Chimney Stucco Repair Video

Chimney stucco must stand up to the most rigorous conditions facing any material on your home. Deciding when to repair and when to replace the stucco on an older home is the most important decision that needs to be made when deciding to perform a chimney repair. Watch this video for more information.
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Just take the chimney down.

Sometimes it is more economical and prudent just to take an old chimney down and terminate it just above the flashing.

This is particularly true where you have extreme heights to deal with or difficult staging problems that can make the cost of accessing the chimney expensive. By taking it down then you know you won’t have to deal with any chimney problems again because… it’s not there! Read more

Chimney Crown Repair Video

The most important part of your chimney is the chimney crown. Watch this video and learn how we solve chimney crown repair problems.
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Stone Wall Repair Video

Thousands of old stone retaining walls or stone structures are  deteriorating. Find out how we combat deterioration by watching our video on tuck pointing of a typical stone retaining wall. 
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This porch foundation was crying for help!

One of the most common requests we get besides chimneys rebuilding, is for repairs porch foundation stucco repairs. Usually a corner of the porch foundation has ‘chunked’ off because of excessive water building up in the foundation. This comes from the porch runoff that usually goes down one side or another and constantly saturates a particular corner of the porch foundation stucco and ultimately causes it to fail. Read more

Getting it to blend is the tough part.

Trying to match any type of foundation stucco or foundation concrete is a very difficult if not impossible task. You just never know how the color blending of your mortars or cements for the foundation stucco are going to come out. You can blend your patch material until your hearts content but when it dries it just might end up being a little darker or lighter than you thought. Read more

Can you fix those ugly stains on my bricks?

We just finished a job for a customer and they were so pleased that they ask if we could fix the eyesore above their garage door.  Read more

This Cincinnati client had to repair his chimney twice!

In the Cincinnati area chimney repair has become big business with roofers, plumbers, electricians and even auto repair companies – all trying to ‘get in on the action’. Well that’s ok but there is something you should realize as a homeowner about a ‘chimney repair contractor’ who does not have the experience to know what to do… he can cost you BIG MONEY, especially here in Cincinnati! Let me explain why. Read more

Brick repair – replacing damaged bricks

In Cincinnati when I look at a brick repair request that a customer has asked for an estimate on, I find the damage so severe that a rebuild would be the proper approach. However if a customer prefers not to have a rebuild done and would rather ‘patch in’ a few damaged brick we can handle that as well.

Though we always recommend a rebuild where warranted and alternative and more economical application is brick replacement. (see video here) Read more

Brick repair – matching it up

It’s not always possible to find matching bricks. We can stain a repair to make it blend in seamlessly with the existing materials. Read more…

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