Chimney tuckpointing for Sandalwood homes

Mortar repair for Sandalwood chimneys by a local crew that protects your roof and cleans up every crumb.

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Masons who survey every face first

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

Deep joints are filled in layers and tooled, not skimmed over.

Free inspection and estimateEvery face of your Sandalwood 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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Joints that open after a storm

Heavy wind and rain do not usually strip sound mortar, but they can finish off joints that were already weak. After a storm, loose mortar crumbs on the roof or a fresh gap in a joint are worth checking. Nothing on the sketch is priced by guesswork, since each face was checked at arm's length.

We look for the joints that failed and the ones about to, since weak mortar rarely fails alone. Repointing them before the next storm keeps water out of the brick. Mortar gone from your Sandalwood chimney after bad weather? Phone (904) 920-5495; our masons inspect it for free.

Sandalwood is one of the named neighborhoods of Jacksonville. Sandalwood is part of Duval County.

Raked, filled, tooled and cured

Every face scratch-tested and sketched
Deep joints filled in layers, not one pass
Brick faces brushed clean as we go
A repointing sketch of your Sandalwood chimney, free

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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.

Rain through a leaking top in Sandalwood

Water that gets in at the chimney top soaks the joints below it. Away from the coast, it is the first thing we check when joints fail early.

We look at the top of every Sandalwood chimney before quoting the joints beneath it.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

For a home in Sandalwood with several faces to repoint, every face booked in the 72 hours is discounted.

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Dealing with an earlier hard-mortar repair

A chimney repointed years ago with a mortar much harder than its brick can show damage along the new joints: brick edges crumbling while the gray joints stand proud. Preservation Brief 2 explains why, since the stronger material pushes stress into the weaker one.

Removing hard mortar carefully is slow, because cutting it out can damage the soft brick it has already harmed. We assess whether it is causing damage before recommending removal. Where it is, the joints are opened by hand and refilled with a softer mortar suited to the brick. Where the hard joints are sound and the brick beside them is holding up, they can be left alone and watched instead.

Stair-step cracks mean movement, not wear

Zigzag cracking that steps through the joints usually means the masonry has moved: a footing settled, the chimney shifted or something pushed against it. Repointing that crack fills it, but it does not stop the movement.

When we see a stair-step crack, the cause gets checked before any tuckpointing is priced. A stable chimney with an old crack may need nothing more than repointing. If it is still moving, the structure is dealt with first, and the quote shows the two jobs on separate lines.

Repointing some faces or the whole stack

Repointing only the failed faces saves money, and it is often the right call. The trade-off is appearance: new joints on one side can look slightly different from weathered joints on the next, even with a good color match.

We explain that trade-off before you decide. Where faces meet at a corner that shows from the street, it may be worth extending the work around it. Where the failed side faces the back of the house, the difference will not matter. The choice is yours, and the estimate prices each option. Either way, faces left untouched are recorded as tested and sound, so the next survey knows where to look.

What goes on a repointing sketch in Sandalwood

Raking depth for each face, set by joint width
Color matched from a cured test batch shown to you first
Weather protection and curing for the new joints
Roof protection, debris collection and gutter cleanup

Before the joints are raked

Could the cracks simply be caulked?

Caulk or a thin skim over worn mortar has nothing solid to grip and falls away, often hiding deeper failure while it lasts. Raking and refilling the joint is the repair that holds.

What does the repointing survey in Sandalwood cost?

The survey and estimate are free. Book the repointing within 72 hours of the survey and 10% comes off.