How Brick Repointing Can Prevent Detrimental Failure – PART II
This past week, we started a discussion on the topic of how brick repointing and restoration in historic masonry can prevent detrimental failure. Masonry deteriorates
How Brick Repointing Can Prevent Detrimental Failure
In an article last week, we looked at the issues of insidious damage in historic brick walls. This week we are looking at how proper
Insidious Damage in a Historic Brick Wall
How Does Insidious Damage In A Historic Brick Wall Look Like? In an article two weeks ago, we looked at the issues of structural rigidity
Lateral Deflection in a Historic Carriage House
Today we’re taking a look at urban historic brick carriage Houses. The ones that remain today are often built from historic brick masonry. Often they
Structural Rigidity In A Historic Brick Wall
How Historic Brick Forms a Backbone for a Structure In this article, part of a two-part series, we are starting a discussion and taking a
Top Historic Masonry Repointing FAQs – Part II
This week we looked at five of the most common frequently asked questions (FAQ’s) related to historic brick masonry restoration in Washington DC. Those questions
Top Historic Masonry Repointing FAQs – Part I
Today we will discuss some of the top FAQ’s for historic brick tuckpointing or repointing for buildings like the historic row homes of Washington, DC
Deterioration of Masonry Foundations In The Presence of Moisture – Part II
This week we picking up and covering the second part of a discussion looking closely at case studies and the principles of masonry foundation decay
Deterioration of Masonry Foundations In The Presence of Moisture
How Does Presence of Moisture Cause Deterioration of Masonry Foundations? In the past two weeks we’ve talked about topics related to decay, deterioration, and natural
Entropy In Historic Masonry Facades And Structures
Entropy and decay are natural, part of deterioration of historic buildings but when managed proactively masonry facades can be effectively preserved The outline of today’s
Trapped Residual Moisture In Masonry Walls – Part I
How Does Residual Moisture In Masonry Walls Affect Its Quality? Today, we share the first post in a four-part series on building decay and deterioration,
Brick Pointing And Pressed Bricks Case Study
A picture below shows a historic brick building wall corner with damage where the wall was touched by a passing truck. The wall has also
Structural Load Path In A Converted Historic DC Commercial Masonry and Concrete Building
The Infinity Design Solutions articles, on our website ids-dmv.com normally focus on the techniques and methodology related to historic preservation and restoration, particularly historic brick
Functional Engineering and Protection of a Masonry Facade
What Is Functional Engineering And How Do You Protect Masonry Facade? This week, we present the third part of a three part series, a continuation
Vitruvian Waves and Architectural Friezes – PART II
The outline of the articles in this series follows below: Vitruvian Waves and Architectural Friezes – Part I The history of architectural friezes Use of
Vitruvian Waves and Architectural Friezes – PART I
What Are Vitruvian Waves And Why Should You Care? Today’s discussion is part of a 3-part series, the series goes into detail about architectural friezes,
Scruppers Through A Patio Kneewall
What is the Purpose of a Scrupper? The pictures below show an example of a patio kneewall with holes at the base of the patio
A Really Cheap Way To Keep Condensate Water Off of Historic Brick
Keep Condensate Water off From Brickwork With This Easy Guide Today we are talking about diverting a window AC unit condensate drain. The very specific
A Tree Growing Right Through A Brick Wall
What are the consequences of a tree growing right through a brick wall? The other day, while we were working on one building, we saw
Beam Pockets And Structural Historic Masonry Spanning Supports
Beam pockets on a 100 year old building – case study Last week, we finished a two-part series in our blog on a particular dilapidated
Learning Masonry Structure Anatomy From Old Ruins – Part II
Learning Masonry Structure – Stripped down building ruins reveal hidden secrets Last week we took a look at a brick row home that was in
Learning Masonry Structure Anatomy From Old Ruins – Part I
Why should you learn masonry structure anatomy by studying old ruins? This week, we’re taking a look at some really interesting ruins of an old
Masonry Structural Piers – Part I
Masonry Structural Piers and their importance in historic buildings Masonry has been used to build structures for thousands of years, we can see the built
Granite Stone Restoration and Tuckpointing at an Ashlar Facade
How granite stone restoration works We have discussed several different types granite stone walls in our past articles. Some of the ones that we have