A handful of spalled bricks
Replace the damaged brick individually
Fix the water source above them.
Spalling Brick Repair and Chimney Brick Replacement in Spring Hill, FL
Flaking brick replaced, and the water that caused it stopped.
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- Family owned and run
- Locally owned and operated
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What You Can Count On
Spalling brick repair replaces chimney brick whose face has flaked, cracked or crumbled after soaking up water. In Spring Hill the crew cuts out each damaged brick, sets a matching unit in fresh mortar, and fixes the crown, cap or joints that let the water in. Without that last step, spalling returns.
What Spalling Means
Spalling is what happens when brick absorbs water over and over and the outer face breaks away. Salts carried by the water crystallize just under the surface and push it off; poor-quality or soft brick and hard repair mortar speed it up. Spalled brick lets in even more water, so the damage spreads to its neighbors.
Chimney brick spalling repair is therefore two jobs: replacing the damaged brick, and stopping the water that ruined it.
Chimney Brick Replacement
To replace chimney bricks, we cut out the mortar around each damaged unit, remove the brick in pieces without disturbing its neighbors, clean the cavity and set a matching brick in fresh mortar. Spalled brick replacement and cracked chimney brick replacement follow the same method.
Matching matters. We look for brick of the same size, color and texture so the repair blends in, and we tell you plainly when an exact match is not available.
Stopping It Coming Back
Before the new brick goes in, we find the water source: a cracked crown, open joints above, a missing cap or failed flashing. Fixing that, and in some cases applying a breathable water repellent, is what keeps the new brick and the old brick around it sound. Sealing over spalling brick with paint or a plastic coating traps water and makes it worse.
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Signs It Is Time
When a brick's face flakes, pops off or crumbles, the brick has been soaking up water for a long time. Our crew cuts out the damaged units one by one, sets matching brick in fresh mortar, and finds the source of the water, whether a cracked crown, an open joint or a missing cap, so the new brick does not go the same way.
Questions and Answers
Why are my chimney bricks falling off?
Bricks lose their faces or loosen when water soaks into them again and again. Most of that water enters at the top of the stack, through the crown or a flue left without a cap. Each wet spell pushes a little more of the face off, so the source has to be fixed along with the brick.
Can spalling brick be repaired?
Spalled brick is replaced rather than patched, because coatings and patches over a spalled face trap water and fall off. Cutting out the damaged brick and setting a matching unit in fresh mortar is the lasting repair, done along with fixing the crack or joint that let the water in.
Should I seal brick that is spalling?
Do not paint or seal spalling brick with a film-forming coating, because trapped moisture pushes more of the face off from inside. Replace the damaged brick first and fix the cracked crown or open joints above it. After that, a breathable water repellent can help the wall shed rain.
How many bricks can be replaced before a rebuild?
Individual bricks can be replaced wherever they are, as long as the wall around them is sound. Once spalling and loose brick run through several courses, especially above the roofline, a partial rebuild of that section is usually the better job. The inspection shows where that line falls.
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Replace the Flaking Brick, Stop the Water
Matched brick and a fixed water source.