A few weeks ago a visitor to my AsktheBuilder.com site wanted to know about brick foundations. Karen has an ambitious desire to build a small 900-square-foot house by herself. She is well aware of ...

It has its original brick foundation. The good news is that this foundation has been bolted (holes drilled into the brick and bolts set in epoxy were used) and some shear walls have been added.

On Thursday, Colonial Williamsburg announced that archaeologists have found what they believe to be the brick foundation of that structure – the church’s first permanent home. “It’s such ...

as she explained how the foundation zeroed in on one teacher at Brick Memorial out of 3 million across the United States. "The foundation knows a lot about you," she said. "You have the best ...

In 1895, German brickmaker Peter W. Schneider acquired St. Joe Brick Works, a modest enterprise tucked away in what was then the boondocks of south Louisiana. The small brickmaking plant had been ...