Tuckpointing in West Side Scranton, PA
Scranton Masonry Repair is a licensed and insured masonry contractor working the West Side of Scranton, the Hyde Park side of the river. We repoint brick, replace rusted lintels, repair chimneys, and rebuild steps on the older homes packed across the neighborhood.
The West Side filled in with the mines, block after block of tight coal-era housing across Hyde Park and the streets around it. The brick is soft and set in lime mortar, raised before the modern portland era and standing on foundations of local rubble stone. It has taken the weather for generations, and it shows the years at the joints.
Age brings the usual set of problems. Joints wear open and let water in. Steel lintels over the windows rust and lift the brick above them in a stair-step crack. Chimneys spall at the top, and front stoops settle and rock at the sidewalk. Each is water working on old brick, and each wants a repair keyed to a soft, lime-set wall, not a hard joint that fights it.
We handle tuckpointing and repointing, lintel replacement, chimney repair, and step and porch repair on the West Side. Call (570) 555-0148 for a free estimate on your home.