Local chimney masonry repair for Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace homes

Local masons match the repair mortar to your Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace stack at a free inspection, then fix what water has loosened.

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Locally owned in Jacksonville
Family owned and operated
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Same-day service available
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Your Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace estimate carries a map of each damaged area with its cause written beside it.

Locally ownedA locally owned business answers for the brick and mortar work on your Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace chimney.
Upfront pricing, no hidden feesEach area of the stack is priced on its own line, so you can see what each repair costs.
100% satisfaction guaranteedIf the repair does not look or hold the way we agreed, we come back and make it right.

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The masonry you can see from the attic

Where a chimney passes up through the attic, its sides are visible from inside the house. Water stains on the brick, damp mortar, or white deposits there tell us water is getting into the stack above the roof. We look from the attic as well as the roof in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace homes when access allows.

We also check that the air space between the chimney and the framing is still open and free of debris, since the code requires that gap. Masonry repairs are planned from the outside, but the attic view can show how far water has traveled. Loose brick or crumbling joints in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace? Ask for mortar samples when you call (904) 920-5495.

The county for Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace is Clay County. The 2020 Census counted 14,482 residents in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace.

Brick and mortar repairs for Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace homes

Water path closed before any mortar is mixed
Repointing mortar pre-hydrated and packed in layers
Cured test batch checked against the old color
Fresh joints covered from rain at your Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace home

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Map, match, rake, tool

Damage mapped by type
Soft joints, cracks, flaking faces and loose courses are marked on the stack, along with the water path behind them.
Mortar and brick matched
The mortar type is picked to suit the old wall, a test batch cures against the brick, and replacement units are sized to the coursing.
Rake, repoint and replace
Joints are raked to sound mortar and packed in layers, and damaged brick is cut out and reset.
Tooling, cleanup and cover
New joints are tooled to the old profile, smears come off without raw acid, and fresh work is covered from rain.

Matching old brick in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace

Brick sizes and colors have changed over the years, and a modern unit may not line up with the old courses. The closest match is often salvaged brick from the same chimney.

When units on a chimney in Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace must be replaced, the estimate says where the brick will come from.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

Brick, block or stucco over masonry, the discount covers the repair either way.

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Stair-step cracks along the bed and head joints

Zigzag cracks that climb a chimney along the horizontal bed joints and the short vertical head joints are movement cracks. The mortar gave way along its weakest path, which is the pattern a sound wall is designed to allow. The cause can be settlement, thermal movement, or pressure from something inside the wall such as rusting steel.

Once the cause is dealt with and the movement has stopped, the cracked joints are raked out along their whole length and repointed. A crack filled from the surface without raking stays a crack behind a thin skin of new mortar, and it reopens.

Keeping the wall at its code thickness

Florida's residential code sets a minimum thickness for the walls of a masonry chimney: 4 inches nominal, built of solid units or of hollow units grouted solid. That minimum does not relax during a repair.

When a brick is cut out and replaced, the new unit fills the full depth of the old one, and the joints around it are packed full. Thin slips of brick glued to the face, or a pocket left half empty behind a new face, would thin the wall. We cut out and replace full units so the stack keeps its required thickness everywhere we have worked on it.

Salvaged brick from the same chimney

The closest match to the brick in a chimney can be more of the same brick. When the top of a stack is relaid, sound units from the dismantled courses are cleaned of old mortar and reused. When only a few units are needed, brick can sometimes be taken from a part of the chimney that is hidden, such as inside the attic, and replaced there with a new unit where color does not matter. Salvaged brick has already weathered with the rest of the stack, so it blends in sooner than new brick does. Salvaged units are checked for cracks and soft faces before they are reused.

Mortar type, brick source and joint depth

Joint raking depth and the tool used at the head joints
Roof protection, ladder or scaffold access, and clean-up
Protection of fresh joints from rain while they cure
Items that can wait, with what to watch in the meantime

Masonry questions from Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace

Can masonry work be done in the rain?

Not well. Fresh mortar needs protection from heavy rain while it cures, so we schedule around the forecast and cover open work at the end of each day.

Can the masonry work go ahead while I am out?

Yes, for work on the outside of the chimney, as long as the roof is safe to reach. For a look from the attic or into the fireplace, someone needs to be there to let us in.