Mike DeBlasio is a masonry contractor in Littleton, Mass.
How to replace an old brick pier with a Lally column without cracking the beam or the plaster in the rooms above.
The art of using a diamond saw, coring bit, and tension rod to stabilize a 2,000-year-old marble statue.
Stainless anchors and pressure-injected grout form a strong bond with the original masonry.
Q. Some of the brickwork on a house I built has developed a white stain that resembles efflorescence but is limited to only two areas: a mailbox and a window. The gutter above the window overflows occasionally, but the water doesn't appear to actually fal
Q: Is there any legal way to work off the forks of an all-terrain forklift - for instance, in a steel cage that's safely secured to and supported by the forks?