Brick Experts DFW

The best preventative measure you can take to protect your home's masonry, like brick walls and patios, is a habit of regularly inspecting your brick for chips, cracks, crumbling mortar, wet spots and stains, and other red flags that require professional attention. Minor brick damage creates an opening for water to flow into your brick structure and cause major problems relatively quickly. Dallas' hot summers, wet falls, and occasionally icy winters, exacerbate these risks and a semi-annual inspection schedule helps protect your home against all these factors without causing yourself too much cost, or stress. The harshest seasons in Dallas are summer and winter and you should inspect your brick in between those seasons every year, especially after your home is 20 years or older. ( Read the original post on Medium ) Brick Damage From Spring And Fall Showers In Texas Texas's intense spring and fall rains are hard on brick exteriors. Heavy downpours saturate bricks with moist...

Natural stone is beautiful, elegant -and expensive. Building with stone isn't cheap but there are alternatives these days that are just as good in many ways and mimic the appearance of stone so closely, you'd never be able to tell the difference. Besides natural, irregular stone and stone tile, there is another way to incorporate the look and feel of real stone into your home and yard design: manufactured stone. Let's take a closer look at manufactured stone veneer, what it is, how it's produced, and all the options available to you for use in your next masonry project. ( Read the original post on Medium ) What is Manufactured Stone Veneer? Manufactured stone veneer is produced by mixing Portland cement, lightweight aggregates, and iron oxide pigments into molds to create realistic stone replicas. Anywhere you could use natural stone in masonry work, you can use manufactured stone designs instead and create stunning facades that mimic natural stone at a fraction of the ...

Inspecting your brick walls for potential damage and water infiltration a few times a year can help catch small problems before they have the time to become major problems. Because of the often high costs of masonry repair work, this can mean significant savings over the lifespan of your brick walls . Whether we're talking about interior or exterior brick walls, or freestanding privacy and boundary walls constructed of brick, maintenance and preventative care are identical. You can handle minor maintenance on your own, if you prefer, but when it comes to preventative care and repair work, call the Brick Experts team. We're here to help with any brick repair or brick wall construction and other masonry projects you might have. Give us a call today to get your questions answered by an expert for free. Homeowners in the Dallas / Fort Worth area usually have a few different brick surfaces to maintain and they'll continue to demand investment in the form of repairs over the year...

Tuckpointing is how brick masons repair damaged mortar joints in walls, chimneys , and other surfaces. While it's technically considered a minor repair, in reality, it's quite complicated and requires years of practice to perform correctly. When your brick surfaces show cracks, gaps, or voids in the mortar joints, you'll need to contact a masonry expert to perform tuckpointing repairs. Beyond the most obvious signs though, there are others, and greater levels of detail, which any homeowner in brick-dominated Dallas, TX should know how to spot on their own. Let's define the term tuckpointing, then look at all the signs that tell you when it's needed, and how to perform a thorough visual inspection -much like we do when we visit your location and provide a free estimate for masonry repairs. By the end, you'll learn how to spot problems and know exactly when to DIY or call a professional mason for assistance. ( Read the original post on Medium ) What Is Tuckpointin...