Tuckpointing chimney joints the careful way in Crescent Park
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How we scope chimney repointing in Crescent Park
Each item below is agreed with you in Crescent Park before any mortar is removed.
- Color and sand matched to the old joints
- Counterflashing reset where joints are raked
- Old hard patches and caulk removed
- Brush cleanup at the joint edges
Chimney repointing explained for Crescent Park homeowners
Plain talk about mortar from the crew that does the pointing in Crescent Park.
Smeared patches over open joints
A quick fix for open joints is to smear mortar or a cement mix over the surface. It closes the gap for a while but rarely bonds to the loose material behind it, and it often spreads across the brick faces as well.
Our pros look for this on your Crescent Park chimney because it hides the real condition of the joints. Smeared material is removed down to sound mortar, and the joint is repointed properly. Where the smear has stained the brick, the estimate explains how much can be cleaned off.
Head joints are finished by chisel
The short vertical joints between bricks are where power tools do the most harm. Preservation Brief 2 says mechanical tools should never be used on vertical joints, because of the danger of slipping into the brick above or below.
Technical Note 46 makes a related point, that a grinder cannot take a head joint to full depth without damaging the adjacent brick, so the rest must be removed by chisel. Our crew in Crescent Park clears every head joint by hand to the same depth as the bed joints.
New mortar in layers about 1/4 inch thick
Both Technical Note 46 and Preservation Brief 2 describe packing repointing mortar into the joint in layers, or lifts, of about 1/4 inch. A thick single fill shrinks more and can pull away from the brick as it hardens.
Our masons in Crescent Park fill each joint in thin, well-packed lifts. It takes several passes to reach the face, which is part of why careful repointing takes longer than a quick smear, and part of why it holds. Each lift is pressed firmly into place, and the final lift brings the joint out to its finished depth.
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Repointing answers for Crescent Park homeowners
If your question is not here, call our Crescent Park crew and ask.
How deep do you remove the old mortar?
To at least twice the width of the joint, generally about 3/4 inch on typical brick, and further wherever the mortar is still loose. We stop at sound mortar and keep the depth even across each area.
Can you repoint only the bad joints?
Sometimes. Spot repointing keeps more original mortar, but it is hard to tell which joints let water in, so guidance favors repointing the whole affected area. We explain which approach suits your chimney.
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