Repointing brickwork is an essential job if you want your home to weather the elements and still look good. Here’s how to do ...

Starting with a small amount of the mix in a mortar pan, clean water should be added, a little at a time, and mixed in. A hoe or shovel can be used to mix it.

Q. I am installing flagstone and some paving brick on top of a concrete patio. A book I read suggests mixing sand, cement and hydrated lime in different proportions to make the mortar mix. What is … ...

Dear Tim: I have a lovely brick patio that has mortar between the brick. After pressure-washing it this past weekend, I noticed several locations where the mortar has disintegrated. Most of the ...

You can mix the hydrated lime with clean sand that matches your existing mortar and some volcanic ash that's high in silica. I'd mix 1.5 parts sand and 0.5 part volcanic ash to 1 part hydrated lime.

Brick and mortar is a solid building material, but it won't last forever. Here are the basics for "tuckpointing", the process of repairing and rebuilding a brick wall. The mortar and cement ...

For 19th century brick, the Vieux Carre Commission suggests a mortar comprised of one part Portland cement, three parts lime, nine parts sand and "enough water to form a workable mix." ...