This past week, we looked closely at eight of the main causes of brick masonry overhydration.  Today, we are taking the next step to look

This past week, we looked at the issue of over hydration of masonry joints and masonry units such as both stone facade and brick facade

Last week we took another look at a historic masonry building with brick spalling. Spalling bricks are a result of one or more of several

This past week, we took a close look at a particular wall with several small bricks. Some of them were so bad that there is

There’s several different types of brick deterioration, these different types of duration affect the historic buildings of Washington DC in significant and damaging ways. Today

Masonry structures, particularly those of historic significance, are often subjected to the relentless effects of weathering, environmental factors, and age-related deterioration. Over time, the mortar

Today we’re looking at a particular wall where we have been called to do small limited repairs before. The wall happens to be very large

Today we’re looking at another historic brick retaining wall, built over 100 years ago. At the time when this wall was built, the concepts and

This past week we started a two-part series, and the first part of this series focused on issues of brick deterioration and damage in modern

Today, we are starting a two-part series that examines some details of modern masonry, particularly where masonry has been built with low quality controls standards