As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

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The reasons St. Louis became a brick city are manifold: clay deposits in the earth, innovative brickmakers here in town, European immigrants who knew how to stack and scrape the blocks into elegance.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has released a publication providing guidance to help construction workers control hazardous dust during tuckpointing, a process that involves ...

Q-I have a problem with water seeping through a brick wall along one side of my house and have been told that the mortar joints between the bricks need repointing. Is this a job I can do myself? What ...

One of the most common questions people have when preparing to tuckpoint (replace deteriorated mortar between bricks) is how to make the new mortar look similar to the "sound" mortar already in the ...

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