I just purchased a “Brownstone” in Carroll Gardens that the previous owner had bricked over with a brick facade. We can see some metal pins, I think they are called “tie backs” or “tie ins” that one ...

Question: Two of my floors are antique brick in a nice herringbone pattern and mortared. It is a fine floor, but it gets a lot of stains. You name it, and it has been on my floor: peanut butter, jam, ...

What does it take to remove the brick surrounding a stove in an old kitchen? Our kitchen is in the back of the garden level of our duplex. The stove sits in a nook that we guess may be the old brick ...