Monthly Archives: April 2014

Lowest Temperatures Cause Home Damage

The coldest winter Chicago has seen in decades is finally over. What do we have to show for it? Leaking walls, cracked mortar joints, and crumbling brick. With the record low temperatures, your masonry walls literally shrank and contracted.  Now with the warmer weather, your walls are expanding, exposing the deterioration to your building’s façade.  […]