Brick Repair & Tuckpointing in Nashville

Brick Repair & Tuckpointing in Nashville, Tennessee

Repointing failed mortar joints and replacing spalled brick with a match that does not stand out.

Nashville's Masonry connects homeowners across Middle Tennessee with licensed, insured masons for brick repair & tuckpointing. Estimates are free and written, the price is agreed before work starts, and the workmanship is backed in writing.

What the job usually involves

Every property is different, which is why the estimate comes after somebody has actually looked at it rather than before. What does not change is the process: assess, explain the options in plain language, put the scope and price in writing, then do the work to that scope.

Brick Repair & Tuckpointing, in practice

Mortar specification is the single most important decision in brick repair, and getting it wrong is irreversible. Historic brick is softer than modern Portland mortar, the joint is meant to be the sacrificial element, and repointing old brick with hard mortar pushes the damage into the brick faces instead.

Stair-step cracking through the joints usually means movement below rather than a mortar failure. Repointing it without finding out why the wall moved means the same crack reappears in the new mortar, so the diagnosis comes first.