Family-run chimney tuckpointing in San Marco

Family-owned masons scratch-test every face of your San Marco chimney for free, then repoint only what has failed.

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Local repointing pros for San Marco chimneys

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

If a joint we repointed in San Marco lets go, the same family crew returns to fix it.

Free inspection and estimateEvery face of your San Marco 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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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 San Marco? Phone (904) 920-5495, and our masons will inspect them for free.

San Marco does not reach the coast. San Marco is a neighborhood within the City of Jacksonville.

Repointing work we do in San Marco

Head joints cut by hand to protect brick edges
Joints cleaned and dampened before filling
Mortar type chosen to suit the brick
Color matched from a cured sample

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Survey, rake, fill, tool

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.

What wears chimney mortar in San Marco

Chimney joints in San Marco, well inland, see little salt. Water and age do the work: rain soaking the top courses and mortar weakening over many years.

Both show on a scratch survey, and both are repaired the same careful way.

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.

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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.

Keeping the original joint width

New joints should be the width of the old ones. A joint widened by a careless grinder or a chipped brick edge shows as a thick line of mortar, and the wider joint carries more of the wall's movement than it was designed to.

Preservation Brief 2 treats keeping the original width as part of a good repointing job. We cut inside the old mortar, stop at the brick edge and repair any chipped edge before filling. Where earlier work has already widened joints, we note it and fill them neatly rather than making them wider still.

Mortar inside the house and attic

The exterior of a chimney gets the attention, but the section inside the house and attic has mortar joints too. There, a failed joint is not only a cosmetic issue, since the chimney wall sits close to the framing.

Where the chimney is visible in the attic or a closet, we check those joints with a light. Sandy or open joints on the interior are repointed with the same care as outside, with the space protected from dust. They are listed separately on the estimate because the access and cleanup are different. Any joint there that looks scorched or blackened is noted for a flue check as well, since it may point to a leak from inside.

Joint findings written down before pricing

Raking depth for each face, set by joint width
Caulk or skim patches to remove before repointing
Loose top courses that need relaying rather than repointing
Joint profile to match, tooled once the mortar has firmed

Repointing questions from San Marco

Do you repoint chimneys in San Marco?

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

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.