Tuckpointing Caulking Restoration
JND Enterprises
Serving Chicago, Chicagoland
Northwest Indiana
Residental | Commercial | Institutional
815-573-4551
Tuckpoint Broken Brick or Stone Rather than Replace.
In some instances, it is perfectly acceptable to tuckpoint broken brick or stone in lieu of cutting out and replacing the masonry in question, particularly when one’s budget is tight.
If the brick or stone has not disintegrated and is merely cracked, a tuckpointer can cut back the fractured piece, then filling with repair mortar.
Painting is one of the worst (if not the worst) things you can do to masonry.
Brick and masonry, like a frog’s skin, is vapor permeable. Painting stops the evaporation of moisture, thus trapping the water. Unable to exit the wall, the masonry will crumble.
To mitigate the uneven appearance JND Enterprises stained the upper portion of the masonry wall. This wall is about 125 years old, I think it will last another 125 years, Chicago commons are very tough brick, just don’t paintem.’
Painting is one of the worst (if not the worst) things you can do to masonry.
