Tuckpointing in Green Ridge, Scranton, PA
Scranton Masonry Repair is a licensed and insured masonry contractor working in Green Ridge, one of Scranton's grand old residential districts on the north side. We tuckpoint brick, restore stone, and rebuild chimneys on the older homes that line its avenues.
Green Ridge grew as Scranton's early streetcar neighborhood, and its tree-lined blocks hold big brick and stone houses raised well before 1940. That means soft brick set in lime mortar and joints that have weathered for more than a century. It is some of the older and more finely built masonry in the city, and it is unforgiving of a hard modern mix.
On a Green Ridge 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. Push a hard portland joint into a wall this old and every freeze goes into the brick face, which is how a careless repointing spalls a historic house it was meant to save.
We handle tuckpointing and repointing, stone and masonry restoration, matched brick replacement, and chimney repair in Green Ridge. Call (570) 555-0148 for a free estimate on your historic brick.