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 ...

A reader recently emailed me, seeking advice on whether to take on a do-it-yourself repair of the mortar around her brick masonry. She regularly performs hands-on maintenance around her home, she said ...

Regular squirt guns are all well and good, but when you want to give your kid an advantage in the neighborhood this summer, only a full-on water mortar will do. This monster of ensoakment is made ...

Many old-school kitchen gadgets and tools have been replaced with electric tools, such as swapping a whisk for a hand mixer or a chef's knife for a food chopper. While that makes sense in a modern ...

HYDERABAD: Through the centuries, the composition of lime plaster, a type of plaster widely used for construction or restoration of archaeological structures, has undergone a change. This is because ...