Professional Masonry, Concrete, Brick & Stone Services in Brampton, ON

Tuckpointing You go outside, and you take a look at the exterior of your house and you unfortunately find crumbling masonry joints. They start out ugly, and things go south pretty fast. Like bricks coming loose, water seeping in and going behind the walls or mortar bees making their home in the mortar joints. Will this problem persist? Yes, and it will only get worse. This can be handled by the procedure called tuckpointing or tuck pointing or pointing as people in the trade call it. While you could attempt to do this yourself if not done right it only exacerbates the problem. A&A Masonry is very professional in tuckpointing with years’ experience doing it right. Spalled or Cracked Bricks – What that means Spalled Bricks Spalling is a result of water entering brick, concrete or natural stone and forcing the surface to peel, pop out or flake off. This is because there is moisture in the concrete. In basements, especially, moisture and often salt, too, pushes outward from the inside. Tuckpointing is used to fix any joints in brick structures, brick walls, retaining walls, joints between stonework etc. What it won’t fix is spalling brick, or cracks in the brickwork caused by the foundation of the house shifting. That kind of problem is much bigger, and it would need attention right away. First the spalled brick will have to be replaced...