Chimney mortar joint repair in Atlantic Beach

Mortar matched to your brick in type and color, packed into your Atlantic Beach chimney joints under our satisfaction guarantee.

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Family-owned mortar specialists serving Atlantic Beach

Locally owned in Jacksonville
Family owned and operated
100% satisfaction guaranteed
Free inspection and estimate
Same-day service available
10% off any service

Fresh mortar is shaded and covered, so weather does not undo the work.

Free inspection and estimateEvery face of your Atlantic Beach chimney is scratch-tested and sketched at no charge.
100% satisfaction guaranteedIf the new joints are not sound, full and matched as agreed, we come back and fix them.
Family owned and operatedA family masonry crew does the survey and the work, so the person who priced a face is the one who repoints it.

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Mortar you can scratch out with a key

Run a key along a mortar joint on your chimney. Sound mortar resists and leaves a light line. Worn mortar gives way in sandy grains, and the key sinks in. That simple test is how our joint survey starts too, only on every face and every few courses.

Joints that scratch out need repointing: raking to a sound depth and refilling with fresh mortar. Joints that resist can stay. The difference is written face by face on the estimate. Mortar scratching loose on your Atlantic Beach chimney? Call (904) 920-5495 and our masons will check it for free.

Atlantic Beach is part of Duval County. In the 2020 Census, Atlantic Beach counted 13,513 residents.

Raked, filled, tooled and cured

Joints cleaned and dampened before filling
Fresh work shaded, misted and covered from rain
Roof and yard protected, debris cleaned up
Joints on your Atlantic Beach chimney priced face by face

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How chimney tuckpointing runs

Every face surveyed
Joints are scratch-tested at several heights and the failed courses marked on a sketch.
Joints raked and cleaned
Old mortar comes out to sound depth, head joints by hand, then joints are cleaned and dampened.
Filled in layers and tooled
Matched mortar goes in stage by stage, then is tooled to the original profile.
Cured and cleaned up
Fresh joints are protected while they cure, the faces brushed and the roof cleared.

Wind-driven rain on chimneys in Atlantic Beach

Atlantic Beach sits on the coast, where storm wind can drive rain nearly sideways into a chimney. Worn joints on the weather side take it first.

On repointing jobs in Atlantic Beach we survey the faces toward the ocean closely and make sure new joints are full and tightly tooled.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

For a home in Atlantic Beach with several faces to repoint, every face booked in the 72 hours is discounted.

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Why head joints are cut by hand

The short vertical joints between bricks in a course are the head joints. They are narrow and short, and a grinder blade that slips there cuts into the brick on either side, leaving a scar that shows long after the job.

Preservation Brief 2 advises against power tools on head joints for that reason. We cut them by hand with a plugging chisel, which is slower but leaves the brick edges intact. The time that takes is part of why a repointing quote is priced by the joint, not by the square foot of wall.

Spalled bricks come out before the joints

Repointing restores joints, not bricks. A brick whose face has flaked off, or one cracked through, has to be replaced before the joints around it are finished, because the new joint needs a sound brick on each side.

Brick replacement is its own job and is priced as its own line. When we find damaged bricks during the survey, the sketch marks them, and they are replaced first so the repointing that follows can tie them into the wall. The reverse order would mean raking fresh joints a second time. Each replaced brick is set in mortar of the same type chosen for the repointing, so the wall stays consistent.

Stair-step cracks mean movement, not wear

Zigzag cracking that steps through the joints usually means the masonry has moved: a footing settled, the chimney shifted or something pushed against it. Repointing that crack fills it, but it does not stop the movement.

When we see a stair-step crack, the cause gets checked before any tuckpointing is priced. A stable chimney with an old crack may need nothing more than repointing. If it is still moving, the structure is dealt with first, and the quote shows the two jobs on separate lines.

What goes on a repointing sketch in Atlantic Beach

Head joints cut by hand, and where a grinder is used
Mortar type under ASTM C270 and the reason for it
Color matched from a cured test batch shown to you first
Days on site and the wait before the next fire

Before the joints are raked

Do you repoint chimneys in Atlantic Beach?

Yes. Our masons repoint chimneys across Duval County, Atlantic Beach included. Mention the sandy sides on the phone, and those faces are surveyed first, at no charge.

How close will the new mortar color be?

A sample batch is mixed, cured beside your brick and checked in daylight before any joint is filled. New joints can still look slightly fresher at first, and we show you the sample so you know what to expect.