Family-owned chimney tuckpointing in Pine Hills
Honest tuckpointing advice in Pine Hills. If your joints need only a light touch, our local experts say so.
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What we agree before raking joints in Pine Hills
The details that decide whether joint work in Pine Hills holds or has to be redone.
- Joints to repoint, mapped face by face
- Mortar type chosen for the brick
- Water sources found and noted
- Debris removal and site cleanup
Inside a chimney repointing job in Pine Hills
Each point below affects the joint work we recommend in Pine Hills and shows up in your written scope.
The lowest strength that does the job
Technical Note 8B recommends selecting the mortar with the lowest compressive strength that meets the requirements of the job. Stronger is not automatically better, and the note stresses that no single mortar is right for every purpose.
Applied to chimney repointing, that means our crew in Pine Hills starts from the brick and the existing mortar and works up to the minimum strength that serves them. A chimney joint should outlast the weather without outlasting the brick. It sounds backward at first, and it is what protects the brick.
What good joints can and cannot do about leaks
Sound, well-tooled joints make a brick chimney far more resistant to water, and open joints are a frequent path for leaks. Still, joints are only one part of the system that keeps water out.
When a leak is the reason you called about your Pine Hills chimney, we check the crown, cap and flashing along with the mortar. If the joints are the path, repointing is the fix. If another part is to blame, we say so, so you do not pay for joint work that will not stop the water.
What happens when joints are tooled too late
Tooling too late causes the opposite problem. Preservation Brief 2 notes that dark streaks called tool burning can appear, and that good closure of the mortar against the brick will not be achieved.
Poor closure leaves a fine gap at the joint edge, the exact spot where water gets in. On your Pine Hills chimney, our crew keeps each working area small enough that every joint is tooled while it can still be compacted properly. That is why the crew works in manageable sections instead of filling a whole face at once.
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Tuckpointing questions from Pine Hills
Deciding on joint work? The inspection in Pine Hills is free.
Is tuckpointing the same job as repointing?
In everyday use, yes. Both describe removing failed mortar and filling the joints with new mortar. Strictly, tuckpointing is a decorative raised joint, but the work we quote is proper repointing either way.
Will the work make a mess?
Raking makes dust, so we cover the roof and nearby areas, ask you to close windows and clean up each day. Gutters, walkways and the roof are cleared before the crew leaves your Pine Hills home.
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