Weep holes are absolutely necessary if you have a brick exterior—but you should invest in some covers for them. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has tackled a ...

Steven Asks: What should I use to fill the small holes in my brick walls? Danny Lipford: The holes you’re talking about, that you’ll find around the perimeter of a brick home, are called weep holes.

Home inspector Dwight Barnett answers readers' questions: Q: We are in the process of selling our home that we had custom built in 2002. The buyer's real estate agent hired a home inspector who ...

If properly designed and constructed, brick masonry can be highly durable and tends to demand little in the way of routine repairs. However, it is still important to conduct regular inspection of the ...

My exterior brick wall (about 40′ x 4O’) was repointed over 7 years ago. Now the interior wall is showing moisture damage and I think the weep holes and any other air ventilation system was ...

Q I live in a homeowners association. The president has decided to have someone come and drill weep holes in our structure right at the brick ledge area of the slab. I had asked him about ...

Retaining walls need a drainage system to prevent water from causing structural and soil health issues. Weep holes spaced every four feet will suffice for shorter walls, but taller walls also need a ...

On one of the real estate TV programs about flipping houses, misinformed fixer-uppers discover a tilting retaining wall. They erroneously explain that a high bank of dirt is pushing it over and ...

Masonry construction is one of the oldest methods of creating built structures. However, the brick wall has changed considerably since the first fired clay bricks were laid nearly 8,000 years ago. To ...