Chimney mortar joint repair in Mayport
Caulk smeared over old joints in Mayport gets cut out, and the joints are rebuilt in mortar by local masons.
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Local repointing pros for Mayport chimneys
- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
- 100% satisfaction guaranteed
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- 10% off any service
Roofs are covered and gutters cleared, so the only trace left is sound mortar.
- Free inspection and estimateEvery face of your Mayport 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.
Caulk smeared over the cracks
Some chimneys arrive with gray caulk or a thin skin of mortar buttered over cracked joints. It looked like a fix at the time. Without raking, the new layer has nothing to hold onto, and it peels or cracks away, often taking the surface of the brick with it.
Before a joint like that can be repointed, the patch comes out along with the failed mortar behind it. We price that removal as part of the job. Old caulk patches on your chimney in Mayport? Phone (904) 920-5495, and our masons will inspect them for free.
Kathryn Abbey Hanna Park lies within Mayport. Within Jacksonville city limits, Mayport is its own named neighborhood.
Raked, filled, tooled and cured
- Worn joints raked to sound depth
- Joints cleaned and dampened before filling
- Fresh work shaded, misted and covered from rain
- Brick faces brushed clean as we go
How our masons repoint a chimney in Mayport
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Every face surveyed
Joints are scratch-tested at several heights and the failed courses marked on a sketch.
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Joints raked and cleaned
Old mortar comes out to sound depth, head joints by hand, then joints are cleaned and dampened.
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Filled in layers and tooled
Matched mortar goes in stage by stage, then is tooled to the original profile.
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Cured and cleaned up
Fresh joints are protected while they cure, the faces brushed and the roof cleared.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
One face or all four, repointing in Mayport comes 10% off.
How deep worn mortar is raked out
National Park Service Preservation Brief 2 ties raking depth to joint width. Take a joint 3/8 inch wide: its old mortar comes out at least 3/4 inch deep, roughly double its width or a little beyond, and deeper again where it is still loose. For typical brick joints, that lands around half an inch to an inch.
Too shallow, and the new mortar sits as a thin skin that falls out. Too deep without cause, and bricks lose support. We rake to sound mortar, square the back of the joint so the new fill has a flat surface to bond against, and check depth as we go rather than trusting one measurement.
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.
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.
What goes on a repointing sketch in Mayport
- Faces and courses needing repointing, marked on a sketch of the chimney
- Head joints cut by hand, and where a grinder is used
- Spalled or cracked bricks to replace before their joints
- Days on site and the wait before the next fire
Before the joints are raked
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.
What if you find loose bricks while raking?
We stop and show you. A loose brick or course needs relaying or replacement, which is priced as its own item before we continue.
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