Last week, I fielded no fewer than five phone calls from homeowners with the same grim news. They found it nearly impossible to get quotes from contractors to do fairly simple repairs. Each caller’s ...

Repointing brickwork is usually required at least once or twice per century. Wear, weather and structural stresses cause the mortar between bricks to deteriorate over the decades, until you’re left ...

Work is underway to repair the façade of the Washington County Courthouse that will be both a cosmetic and structural improvement for the 121-year-old building. Crews began in early March repointing ...