Chimney mortar joint repair in Palm Valley
Sandy joints in Palm Valley rebuilt by hand, head joints chiseled rather than ground, with our workmanship warranty.
- Fully licensed and insured
- Locally owned
- Family owned and operated
- Same-day service
Get Your Free Inspection
Get a quote for chimney and fireplace repair and installation in Jacksonville.
Request received
Thank you. We will call you shortly to set a time.
Quicker by phone? Call (904) 920-5495
Family-owned mortar specialists serving Palm Valley
- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
- 100% satisfaction guaranteed
- Free inspection and estimate
- Same-day service available
- 10% off any service
Mortar is chosen to suit the brick, softer where the brick is soft.
- Free inspection and estimateEvery face of your Palm Valley 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.
Shadow lines along the joints
From the yard, a chimney with worn joints looks striped. Each mortar line sits back from the brick face, catching a shadow, while a sound chimney reads almost flat. The deeper the shadow, the more mortar has gone.
Recessed joints hold water against the brick and let it into the wall. Repointing restores the joint to the face so rain runs off. We measure how far back the mortar has gone on each side before pricing. Chimney looking striped from the street in Palm Valley? Call (904) 920-5495 and ask our masonry pros for a free look.
Palm Valley is part of St. Johns County. In the 2020 Census, Palm Valley counted 21,827 residents.
What chimney tuckpointing covers in Palm Valley
- Worn joints raked to sound depth
- Deep joints filled in layers, not one pass
- Brick faces brushed clean as we go
- Joints on your Palm Valley chimney priced face by face
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.
After the storm season in Palm Valley
Storms between June 1 and November 30 can finish off joints that were already weak on chimneys near the coast.
Mortar crumbs on the roof after the season are a reason to have your Palm Valley chimney's joints checked.
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.
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.
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.
Fixing the water before the joints
Water from above is the main reason chimney mortar breaks down. A cracked chimney top, a missing cap or failed metal at the roof line lets water into the masonry, and new joints below a leak get soaked just like the old ones.
So the survey includes the top of the chimney and where it meets the roof. Anything letting water in is priced alongside the repointing, and we recommend doing those repairs in the same visit or before. That way the new mortar starts its life dry. New joints under a dry top can be expected to wear slowly, the way sound mortar should.
What goes on a repointing sketch in Palm Valley
- Mortar type under ASTM C270 and the reason for it
- Chimney top and roof metal defects priced as separate lines
- Interior or attic joints, with their own access and cleanup
- Weather protection and curing for the new joints
Before the joints are raked
Do you repoint chimneys in Palm Valley?
Yes. Our masons repoint chimneys across St. Johns County, Palm Valley included. Mention the sandy sides on the phone, and those faces are surveyed first, at no charge.
What does the repointing survey in Palm Valley cost?
The survey and estimate are free. Book the repointing within 72 hours of the survey and 10% comes off.
More services in Palm Valley
-
-
-
-
-
-
Learn more about chimney tuckpointingAll services in Palm Valley
Get the joints on your Palm Valley chimney sound again
Joints sandy or caulked over in Palm Valley? The survey costs nothing, and repointing booked in the 72 hours after it is 10% off.
Free Inspection