Brick Repair For Chicago Private Schools

Private schools in the Windy City have always been a staple of much importance. Whether it’s their often religious freedoms, academic excellence, or their essential aspect of community – private schools are of the utmost importance in the Chicago area. This is why we must make sure that these schools are entirely together – not a single wall should be crumbling, for aesthetic’s sake and to an even more salient point – for safety’s sake.

When it comes to private schools, typically we witness the same mortar issues as other industrial buildings: flaking mortar joints that are now deemed unattractive…or oftentimes, unsafe.

Arrow Masonry uses a process known as tuckpointing, which is essentially the rebuilding and refurbishing of industrial brick-and-mortar buildings. To put it in more specific terms, tuckpointing involves using the correct mortar mix to fix mortar joints on industrial buildings that have cracked, flaked, or disintegrated due to the harsh effects of the elements. The right material and technique are enough to deliver a water-tight job – but we also believe that appearance is a top priority. Our skilled crews carefully select the proper mortar mix and tools to complement your existing mortar color and profile.

This process will work wonders for a flaking private school. Seeing as we have successfully completed thousands of projects for commercial, multiunit, and industrial properties for over 50 years, we would be beyond glad to take on your private school or industrial brick-and-mortar building today! With our passion for Chicagoland’s community, structural integrities, and positive appearances, we at Arrow Masonry want to do our best to make sure that restoration for your building is done to a tee.

If you are located in Chicago or any of its surrounding areas and your industrial brick-and-mortar structure is crumbling, contact Arrow Masonry & Exteriors today! We will be happy to help with any of your tuckpointing needs.

Arrow Masonry: Tuckpointing Experts in Rockford

Rockford is full of a great deal of industrial structures. From offices to restaurants to schools to the strangely large amount of museums – there’s plenty of aged brick-and-mortar in the city of Rockford – which also means there’s plenty of opportunity to use the tuckpointing process to repair any buildings in need of it.

If you’re located in Rockford, you know very well that it is a very busy place – and so you don’t want your building to be cracked or weathered. Not only does this damage look unsatisfying but is also quite unsafe and borderline dangerous – the larger the crack becomes, the worse the structural integrity of your structure will become. No matter the cause of the damage (weather, etc.) – it’s clear that tuckpointing can fix it extremely well. 

Whether it’s a masonry, stone, lintel, or a chimney structure, once the process of tuckpointing is complete, a once crumbled and dilapidated brick structure now looks better than it ever did. This is because at its core, tuckpointing is the process of filling in open joints and gaps in an industrial mortar structure. This is done using a proper mortar mix that will blend with your existing brick color and texture/profile – perfect for making any sort of cracks or structural imperfections dissolve.

Arrow Masonry is your very best bet when it comes to properly tuckpointing your industrial building. If you’re looking for top-quality tuckpointing that not only looks good as far as the aesthetic goes, but also improves the structural integrity of your building, then Arrow Masonry is most certainly the obvious choice.

If your building is located in Rockford or Chicago or any of its surrounding areas and your industrial brick-and-mortar structure is crumbling, contact Arrow Masonry & Exteriors today! We will be happy to help with any of your tuckpointing needs.

What to Do if Your Building is Crumbling

When the mortar joints on an industrial building have cracked, flaked, or disintegrated due to weather or time, there’s only one true solution when it comes to fixing the issue – tuckpointing. Whether it’s a masonry, stone, lintel, or a chimney structure, once the process of tuckpointing is complete, a once crumbled and dilapidated brick structure now looks better than it ever did – and if your industrial building is in Chicago or any of its surrounding areas, Arrow Masonry & Exteriors will be happy to help with any of your tuckpointing needs!

At its core, tuckpointing is the process of filling in open joints and gaps in an industrial mortar structure with a proper mortar mix that will blend your existing brick color and texture/profile. While it’s extremely tedious and difficult to handle, it is possible to do it yourself, but you’ll have to worry about grinding out a mortar joint, taking the joint out and tuckpointing it with new mortar (in a color that matches the existing color as close as possible) Then, once this new mortar is “thumbprint” hard, you’d have to tool the joint to form a concave texture/profile for a watertight seal. And don’t forget to clean the building’s masonry, which would then blend the existing mortar with the newly added mortar. That said, it’s simply not a very good idea to do it yourself – but we at Arrow Masonry & Exteriors can do it for you professionally – and with this process finished, your masonry, stone, lintel, or chimney structure will look incredibly clean and brand new – and as mentioned: it’ll look better than it ever did.

It’s important to note that the tuckpointing process improves quite literally every aspect of the structure. Whether it’s the structural integrity, the aesthetics of the building, the marketability of the structure, or even prolonging the overall life of your masonry, Arrow’s tuckpointing process not only keeps your masonry building within code compliance while protecting its investment value, but it also minimizes energy loss and overall makes for a better building.

If you are located in Chicago or any of its surrounding areas and your industrial brick-and-mortar structure is crumbling, contact Arrow Masonry & Exteriors today! We will be happy to help with any of your tuckpointing needs.

Commercial Tuckpointing, Masonry & Brick Repair in the Chicagoland Area