You'll want to know how to tell if a wall is load-bearing before you remove or alter it to merge rooms, add space, or rethink your home's layout. Several clues can help you determine this, even ...

Briefly, structural masonry is a construction system in which the walls of the building perform a structural function, using masonry units arranged in a way that is self-supporting and load-bearing.

Utilizing what's known as a Hungarian algorithm, it was subsequently possible to determine which forks within that database would best meet the load-bearing requirements of a specific Y-shaped node – ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 54th installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary. We’re excited to publish their tale of buying and renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first ...