimir Popovac

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