It's time to start seeing the brick pattern unfold and look like finished product. Stoltzfus uses a 75-pound bag of Type S mortar mix, which is a high strength variety, to 200 pounds of sand. A mixer ...

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 mortar ...

Q:I just read your column on staining concrete driveways. I have a similar problem but my driveway is blacktop. I have a 60-year-old red brick home. The mortar was cracking and eroding between some of ...

INDIANAPOLIS – Do you know what “repointing” bricks means? By definition, it consists of “removing a portion of the deteriorated mortar and redoing the joints with new mortar.” Doing that basically ...

Q: I plan to add a couple of courses of bricks to my window wells. What is the best mortar? A: Sakrete's mortar mix is the mortar to use. Just add water, mixing it to a slightly crumbly, not soupy mix ...