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.

Question: I have a question about parging. As per the Google definition, parging is a cover that is a part of a building, especially an external brick wall, with plaster or mortar that typically bears ...

Q: What’s the proper way to redo the parging on the part of my outside basement walls that sits above ground? A: Parging is the layer of mortar that’s often applied to block foundation walls, and it ...