Tuckpointing in Medina, OH: Brick Mortar Repair and Repointing
Crumbling Mortar Joints Ground Out and Repacked on Brick Homes and Walls Around Medina, Akron and Cleveland
Tuckpointing and Brick Work in Medina and Northeast Ohio
For tuckpointing in Medina when the mortar between your bricks is crumbling, cracked or missing, call Kingdom Concrete at (216) 551-8835. We handle tuckpointing and brick work for homeowners in Medina, Akron, Cleveland, Parma, Brunswick, Rocky River and nearby towns. Mortar wears out before brick does. Water gets into open joints, freezes in winter and pushes the face off the brick, and once water gets behind a wall it keeps doing damage.
Tuckpointing replaces the failed mortar so the wall sheds water again. Many of the older brick homes around Cleveland and Akron have reached the age where their joints need it. Kingdom Concrete pours concrete as well, so the brick and the concrete steps and walks in front of it can be fixed together.
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Tuckpointing and Brick Work We Can Help With
Tuckpointing Brick Walls
Tuckpointing means grinding or raking out the failed mortar and packing the joints with fresh mortar. The old mortar is usually removed to a depth of about two to two and a half times the joint's width, which gives the new mortar enough to grip. The joints are then filled in layers and tooled to match the rest of the wall.
Repointing and Mortar Matching
New mortar has to suit the brick it goes into. Old brick is often softer than modern mortar, and mortar that's harder than the brick forces the brick to crack instead of the joint. The mix, the color and the joint profile should match the original as closely as possible. New mortar can look lighter at first and weathers toward the old color.
Brick Repair
Bricks with faces that have popped off from freeze-thaw damage, called spalling, can let water into the wall. Damaged bricks can be cut out and replaced while the joints around them are repointed. Fixing open joints early keeps more bricks from reaching that point.
Finding the Water Source
Mortar wears out fastest where a wall stays wet: under a leaking gutter, beside a downspout, or where sprinklers hit the brick. Tuckpointing those spots without fixing the water only buys a few years. Pointing the downspout away and fixing the gutter makes the new joints last much longer.
What Customers Say About Our Work
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Fantastic company with a fantastic owner! Couldn’t be more happy with the way the contractor worked with me through this whole process! From start to finish, professional is the best way to describe this company!
- Alex M.Google review
Absolutely the best contractor I've ever had provide a service for me. The entire crew top notch professional. Start to finish. Highly recommend. Showed up when Marshall said they would an finished on time did an awesome job an clean up. Thank you for a awesome job.
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How Brick Is Tuckpointed
Tuckpointing is slow, careful work, done a section of wall at a time.
- Step 1
Grind Out the Old Mortar
Failed mortar is ground or chiseled out of the joints to a consistent depth, without chipping the edges of the brick.
- Step 2
Clean the Joints
The joints are brushed and rinsed clean of dust, so the new mortar bonds to the brick instead of to loose grit.
- Step 3
Pack and Tool
Fresh mortar is packed in layers and tooled to match the joint profile on the rest of the wall, then kept from drying out too fast while it cures.
Why Hire Kingdom Concrete for Tuckpointing
Brick and Concrete From One Company
Brick walls, brick steps and the concrete in front of them often wear out together, because the same water causes the damage. Because we handle brick work, tuckpointing and concrete, the mortar joints, the steps and the walkway can be repaired by one crew instead of three companies.
The Person Who Prices the Job Does the Work
Marshall started Kingdom Concrete to provide for his family, and he is out in the field on most jobs, forming, pouring and finishing with the crew. Too many contractors sell the job, take the money and send someone else to do it. When you call us about tuckpointing, the person you talk to is the person who shows up.
Clear Answers Before, During and After
Customers say in review after review that Marshall listens, asks a lot of questions and stays available before, during and after the job. You'll know what is being done and when, and if something changes once the old concrete is out, you'll hear about it before the work goes on.
Tuckpointing in Medina, Akron, Cleveland and Nearby Towns
Kingdom Concrete is based in Medina and provides tuckpointing and brick work within about 30 miles of Medina, right between Akron and Cleveland. That includes Akron, Cleveland, Parma, Brunswick, Strongsville, Wadsworth, Westlake and Rocky River, along with the townships and smaller towns around them. If you're not sure your address is in range, give us a call and ask.
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Repointing is the general term for replacing old mortar with new. Tuckpointing originally meant a two-color joint, but in Ohio people use the two words for the same job: grinding out failed mortar and filling the joints.
Look for mortar that is cracked, sandy, missing or sitting deep behind the brick face. If you can scrape it out with a key, it needs work. Flaking bricks and damp interior walls are warning signs too.
It depends on how many feet of joint need work, how deep the damage goes, the height of the wall and access. We'll look at the wall and give you an estimate.
Good tuckpointing typically lasts for decades. Walls that stay wet wear out faster, so fixing gutters and downspouts near the brick helps the new joints last.
It can come close. The mix and color are chosen to match the original, and new mortar starts lighter and weathers toward the old color over the first year.
Yes, spot repairs are common when damage is limited to one area. If most of the wall's joints are failing, repointing the whole wall gives a more even look and saves coming back.
Water soaks into the brick, freezes and pops off the face. Open mortar joints, hard modern mortar and constant moisture from gutters or downspouts all make it worse.
Spring through fall. Mortar needs temperatures above freezing while it cures, so most tuckpointing in Northeast Ohio is done when nights stay above about 40 degrees.
Grinding out mortar makes dust, so windows stay closed and plants near the wall get covered while the work is done. Customers mention in their reviews that the site was left clean.
Yes. We repair and replace concrete steps, walkways and patios, so the brick and the concrete next to it can be handled in the same project.
Kingdom Concrete works within about 30 miles of Medina, including Medina, Akron, Cleveland, Parma, Brunswick, Strongsville, Wadsworth, Westlake and Rocky River. If your town isn't listed, call and ask, because we often work in the townships between them.
