Tuckpointing in Haight Village, Rockford, IL
Rockford Masonry Repair is a licensed and insured masonry contractor working in Haight Village, Rockford's oldest residential historic district. We tuckpoint brick, restore stone, and rebuild chimneys on the old homes that give this neighborhood its character.
Haight Village is where Rockford's residential brick starts. The houses here go back to the earliest days of the neighborhood, which means soft brick set in lime mortar and joints that have weathered for well over a century. This is the softest, oldest masonry we point in the city, and it is unforgiving of a modern mix.
On a Haight Village wall the mortar match is the whole job. We point in a lime mortar keyed to the original, matched for sand and color, so the repair moves with the soft brick instead of cracking it. A hard portland joint in a wall this old forces every freeze into the brick face, which is how a bad repointing spalls a historic wall it was meant to save.
We handle tuckpointing and repointing, stone and masonry restoration, matched brick replacement, and chimney repair in Haight Village. Call (815) 555-0142 for a free estimate on your historic brick.