Q: Last year, I built a brick planter against the front wall of my home. Now that I'm selling the property, the termite inspector says there should be an air space between the planter and the building ...

Q: We have a brick planter by our deck that measures 31/2 feet by 4 feet and is 4 feet deep. We previously had a river birch tree in it, but the roots grew under the brick patio and sidewalk, ...

Dear James: I have a problem where some floors near the outside walls get damp when there is a heavy rain. The walls are brick over insulated stud walls. What, if anything, can I do to stop this ...

Jerry Floyd and Bill Jacquot's Creole cottage in Faubourg Marigny is unique, for a number of reasons. It's one of the earliest examples of plastered brick-between-posts construction in the Faubourg ...