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I know there have been a few posts in the past about efflorescence and separately about crumbling brick, but I wanted to post in hopes of clearing up some conflicting advice.

The interior, exposed brick of our garage (c. 1850) is suddenly crumbling like mad. Numerous bricks just seem to be turning to dust, literally. At the same time, we’ve got crystals forming on others, and in some cases the same ones. In the interior of our house, which is a separate building, the exposed brick is not crumbling (yet!), but is VERY dusty. That is, if you touch it, your fingers get a load of tiny particles, though it’s not actually crumbling off. The dust also drops to the floor quite regularly.

Advice?

Most of all, any strong recommendations for a really experienced mason?

And any others who have successfully dealt with this problem?

Thanks in advance.