Q: My home was built in 1978. The problem that I'm having now is that the parging on my home is cracked and falling off. The parging has come away and looks like it could easily be removed with a ...

Julie Somis of Baltimore has a historic, brick, end-of-group rowhouse next to Riverside Park in South Baltimore. The basement of the house is unfinished, with a thin concrete floor and a low ceiling.

Q. My home was built in 1978. The problem that I’m having now is that the parging on my home is cracked and falling off. The parging has come away and looks like it could easily be removed with a ...

Q: I read your article about brick walls and I have a question about a very old brick home. The basement foundation is made of solid bricks that seem to be in a good condition, but sometime ago the ...