As crucial part of your property, not only aesthetically, but often structurally, your brickwork should be regularly checked for signs of deterioration or failure. While some issues are on the surface, others are fundamental to the structure. Examining your brick regularly will indicate whether repointing or replacing is needed. Ensuring …

Brick is well-loved as a building material which offers timeless beauty, along with durability, longevity, and low maintenance for homes and buildings. Brick structures date back thousands of years, with their earliest appearances in Turkey around 7000 B.C.  The first bricks were clay blocks hardened in the sun and valued …

As one of the world’s most well-known and timeworn construction methods, masonry is often misunderstood. By definition, masonry is any stonework structure or building  in which materials – bricks, concrete blocks, stones, and the like –  are bound and connected with the aid of mortar. A paste type of cement, …

The reparation and restoration of historical masonry structures and buildings is an art form with distinctive challenges. Not only do the buildings and their structures need to retain the original aesthetics but brick and mortar must be matched to existing walls. If not accomplished properly, the historical property will look …

Chimney fires happen more often than you might expect, causing property damage to homes. Fire damage from chimney fires often results from fire in the chimney causing cracking, melting, or warping affecting metal chimney walls or masonry. In the event of a severe chimney fire, houses can be fully destroyed …