Chimney mortar joints repointed in Kendall West

Joint conditions that call for repointing

Brick industry maintenance guidance lists the joint conditions that usually call for repointing. We look for each of them on every face of the chimney.

When a face shows these conditions, we mark the area and explain whether the damage is local or spread across the chimney. The pattern also hints at where water is coming from.

• Mortar eroded back from the brick face
• Mortar that crumbles or has voids
• Hairline cracks through the joints
• Cracks where mortar has separated from brick

Water from the chimney top feeding the joints

Joints near the top of a chimney can wear first when the crown or cap fails. Water running off a cracked crown soaks the upper courses when it rains. Repointing those joints without fixing the top only resets the clock.

We check the crown, the cap and the seal around the flue during a joint inspection. If they are letting water in, we explain it and price the repair separately. Doing the top first, then the joints, gives the repointing a drier chimney to protect.

Tuckpointing from a family-owned local team

Miami Chimney Repair is a family-owned, locally owned company. The joint findings are explained by us, and questions about the mortar and method come back to us rather than getting lost along the way.

Repointing rests on judgment at each step, from where to draw the boundary to when to tool a joint. We walk you through those calls in plain words. Upfront pricing with no hidden fees means the figure you agree to covers the joints on the estimate, and any change is raised with you before it happens.

Joint findings explained on site in Kendall West

At the end of a joint inspection in Kendall West, we walk you through the results before we leave. We show which faces need work, which joints tested soft under the scraper and what seems to be wearing them down.

Stand where you can see the chimney and we will point to the areas. Nothing is too small to ask about. The written estimate that follows lists the same findings area by area, so what you heard in the yard and what you read later agree.