Masonry restoration in Tacoma WA - sound mortar joints that suit your old brick
Crumbling mortar or cracked brick joints? We replace the worn mortar with a mix that suits your brick so the wall holds up.
- Fully licensed and insured.
- Free in-person estimates.
- We reply within 1 business day.
Masonry restoration that keeps old brick walls sound
Masonry restoration in Tacoma usually means repointing, where we rake the worn mortar out of the joints and pack in fresh. It's worth having someone look if mortar crumbles, hairline cracks or gaps open in the joints, the joints have worn back more than ¼ inch, or bricks crack along with them. Mortar lasts roughly 25 to 50 years and brick 100 or more, so even a sound old wall needs this eventually.
On a Tacoma Register home, exterior work you can see from the street usually needs the city's design review first, and so does any North Slope Historic District change that needs a building permit. We handle that paperwork for our part. Price and timing turn on how much wall needs work, how high it goes and that review, and your written estimate lists what's included.
Choices we'll talk through on your wall
Get a quotePatches or whole wall
If only some joints are worn, we repoint just those, and if the wear runs everywhere we do the whole wall, though I'll tell you if part can wait.
Mortar weaker than brick
Harder mortar makes brick faces flake off, so new mortar should be weaker than your brick, and it's fair to ask how we'll match it.
Drainage fixed first
When a leaking downspout or bad drainage washed the old mortar out, that gets fixed before we repoint, or the new joints go the same way.
Old work beside new
Adding a hearth with [fireplace installation] or a wall of [stone veneer installation]? We plan the repointing alongside it so the old and new look like they belong together.
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Tell us about your brick
Tell us where the joints look worn and roughly how much wall there is, and we'll reply within one business day, most often with me calling you back.
- Free estimate done on site
- In writing, items spelled out
- No obligation to go ahead
Why folks call us for old brick
I look at every job
I come out to look at every job myself, and our small crew does the work with me working right alongside them.
Trained under a local mason
I learned the trade mixing mortar and hauling brick for a mason around Tacoma, then opened our business in 2023 to focus on careful repair work on older brick.
Licensed and insured in Washington
Washington has contractors register with the state before they bid on or repair buildings, and we're fully licensed and insured for every job we take on.