We're a Beaumont masonry crew that fixes cracked brick, crumbling mortar, leaky chimneys and leaning block walls in Orange. I come out to look at every job myself.
(409) 240-0376
Orange is a short drive east of Beaumont for us, so it's regular ground, not a long haul. The calls sound like the ones we get at home: a stair-step crack running through the brick, mortar that brushes out with a finger, a chimney that leaks into the ceiling, a block wall leaning out of line.
We work on older brick houses near downtown and newer slab homes farther out, and most jobs are repairs, not rebuilds. As a masonry contractor out of Beaumont, TX, we treat Orange the way we treat our own city. We find out why the wall cracked, then fix that.
We reply to calls and messages within one business day. I'll come out to Orange, look at the job myself and send you a written estimate after the visit, free and with no obligation. If a small fix will do, I'll tell you so.
(409) 240-0376Most Orange calls are repairs: brick repair and tuckpointing for cracked walls and soft joints, chimney repair for leaks around the top of the stack, and foundation repair when the cracks point lower. We also build concrete block walls and brick walls along lot lines, walkways out front and outdoor kitchen masonry out back.
In Orange, building permits run through the City of Orange's Planning and Community Development Department, and the contractor has to have the permit before work begins, so a permitted job waits on the city's review before our crew shows up. If your job needs a permit or historic approval, I'll tell you at the estimate, and we'll check with the city for your address and help get it in place before we start. If your project brings in plumbing, electrical or mechanical work, like an outdoor kitchen often does, those trades pull their own permits, and the city requires them to hold a State of Texas license and keep a $300,000 general liability certificate on file with its Inspections Office, so ask to see both. Price here turns on how much brick or block needs work, how closely we can match what's on the house and how easy the spot is to reach, and your written estimate puts a number on it.
We come over from Beaumont on I-10, and since we're also on jobs in Bridge City and Vidor, Orange slots into the week without fuss. What usually sets your start date is the permit, if there is one, and how long it takes to find brick that matches yours. The drive isn't the slow part.
I've run this business since 2013, and I still come out to every estimate myself, so the person pricing your job knows the trade. Our masons do the work, and I'm on site to check it before we call it done. No salesman in between.
We're best known for brick, mortar and chimney repairs that blend in with what's already there. That means matching mortar color and the shape of the joint, and finding brick that sits right next to the old. A patch you can spot from the street isn't finished.
If a crack keeps coming back, we find out why before we fill it, because covering it just buys you a second bill later. I'd rather tell you a small repair will do than sell you a big one you don't need yet.
We're fully licensed and insured, and we treat a house you live in like it's ours, with the mess kept small and the site cleaned up each day. Satisfaction guaranteed on every job. Call (409) 240-0376 or use the form to tell us what you're seeing.
The city requires a building permit for new construction and alterations, and the contractor has to pull it before work begins. New fences, additions and accessory buildings also need a site plan drawn to scale, and remodels need a written scope of work with the application. The permit types the city lists don't name a straight masonry repair on its own, so we ask the city about your address before we start.
Permit applications go to the city by mail, in person or by email, and the city's permits and applications page has the forms and where to send them. Fees can be paid by phone with a credit card, which adds a processing fee. On a job of ours that needs a permit, we help get it in place before we start.
The city's website lists a tool called Forerunner that shows a property's flood-related risk and the insurance requirements that might apply. If your lot is in a special flood hazard area, the city requires an elevation certificate for all work there, so check before you plan a new wall or walkway. Tell me what it shows at the estimate and we'll plan around it.
Nobody can give you an honest number without seeing it, because cost comes down to how much brick or mortar needs work and what's causing the damage. A few cracked bricks and some soft joints make a small job, while a wall moving from foundation trouble makes a bigger one, and hard-to-match brick or a tall chimney adds time. I'll look at it in person and send you a written estimate.
Water and age, mostly. Mortar is meant to be the softer part of the wall, so over the years water gets into the joints and wears them out before the brick goes, and a wall that's moving from foundation trouble cracks along the joints too. We figure out which one it is before we repoint, because fresh mortar over a moving wall just cracks again.
The city's Plans and Inspections Division inspects construction for compliance with the building codes, city ordinances and any approved site plan. If the work doesn't pass, or the contractor isn't ready when the inspector arrives, the city charges a re-inspection fee. We call for inspection only when the work is ready, because that fee is an easy one to avoid.
