In this video, repairs are made to the old brick parapet walls of a 1900s general store in Virginia, which has been untouched for decades. The masonry is crumbling, and the project involves prepping, ...

Today marks the start of a renovation project for an abandoned 1900s general store in rural Virginia. This episode focuses on restoring the original brick parapet walls and strengthening the ...

A new category of priority buildings, covering parts of unreinforced masonry like parapets and facades, is to be included in the Building Act requirements for upgrading earthquake-prone buildings ...

Historic architecture made a clear distinction between the normal load-bearing wall up to the roof and the non-load bearing parapet wall on the terrace. In village homes if it was the simple mud wall ...