In this first episode of the bathroom remodel series, we’re starting with the basics installing cement board on the walls to prep for tile. You’ll learn how to cut, secure, and seal cement board ...

The Museum of Contemporary Art commissioned the 16-ton artwork, a 1957 Cadillac DeVille encased in concrete, that was created ...

The foundation has been laid and the walls are going up for the very first home in Habitat Green Freedom, part of a ...

The best concrete paint will seal your basement floor, deck or garage against spills, leaks and wear-and-tear—and look darn ...

Does your basement have white, fuzzy stuff showing up on masonry walls or floor? Does paint peel off in certain areas of blocks or poured concrete no matter how often you recoat? This problem ...

It is more common than you might think for a concrete block foundation wall to bow inward, and repairing the problem is a tall order, even for an accomplished do-it-yourself homeowner.

Prometheus Materials’ bio-cement is used to form zero-carbon Bio-Blocks on their way to finishing, evaporating and inventory. Image by Prometheus Materials.

Briefly, masonry is a construction system in which the walls of the building perform a structural function, using masonry, bricks, or stones, in a way that is self-supporting.

The original Roman wall was between two and three metres thick, faced with square blocks of Kentish ragstone, a limestone quarried in Kent, and filled with rubble and concrete.