Brick / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...Bricks and masonry interior walls  Using reclaimed bricks or stone as wall finishing will add thermal mass to your home and help balance temperatures. Bricks and unprocessed natural stone should not have or need any finish on it. Hiring a mason to build an interior wall of brick is not the cheapest wall you will ever h...

...brick and stone - neither of which are known for their outstanding insulating properties either.  Of course we all want to limit using energy (and losing money) while decreasing our carbon footprint as much as possible, so be mindful of the way you fasten any insulation when refinishing and upgrading outside walls - as...