We're a Beaumont masonry crew that fixes cracked brick, crumbling mortar and leaky chimneys on Nederland homes. I come out to look at every job myself, so the person who sizes it up is the one who answers for it.
(409) 240-0376
A lot of the houses we work on in Nederland are brick, and the mortar joints usually give out long before the brick does. Most calls start the same way. Somebody spots a crack running up the wall, sand in the flower bed under a window, or a chimney top that's started to look rough.
Those are small problems if you catch them early and bigger ones if you don't, because open joints let water behind the brick. I'd rather patch the few feet that need it and tell you the rest of the wall is fine than sell you a whole repoint you don't need.
Send the form or call (409) 240-0376, and we'll get back to you within one business day. I come out to your Nederland house myself, look at the job and send you a written estimate after the visit. It's free, done on site, and you're under no obligation to hire us.
(409) 240-0376Most of our work in Nederland is brick repair on walls that have cracked or settled, plus tuckpointing where the mortar has gone soft and chimney repair where the top has started letting water in. We also build walkways, brick and block walls, retaining walls, stone veneer and outdoor kitchens, and we take on foundation work when a crack in the brick turns out to start lower down. Every service we offer is listed here, and the same crew handles all of it.
Permits for work inside Nederland go through the City of Nederland, so whether your job needs one is the city's call, not ours. If it does, we won't start until it's in place, and the city's turnaround becomes part of your schedule. We check with the city for your address before the estimate, tell you what we found when I'm out there, and help get the permit sorted. We're fully licensed and insured. The price moves with how much wall is involved, how hard it is to reach and whether the cause behind the damage needs fixing too. The schedule mostly turns on permits and finding brick that matches yours. Your written estimate spells out both for your job.
Nederland is a short trip from our base in Beaumont, so getting a crew here isn't a production. The houses look a lot like the ones we work on in Port Neches and Groves, so we usually know what we're walking into. On tight side yards and shared driveways, we plan where the mixer and pallets go before we show up, so you can still get your car out.
I come out and look at your house myself, and I send the written estimate after the visit. Our masons do the work, and I'm back on site to check it. You're never stuck explaining your wall to a salesperson who won't be there.
A crack is usually telling you something moved or water got in. We find out which before we quote, because filling the crack alone just means it comes back. If a small repair will do the job, that's what I'll tell you.
We've been matching brick and mortar on lived-in homes since 2013, and that's what most people know us for. We match the color, the texture and the shape of the joint, so the repair doesn't stand out from the street.
We keep the work area tight, protect beds and walkways and clean up before we leave each day, because you still live there. We're fully licensed and insured, with satisfaction guaranteed on every job. Call (409) 240-0376 or use the form to set up a visit.
It comes down to how much brick or mortar has to come out, whether your brick can be matched and how high we have to work. A few cracked bricks low on a wall cost far less than a chimney top or a section that moved because the cause behind it has to be fixed first. I give you a written estimate after I've looked at the job, so you're not working from a guess.
Possibly, and we check before we start. The city posts its permit documents online, including a storm water permit application, which is its first step toward a storm water permit. It also has a storm water ordinance. If your job needs a permit, we tell you at the estimate and help get it in place.
Nederland works under the International Codes, including the building code and the residential code, adopted with its own changes. You can read them through the links on the city's code page. If your job needs a permit, those codes are what the work gets checked against.
Usually movement or water. Stair-step cracks along the mortar often mean the house has settled, cracks above a window often mean the steel support over the opening has rusted and pushed up, and soft joints let water in that loosens brick over time. We figure out which one you have before quoting, because each needs a different fix.
If the brick is sound but the mortar is crumbling or you can scrape it out with a key, you need tuckpointing, which means grinding out the old joints and packing in new mortar. If bricks are cracked, loose or spalling, meaning the face is flaking off, they need replacing. Plenty of walls need a little of both, and I'll show you which parts need what.
Most of the wait comes before we start, between the visit, the written estimate, any permit and getting brick that matches yours. Time on site depends on how much wall we're working on and whether we're fixing a cause behind it. I'll tell you what to expect at the estimate, once I've seen the job.
