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How do you tuckpoint foundation?
Tuckpointing’s most obvious benefit is that it protects your home from water damage. Even the tiniest break in your masonry can cause damage to your property. Our chimney tuckpointing treatment fills gaps in the structure, keeping the brick, stone, and roofing components from deteriorating due to water damage. It is our job to keep your […]
How to Maintain Your Brick Tuckpointing
Moisture and time can cause mortar to degrade and break down, causing joints to fall out or turn to dust. Water cannot enter the wall unless the joints are kept solid. If tuckpointing is neglected for too long, it may evolve into bricklaying. Water leaking through a tiny fracture in the mortar joint during winter […]
How to DIY Tuckpointing
Even though the foundations of any building are made of bricks and mortar, weather damage and normal wear and tear can compromise the quality of the construction if it is not periodically repaired. Bricks are “pointed” during building to prevent water from leaking in and ruining a structure by binding the bricks together with mortar. […]
A Complete Guide on Retaining Wall Repair
Retaining walls are designed to keep back any material and prevent it from moving away or being washed away. It is constructed to withstand the material pressure of the material it is restraining. To learn more about retaining wall repair, follow the discussion below. What is a Retaining Wall? The purpose of retaining walls is […]
Concrete vs. Asphalt: Everything You Need to Know
A road or parking lot can be paved with concrete or asphalt. Today’s highways are grayer than the slick blacktops that formerly conjured up images of an open road radiating heat from the sun. For various factors, concrete road pavement is swiftly catching up to asphalt in popularity. It can be confusing choosing from concrete […]
Brick Siding and its Benefits
Because of its long history and classic aesthetic, brick siding is still widely used today in many parts of the country. It has long been a popular choice for cladding the exterior of your home, and it’s still in use today. Besides brick, other materials, such as vinyl, offer many of the same beneficial features […]