But now, more than a year and a half after he started using turn-of-the-century machinery to make 170 antique-style concrete blocks, the 35-foot-long by 3-foot-high wall is finally complete.

A: I never advise painting basement walls, even with epoxy paint. It sounds like you might have moisture coming through the concrete blocks. Can you see mold? Start solving this issue by ...

The family business has produced many block structures around Orange County. It has provided building blocks for Edison International Field, the Irvine Spectrum, the Ronald Reagan courthouse and the ...