Your chimney brickwork made sound in Alachua

Worn joints and broken bricks need different decisions. Review the proposed masonry repair for your home in Alachua.

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What masonry repair day looks like

Curious how the work goes? Our pros set up ladders or staging, lay tarps over the roof and ground below, and cover anything that could catch dust. Old mortar is raked or ground out to a sound depth.

Fresh mortar is mixed in small batches, packed into the joints in layers and tooled to match. Damaged bricks are cut out and replaced. Each evening the work gets a rain cover and the site gets cleaned. Before they leave, you'll see the finished wall up close. Nothing is left loose on the roof overnight. Reserve your masonry repair in Alachua by calling (352) 675-6366.

About 11 miles, measured point to point, lie between Alachua and the Gainesville reference point. Our specialists serve Alachua as part of Alachua County.

What's Included

Your chimney masonry, put right

New mortar suited to your brick's strength and shade
Rusting lintels cleaned, coated or replaced
Ties added where the chimney pulls from the house
Joint profiles tooled to shed water in Alachua

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Local Conditions

Old repairs with hard mortar

Spotted an old patch of hard gray cement mortar on your chimney in Alachua? It stands out, and where it's stronger than the brick, it can crack and flake the brick beside it. Our specialists check old patches for that damage and redo them with a mortar matched to your brick where they're causing harm. The redone joints are matched in color to the original mortar around them.

Our Process

Mortar matched before a joint is touched

Find which half failed

Every face is looked over for worn joints, damaged brick and cracks, and the cause is found.
Match mortar and brick

Samples are mixed and cured, and replacement brick is matched and shown to you.
Joints raked, then refilled

Joints are raked to sound depth, repointed in layers, and damaged brick is swapped out.
Cover, clean, cure

The work is covered against rain, the site cleaned, and you get curing time spelled out.

Why Choose Us

Patient, family-run masonry work

Locally owned and run
A family-run company
100% satisfaction guarantee
Your inspection is free
Same-day visits available
Arrange a visit, take 10% off

New mortar is matched to the old in strength as well as color, so it protects the brick.

100% satisfaction, guaranteedIf the repair doesn't blend in or hold, we make it right. That's our 100% satisfaction guarantee.
Your price, upfrontMasonry work in Alachua is priced by section up front, so you can choose what gets done.
Locally owned and operatedA locally owned business, so the masons who repointed your chimney are easy to reach later.

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Spot repairs against whole sections

Not every chimney needs repointing top to bottom. Wear concentrates on the weather side, at the top courses and around flashing, while sheltered faces can stay sound for years longer.

Our specialists map the worn joints face by face and price repointing by section. Spot repairs make sense where wear is patchy and the surrounding mortar is solid. When most of a face has gone soft, doing the whole face gives a more even result and saves returning in a year for the next patch. You'll see both approaches priced where both are reasonable. The sections are marked on a sketch that goes with your quote.

Masonry inside the house

The chimney breast above a fireplace is masonry too, and it can crack or loosen. Cracks there can be cosmetic, from the house settling, or they can follow a problem like a sagging lintel over the fireplace opening.

Inside work happens with drop cloths down, a vacuum running and the room sealed from dust as much as possible. Our pros repoint or patch cosmetic cracks to match, and trace structural ones to their cause before repairing. Plaster and paint over masonry are another trade's work, and the quote says so when they're involved. Where a lintel has sagged, it's supported before any cosmetic repair is made.

When repair becomes rebuilding

Masonry repair has a limit. When the mortar has failed through the full depth of the wall across several courses, when bricks are loose throughout the top section, or when the chimney has shifted, repointing and spot replacement only postpone a bigger job.

At that point, our specialists recommend taking the chimney down to sound masonry and relaying it, which tends to mean just above the roofline. They'll show you why, price the rebuild next to the best repair option, and let you compare. Sometimes the repair is still worth doing to buy time, and they'll say so. You make the call, with both prices in front of you.

Free Inspection

Every face of the chimney, checked free in Alachua

Cracks stepping along the joints, and whether they're still moving
Earlier patches made with hard or mismatched mortar
Paint or coatings on the brick and what's under them
Joints on a stone chimney, or veneer checked against the maker's guide

Claim 10% off your first service

Matched mortar, matched brick, and a 10% discount on your first repair.

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FAQs

What people ask about chimney brick

Isn't harder mortar better?

Mortar stronger than the brick forces stress into the brick edges and faces, which cracks and flakes them. The Brick Industry Association recommends repointing mortar no stronger than the mortar already in the wall.

Can you clean the stains off my brick?

Yes, once the water causing them is fixed. Our pros avoid harsh acid cleaners that can burn brick and test gentler methods on a small area first.

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