Masonry Videos

Trowel concrete resurfacer over your worn walkway, and you'll have a brand new, durable surface with uniform color. Before you get started, check out this how-to video on working with concrete.

Watch Ask This Old House Mason Mark McCullough help a homeowner repair their flagstone steps in the entryway, making them safe and stable.

Ask This Old House Mason, Mark McCullough, explains his outlook on masonry projects and how homeowners, despite being nervous, can tackle these jobs themselves.

Mason Mark McCullough helps a homeowner solve an issue with a crumbling sandstone veneer on their front steps, improving the safety and curb appeal of their home.

Mason Mark McCullough teaches host Kevin O’Connor about the different brick patterns homeowners can choose for their walls or walkways.

This Old House Mason Mark McCullough shows a homeowner how to breathe new life into their outdoor brick and stone pizza oven.

Mason Mark McCullough teaches us everything we need to know about sealing, protecting, and beautifying masonry surfaces.

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough tells us the story of how he got started in the trade he loves.

Ever wondered how exactly bricks are made? From ingredients to color, mason Mark McCullough explains how bricks are made and what makes them unique.

Mason Mark McCullough teaches Kevin O’Connor how to patch holes in a tough surface.

Ask This Old House Mason Mark McCullough explains how stone edges are cut to fit into a wall and how to integrate those cuts seamlessly with the rest of the stone wall.

Ask This Old House Mason Mark McCullough helps a homeowner identify the culprit behind her cracking, front brick steps, and then repoints them using the correct material.

Mason Mark McCullough helps a homeowner remove his crumbling stone steps. Then, he tours a factory to learn how precast concrete steps are made and helps install a set at the homeowner’s house.

Roger Cook, landscape contractor, visits a stone yard that makes prefabricated stone walls at their facility before installing them on-site.

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough demonstrates various techniques for cutting stone with hand tools.

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough replaces a common terra cotta hearth with slate tile.

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough explains the history and function of Colonial-era beehive ovens and then restores one in a house built in 1750.

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough installs a dry well for a homeowner with drainage issues in his backyard.

We show you how to fill a hole in a brick wall with mortar, matching bricks, and tools you can rent.

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough delicately restores a damaged historic fireplace that is built with custom, nearly irreplaceable bricks.

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough repoints a crumbling fieldstone foundation and shares an important lesson about water management on the outside of the house

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough explains the uses for different types of masonry jointers

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough travels to San Diego to repair a crack in a concrete retaining wall with a stucco finish

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough demonstrates how to dress up concrete by using a stain

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough demonstrates a way to whitewash brick with masonry materials

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough explains how to match mortar for repointing jobs

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough explains and demonstrates the benefits of waterproofing concrete brick

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough tests out different tools that collect silica dust more efficiently

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough demonstrates how to clean soot out of brick using acid

Ask This Old House mason Mark McCullough visits Milwaukee to teach a homeowner how to repoint brick