Local chimney masonry repair for Yulee homes

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Brick and mortar specialists for Yulee chimneys

Locally owned in Jacksonville
Family owned and operated
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Same-day service available
10% off any service

Joints are raked to sound mortar and packed in layers, so the new mortar has something to grip.

Locally ownedA locally owned business answers for the brick and mortar work on your Yulee chimney.
Upfront pricing, no hidden feesEach area of the stack is priced on its own line, so you can see what each repair costs.
100% satisfaction guaranteedIf the repair does not look or hold the way we agreed, we come back and make it right.

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Brick faces flaking above the roof

Brick that sheds its outer face in flakes or shells has usually taken on more water than it can dry out. On the Yulee stack the damaged units tend to sit where water collects: under a failed crown, beside open joints, along the shoulders. Scattered bad units come out one at a time, and brick matched in size and color goes in their place, and the joints around them are repointed. The water source that caused the damage gets named too, since new brick set into the same wet wall can flake the same way. When most of a face is damaged, rebuilding that section is compared on paper. Loose brick or open joints in Yulee? A masonry inspection costs nothing at (904) 920-5495.

In the 2020 Census, Yulee counted 14,195 residents. The coastline lies beyond Yulee.

Mortar, brick and the water behind them

Worn joints raked back to sound mortar
Loose top courses relaid in fresh mortar
Stair-step cracks marked and measured on your Yulee chimney
Fresh joints covered from rain at your Yulee home

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How chimney masonry repair runs

Damage mapped by type
Soft joints, cracks, flaking faces and loose courses are marked on the stack, along with the water path behind them.
Mortar and brick matched
The mortar type is picked to suit the old wall, a test batch cures against the brick, and replacement units are sized to the coursing.
Rake, repoint and replace
Joints are raked to sound mortar and packed in layers, and damaged brick is cut out and reset.
Tooling, cleanup and cover
New joints are tooled to the old profile, smears come off without raw acid, and fresh work is covered from rain.

Keeping the wall thick enough in Yulee

Florida's residential code sets a minimum thickness for the walls of a masonry chimney, and a repair may not thin them. A brick cut back or a joint left hollow reduces the wall.

Replacement units on chimneys in Yulee are set full depth in solid mortar.

10% off any service booked within 72 hours of inspection

Loose brick or crumbling mortar? Book within 72 hours of our visit and 10% comes off.

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Water on the racked shoulders

As a chimney narrows, the brick is racked in steps, and each step is a small ledge exposed to rain. BIA's chimney note prefers solid brick laid on a setting bed over those steps. Where a mortar wash is used instead, it asks for the wash to fill each step individually rather than bridge over the whole rack in one sloped layer. A bridged wash cracks away from the brick and hides a void where water collects.

When we repair a shoulder, the finish goes back in the form BIA describes, sloped so water leaves each step. The top of each step is also checked for loose units before it is covered.

Salvaged brick from the same chimney

The closest match to the brick in a chimney can be more of the same brick. When the top of a stack is relaid, sound units from the dismantled courses are cleaned of old mortar and reused. When only a few units are needed, brick can sometimes be taken from a part of the chimney that is hidden, such as inside the attic, and replaced there with a new unit where color does not matter. Salvaged brick has already weathered with the rest of the stack, so it blends in sooner than new brick does. Salvaged units are checked for cracks and soft faces before they are reused.

Stopping the water before the mortar work

Before any mortar is mixed, the question is how water reached the damage, because a repair that leaves the water path open will be repeated. Rain gets into a chimney above the roof at a short list of places: the crown and its seal around the flue tile, a missing or damaged cap, the shoulders, open joints on the most exposed face, and the flashing. Those points are checked and closed first, or at the same time as the masonry work. They sit next to the masonry lines, so it is clear why each repair is there and what it protects.

Mapped on the brick in Yulee

Sand and color match, confirmed with a cured test batch
Roof protection, ladder or scaffold access, and clean-up
Protection of fresh joints from rain while they cure
The point where repair gives way to a partial rebuild

Before the joints are repointed

Is repointing the same as masonry repair?

Repointing is one part of it: renewing mortar joints. Masonry repair also covers cracked or flaking brick, loose courses and shoulders, and it may include repointing where the joints need it.

Can masonry work be done in the rain?

Not well. Fresh mortar needs protection from heavy rain while it cures, so we schedule around the forecast and cover open work at the end of each day.