Dayton Tuckpointing Common brick and mortar problems in Dayton
Start with what you can see on the wall. Each page below explains what is usually behind that symptom on a Dayton house, what you can check yourself in a few minutes, what the repair costs against our published prices, and when the honest answer is that it can wait until spring.
Mortar crumbling or missing from your Dayton brick? What freeze-thaw and the wrong mortar did, a two-minute screwdriver test, and the $8 to $20 per sq ft fix.
What is wrong and what it costs →Brick faces popping off your Dayton house? It is frozen water in the brick, usually let in by hard mortar. What to check, and the $20 to $40 per brick fix.
What is wrong and what it costs →Stair-step cracks over a window on a Dayton brick house: how to tell a rusted lintel from settlement from plain mortar failure, and what each fix costs.
What is wrong and what it costs →White powder on your Dayton brick is efflorescence: salt left behind by water. What it tells you, how to test it in two minutes, and what the real repair costs.
What is wrong and what it costs →A cracked chimney crown or missing cap lets water into the whole stack. How to spot it from the ground in Dayton and what the $400 to $1,200 fix involves.
What is wrong and what it costs →Water seeping through a brick or stone basement wall in Dayton: why Miamian clay does it every spring, what to check outside, and the repointing fix cost.
What is wrong and what it costs →A brick fell off the chimney, or a sill brick wobbles by hand. Where loose bricks come from on Dayton houses, what is urgent, and the reset cost per brick.
What is wrong and what it costs →A cracked, tipped, or sinking limestone sill under a Dayton window: what causes it, how to tell a surface crack from a failed one, and the repair cost.
What is wrong and what it costs →A bowing or bulging brick wall is past repointing. What causes it on Dayton houses, how to measure it, when it is urgent, and what rebuilding costs.
What is wrong and what it costs →A leaning chimney or a widening gap where it meets the house is a footing problem, not a mortar problem. How to measure it in Dayton and what the repair costs.
What is wrong and what it costs →Water getting in under a door or window on a Dayton brick veneer house with no weep holes: what flashing and weeps are, what the code asks for, and what the repair involves.
What is wrong and what it costs →Prices on these pages are the same ranges on our pricing page. If your symptom is not here, the FAQ and services pages cover the rest, or send photos through the form.