If you have brick floors in your home, you may be tempted to give them an upgrade with a fresh coat of paint. But can this be done without ruining your floor?

Closely inspect the mortar joints in the brick or stone. If the mortar is discolored, deteriorated, cracked, or has receded from the surface, the home would benefit aesthetically from tuckpointing.

A widely applied material in the hurricane-prone region of Southeast Texas, brick is used in buildings throughout the Rice University campus in Houston. Taking it to new levels in this elevated ...

This is why when you look at a brand-new brick or concrete block wall ... mortar and you’ll see individual grains of sand at the surface. The mortar color on old walls is created by the ...

And brick is a key to that,” said James Roy, a Newburyport resident and author. “It’s part of our architectural DNA.” Others say the uneven surface is a hazard -- especially for those with ...