Tuck Pointing and Brick Repair

Excessive moisture can weaken the mortar joints between bricks in your façade, causing it to chip, crack, and fall out. Without strong mortar in place, your brick facing becomes vulnerable to damage, and your home is exposed to further moisture. Tuckpointing is a repair method used to replace and supplement the existing mortar to close openings and keep your bricks in their proper place. This stops the damage from continuing through the healthy joints.

Typical residential masonry bricks can last about one hundred years, but mortar only lasts about 25 years, depending on the weather conditions it’s exposed to regularly. A fast and effective mortar repair done by a tuck-pointing specialist like Ultimate Crack Repair can keep your brick facing strong and visually appealing for another 25 years.

Is it necessary to repair brick mortar?

Tuckpointing will dramatically improve the appearance of your home, restoring it to its original beauty. It will also improve the stability of your bricks. Putting off mortar repairs can mean paying a lot more down the line as it continues to deteriorate. At some point, the corrosion will be bad enough that you’ll be forced to re-lay the brick altogether. Tuckpointing is a cost-effective repair and preventative measure.

Tuckpointing can also help prevent water from getting through the brick layer, which is especially important for chimneys and other brick structures. Moisture can do considerable damage all around your home or business, so it’s important to maintain each layer of your exterior. If you’re planning on selling you’re home, professionally repaired masonry can bring in an attractive ROI by raising the value of your home.

What happens if you don’t repair it?

Mortar is what holds your bricks in place. Once the mortar has corroded from the bricks, nothing is keeping them there. Brick structures like chimneys can collapse completely while house and building facing can crumble and fall. Once the brick has reached that point, tuckpointing is no longer an option.

Tuck Pointing

We’ll start by assessing your mortar to determine the extent of the repair. It’s important to replace all of the weakened mortar, as opposed to replacing only the visibly damaged sections, because the new mortar will need something strong and stable to cling to. The damaged areas are then ground or routed out to a uniform depth. We then backfill with new high strength mortar to finish for a long lasting appearance and structural integrity!