Tuckpointing chimneys in St. Nicholas by local masons
Repointing at your St. Nicholas home comes 10% off when you book it inside three days of the survey.
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Local repointing pros for St. Nicholas chimneys
- Locally owned in Jacksonville
- Family owned and operated
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- 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 St. Nicholas 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.
Sand in the gutters below the chimney
Gritty sand collecting in the gutter or on the shingles below a chimney is often mortar leaving the joints above. Rain washes the loosened grains out of the face and down the roof.
The sand tells you the joints are wearing, not how far. We check each face to find which joints are sandy on the surface and which have lost their mortar deep into the wall. That decides how much repointing the chimney needs. Mortar sand showing up around your chimney in St. Nicholas? Phone (904) 920-5495 for a free joint inspection.
St. Nicholas is a neighborhood inside Jacksonville city limits. The county for St. Nicholas is Duval County.
What chimney tuckpointing covers in St. Nicholas
- Worn joints raked to sound depth
- Mortar type chosen to suit the brick
- Old caulk and skim patches cut out
- Joints on your St. Nicholas chimney priced face by face
From the scratch test to cured joints in St. Nicholas
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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.
Before a new roof in St. Nicholas
Roof replacements disturb the metal at the base of the chimney, which is often set into mortar joints.
Repointing those joints before the roofers arrive in St. Nicholas gives the new metal sound mortar to seat into.
10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection
For a home in St. Nicholas with several faces to repoint, every face booked in the 72 hours is discounted.
Mortar types under ASTM C270
ASTM C270 is the standard specification for mortar for unit masonry. Its four mortar types run M, S, N, O in falling order of strength, defined either by the mix of binder and sand or by lab-tested properties.
The type for a repointing job is chosen from the brick, the exposure and what is already in the wall, not by habit. A chimney of hard modern brick and one of soft old brick will not get the same mortar. The type is written on the estimate, which tells any future mason exactly what fills these joints.
Why the top courses wear first
Above the roof line, a chimney stands exposed on all four sides. Rain hits it from all directions, sun heats it through the day, and water that gets past the top soaks the upper courses first.
It is common to find sound joints low on the stack and failed joints near the top. We survey both so the quote fits the damage. Where only the top courses need work, the rest is left alone, and the report says the lower joints were tested and found sound. Those upper courses also carry the chimney top, so their condition affects everything above the roof line.
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.
Joint findings written down before pricing
- Faces and courses needing repointing, marked on a sketch of the chimney
- Head joints cut by hand, and where a grinder is used
- Mortar type under ASTM C270 and the reason for it
- Loose top courses that need relaying rather than repointing
Repointing questions from St. Nicholas
Can you repoint just part of the chimney?
Yes, when the rest is sound. We scratch-test every face, and the quote covers only the courses and faces that need it, with the others noted as tested and sound.
What does the repointing survey in St. Nicholas cost?
The survey and estimate are free. Book the repointing within 72 hours of the survey and 10% comes off.
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From a few top courses to the whole stack, repointing in St. Nicholas is priced face by face before work begins.
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