Never laid a brick in your life? Here's how to get started originally appeared on Dengarden. When I first picked up a trowel, I didn't have a clue how to use it. The people who were supposed to be ...

Low, short garden walls can be built with a single wythe—that is, with only one horizontal row of bricks. But such walls are not strong. You can even push them over by hand. Double-wythe brick walls ...

Seven or eight years ago, Stephen Shelton started worrying about the future. It wasn’t just his own Pittsburgh-based construction company, but his entire industry. Shelton had spent decades working in ...

Dear Glenn: With various brick colors and textures, brick walkways are both beautiful and simple to install. The best part about them is you can complete the project at your own pace. There is no ...

Copperas Cove High School students dirtied their hands Wednesday and learned how to build a brick wall during the second annual Masonry Rocks event. Put on by the Texas Masonry Council, the one-day ...

When I first picked up a trowel, I didn't have a clue how to use it. The people who were supposed to be teaching me how to lay bricks were too busy with their own work, so for a few months, I ...