Q: You have written about spalling or flaking bricks and why they’re that way. You said a cap of stone, wood or metal is needed to keep rain and snow out. Would you please explain what kind of cap you ...

Q. We have had a persistent leak in the ceiling by our fireplace. I read in your column that a saddle or a cricket behind the chimney would help this. We had a new saddle installed but have found that ...

That includes things like brick repair, parging, chimney repair and tuckpointing as well as other masonry restorations.

To the users and occupants of the RF building, The planned repair of the RF building chimney will resume on Thursday, 2022-08-25 and Friday, 2022-08-26, weather permitting. This work is required to ...

To the users and occupants of the RF building, The planned repair of the RF building chimney SCHEDULED to take place today and tomorrow has been postponed. We will send a revised date once we have ...