Strap Hinges in Historic Masonry Structures This past week, we looked at a historic door. That particular historic door was not actually original to the

Strap Hinges and Their Role in Historic Masonry In this week’s blog article and in this coming week, as well, we’re going to look at

Granite Boulder Challenges and Craftsmanship This past week, we looked at historic methods that were used for cutting large boulders. People still actually do this

Cutting a Giant Granite Boulder with Skill Masonry is one of the oldest professions in the world. In fact, there are remnants of buildings that

Historic Stonework Repairs Using Dutchman Patching Our company, Infinity Design Solutions, generally works on a wide range of masonry restoration and repair. Particularly, we’re one

Masonry Damage Caused by Water Table Issues This week, we’re showing a particular building outside yet relatively near to DC. It happens to share many

Cold Joint Issues in Historic Brick Walls Here, on our website, in the past, we have looked at a few other examples of cold joints

Masonry and Concrete Strength in Post Base Connections We often find issues and failures in masonry and concrete where the tensile structural forces at the

Cementitious parging vs. coping stones—what’s better? This past week, we started looking at a granite stone wall with a deteriorated top coping. In the picture

Cementitious Parging in Place of Coping Stones Recently in the area outside of Washington DC, we got to look at a couple different examples of