Local chimney repointing in Garden City

Recessed or crumbling mortar at your Garden City chimney repointed before it lets water into the brick, free inspection first.

Fully licensed and insured
Locally owned
Family owned and operated
Same-day service

Call (904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

Get Your Free Inspection

Get a quote for chimney and fireplace repair and installation in Jacksonville.

Quicker by phone? Call (904) 920-5495

Call our chimney crew

(904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

Local repointing pros for Garden City chimneys

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

The color is matched from a cured test batch before a single joint is filled.

Free inspection and estimateEvery face of your Garden City 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.

Call (904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

Patches that do not match

An earlier repair can leave a chimney patchy: a streak of dark gray mortar here, a smear of light mortar there, none of it quite the color of the old joints. Wet mortar reads darker than it will cure, which is why matching needs a test batch.

We mix a sample, let it cure against your brick and compare before the real work begins. Where earlier patches are sound but mismatched, you choose whether to leave or redo them. Want new joints that match on your Garden City chimney? Call (904) 920-5495 and ask our masons about a free inspection.

Garden City lies within Duval County. Garden City does not reach the coast.

Repointing work we do in Garden City

Every face scratch-tested and sketched
Worn joints raked to sound depth
Joints cleaned and dampened before filling
Color matched from a cured sample

Call (904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

From the scratch test to cured joints in Garden City

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.

Older chimneys and softer brick in Garden City

The age of the chimney, not the town, decides how soft its brick and mortar are. Older chimneys need a softer mortar and gentler raking.

We check the brick on every Garden City chimney before choosing the mix.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

Our masons take 10% off repointing booked in the three days after they survey the joints.

Call (904) 920-5495 Free Inspection

The scratch survey, face by face

Every repointing job starts with a survey. A hand tool is drawn along joints on each face at several heights, and the mortar either resists or crumbles. Where it crumbles, a probe shows how deep the soft mortar goes.

The results go on a sketch of the chimney: which courses are sound, which are soft on the surface only, and which have failed deep. That sketch drives the price, because raking depth and the number of joints decide the labor. It also shows you why one face costs more than another, which a single lump sum never does.

Filling deep joints in stages

A deep joint is not filled in one push. Preservation Brief 2 has it filled in layers, and a layer should resist a thumbprint before another is packed on top. A single thick fill can shrink and crack away from the brick.

We pack each layer firmly with a pointing tool so there are no voids behind it, then add the next when the first will take a thumbprint without smearing. The last layer is brought flush with the face for tooling. It takes longer than filling in one pass, and it is the step that makes a repointed joint last.

Getting the mortar color right

Mortar color comes mostly from the sand, with the binder shifting the shade. Fresh mortar also looks darker wet than it will dry, so judging a match from the bucket goes wrong.

We make a small test batch, let it cure against the brick and compare it with the old joints in daylight. The mix is adjusted until it reads as part of the same wall. Where the old joints have weathered unevenly, we match the tone that covers the greater part of that face and show you the sample before the work begins. The approved sample stays on site as the reference for every batch mixed after it.

Joint findings written down before pricing

Faces and courses needing repointing, marked on a sketch of the chimney
Chimney top and roof metal defects priced as separate lines
Joint profile to match, tooled once the mortar has firmed
Joints that can wait a season, and how to watch them

Repointing questions from Garden City

Which mortar will you use?

A type from ASTM C270 picked for your brick and its exposure, normally weaker than the brick itself, in line with preservation guidance. The type is written on the estimate.

Is a fire safe while the chimney is being repointed?

Best not on the days we work on the top, and not until the new mortar has had its curing time. The estimate gives the wait based on the mortar and the weather.