Tuckpointing in West Sixth Street, Erie, PA
Erie Masonry Repair is a licensed and insured masonry contractor working in the West Sixth Street Historic District, the grandest residential street in Erie. We tuckpoint brick, restore stone, and rebuild chimneys on the large brick and stone homes that line this district above the bayfront.
West Sixth Street is where Erie's wealth built in the boom years, and it built in brick and cut stone. The houses here are big, ornate, and old, with stone sills, water tables, and trim carrying detail that a plain house never had. That brick is soft and set in lime mortar, and the stonework was never meant to meet a hard modern joint.
On a house this size the match is the entire job. We point in a lime mortar keyed to the original, matched for sand and color, so the repair moves with the soft brick and the stone instead of cracking either. A hard portland joint driven into a wall this old forces every freeze into the brick and stone faces, which is how a careless repointing scars a landmark it was meant to save.
We handle tuckpointing and repointing, stone and masonry restoration, matched brick replacement, and chimney repair on West Sixth Street. Call (814) 555-0163 for a free estimate on your historic brick and stone.