Tuckpointing

Tuckpointing Services in IA

Address Brick and Mortar Deterioration With Tuckpointing

Maintain the mortar joints of your home or business with professional grinding and tuckpointing services available from the pros at Century Brick Repair. Neglecting this aspect of your building’s health can lead to joint cracks, erosion, and weathering as well as brick deterioration due to:

Changes in temperature
Chronic water saturation from wind-driven rain
Roof system defects
De-icing salt

Repairs are required when the mortar begins to crumble, erode, crack, or fracture. Other signs that repairs are due include brick loss, cracks, or gaps.

If possible, we’ll restore your home, building, chimney, or stoop to its original style. Call today to schedule service or for a free estimate.

Tuckpointing Process and Timeline

On a typical tuckpointing job, we grind out damaged joints with machine grinders equipped with vacuum attachments and then fill them with new mortar. The mortar profile is tooled to look nice. The walls may be washed with detergent to leave a finished appearance.

We use a tuckpointing blade, which allows us to cut out damaged rock, clean it out, and reinstall it. Our goal is to retain the same look as before.

The time it takes to complete a grinding and tuckpointing project depends on depth of grinding by mason, the quality of the mortar to tuckpoint ground-out areas, and the ambient temperature when the work is performed. We monitor all of these factors and more to make your project structurally sound and visually appealing.