Missing joints in your brick paving need to be fixed promptly!

Brick paving in this area fights an uphill battle. Unless it is religiously maintained in will enevidable fall into disrepair in a relatively short period of time. So if you’re looking at your brick paving that’s been there for 25 years and never has been touched… don’t hold your breath for having it repaired. It will likely need to be replace which will cost several thousand to be sure. Read more…

Broken bricks & cracks

Fixing the cracks in your bricks will keep bugs, snakes and vermin from entering you home needlessly. Once cracks open and allow excessive moisture to enter which can cause dampness. This lures in creatures looking for a meal and a place to nest. Read more…

Mortar Repair – The art of tuck pointing

by Michael Olding

Tuck pointing is the process of filling in missing, cracked or deteriorated mortar joints in masonry walls.  In this process the installer removes the damaged mortar if necessary, then installs fresh pointing mortar into the open mortar joint by ‘tucking’ or pushing it into the damaged joint with a ‘tuck pointer’ or a ‘pointing tool’.  Read more

Stone Repair

Many of the stone walls built within the last 75 years are falling apart. These walls can last 100s of years if properly maintained with repair work being done every few years and a sealer application as well. Stone is the Kings material so take care of you investment by properly maintaining your stone walls, columns or retaining walls. Read more…