Never laid a brick in your life? Here's how to get started originally appeared on Dengarden. When I first picked up a trowel, I didn't have a clue how to use it. The people who were supposed to be ...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. - Anyone can lay a brick, but only a few are good enough to do it professionally, let alone compete in a bricklaying competition. FOX6 News stopped by a quarry in Fond du Lac ...

Copperas Cove High School students dirtied their hands Wednesday and learned how to build a brick wall during the second annual Masonry Rocks event. Put on by the Texas Masonry Council, the one-day ...

Q. I need to repair the mortar joints on my older brick home that was built in the late 1800s. I’ve seen some horrible workmanship where the mortar doesn’t match at all, and I want to avoid this. How ...

You may not know this, but I received a bachelor of science degree in geology many moons ago. I was fascinated by the topic, and it helped me build houses and buildings that would not fail.