Tuckpointing in South Side Scranton, PA
Scranton Masonry Repair is a licensed and insured masonry contractor working the South Side of Scranton, the dense old neighborhood on the flats below downtown. We repoint brick, rebuild front steps, repair chimneys, and replace failed lintels on the row homes that pack its blocks.
South Side is working brick. Street after street of narrow row homes went up here in the coal years, close together and close to the sidewalk, in soft brick laid up in lime mortar. The houses are modest and the masonry is old, which is exactly the combination that needs a matched repair rather than a quick modern patch.
The calls here run to steps and stoops as much as walls. A brick front stoop sits flat at the sidewalk, holds snowmelt and road salt all winter, and settles until it rocks at the door. Party-wall chimneys spall at the top, and the steel lintels over the windows rust and lift the brick above. All of it is freeze-thaw working on old masonry, and all of it is worth handling before it spreads.
We handle tuckpointing and repointing, step and porch repair, chimney repair, and lintel replacement on the South Side. Call (570) 555-0148 for a free estimate.