This past week, we began looking at the sides of the stoop and stairway at the front of a historic brick masonry building.  We also

In the week before last, we looked at a stoop that was clad with a relatively thin stone. This stone is installed a bit less

This past week, we looked at this particular stoop, essentially a landing at a front entry door at a historic row home. This is typical

Today we’re looking at a very common front entry stoop. These types of stoops are common, in one configuration or another, throughout the vast majority

This past week, we talked about some really interesting structural concepts of fence posts and embedment into concrete. The similar concepts of structural resistance would

Steel Embeds in Masonry and Concrete in DC Today, we’re looking at a relatively typical type of steel fence that set on top of a

Signs a Retaining Wall Should Be Rebuilt – Part II This past week we looked at a large but relatively typical retaining wall. Here in

Signs a Retaining Wall Should Be Rebuilt – Part I Here on a website, we’ve looked at lots of different types of masonry conditions. We’ve

Overhydrated Concrete: Causes of Concrete Failure We looked at different angles of the same concrete area of construction shown in the pictures below, this past