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Video: Durisol Insulated Concrete Forms

They stack like concrete blocks, but are made of recycled wood by Chris Ermides

Dress Up a Block Wall with a Rock WallOnline Membership Required

Rather than hiding a poured-concrete or block foundation with landscape plantings, show it off with stone veneerby Cody Macfie

Four Retaining Wall ChoicesOnline Membership Required

Hold back the earth with blocks, concrete, timbers, or stone. Here's how different systems stack up.by Eric Nelson

Editors PickBuilding a Modular Retaining WallOnline Membership Required

Stacked on a stable base, interlocking concrete blocks offer a mortarless solution to common landscaping problemsby Andy Beasley

Insulated Concrete FormsOnline Membership Required

Assembled with regular building skills, ICFs form airtight, insulating concrete walls that finish with standard materialsby Andy Engel

Editors PickForming and Pouring FoundationsOnline Membership Required

They hold up the house, hold back the earth and keep out the water. If they're not level and square, you may end up custom-cutting every rafter.by Rick Arnold, Mike Guertin

Tip: Customizing concrete blocksOnline Membership Required

by Jeff Fosbre

Q & A: Building a wall on an existing slabOnline Membership Required

by Scott McBride

Designing Forms for Tall Concrete WallsOnline Membership Required

Site-built panels that hold up under stressby William F. Doran

Tip: Basement-wall anchorsOnline Membership Required

by Burteigh F. Wyman

Editors PickBricklaying BasicsOnline Membership Required

Tools, materials and techniques for building a brick wallby Richard T. Kreh Sr.

The Structural Stone WallOnline Membership Required

Save your mortar for pointing, bed your stones in concrete, and remember there's no substitute for gravityby Stephen Kennedy

Dry-Stack BlockOnline Membership Required

Precision-ground concrete blocks make it easy to build a wallby Rob Thallon

Facing a Block Wall With StoneOnline Membership Required

A good rock supply, tight joints and hidden mortar are the secret to the solid, structural lookby Tim Snyder

Surface-Bonded BlockOnline Membership Required

A strong, fast and inexpensive alternative to poured-concrete or block-in-mortar wallsby Paul Hanke

The Point of RepointingOnline Membership Required

Renewing tired masonry joints can bring an old brick building back to lifeby Richard T. Kreh Sr.

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