Brick repair covers everything between a loose brick and a full rebuild: cutting out spalled and cracked units and setting matched replacements, stitching step cracks, rebuilding bowed or frost-heaved sections, and restoring the porch piers, steps and foundation walls that Minnesota winters hit hardest. Around Minneapolis, Bloomington, Burnsville and across the Twin Cities metro, the housing stock runs old and brick — and old brick deserves repair that blends in, not patchwork you can see from the curb.
The judgment call is knowing where repair ends. A wall with a few spalled faces gets unit replacement; a wall shedding faces across its whole surface has a water problem that unit replacement will not solve. We diagnose the cause — failed joints, a missing cap, grade against the brick — fix that first, then repair the damage so it does not come straight back.
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When the face of a brick pops off — spalling — it is freeze-thaw finishing a job that water started. Moisture gets behind the face through failed joints, saturated walls or bad grading, freezes, and blows the face off from inside. One or two spalled bricks are routine maintenance. A wall freckled with them is telling you where water lives, and that is the problem we solve first.
Replacement is surgical: cut the failed unit out clean, match the new brick to size, color and texture, set it with matched mortar, and strike the joint to profile. Done right across a repair area, you will lose track of which bricks are new — which is the standard we hold the work to.
Brick porch piers, knee walls and front steps live in the splash zone — snow piled against them, deicing salt working the mortar, water cycling through every thaw. They fail earlier than the house behind them, and because they are structural, a settled pier or hollow step is worth attention beyond looks. We rebuild piers plumb, reset stone caps, and rebuild steps with risers even and treads pitched to drain.
The same goes for garden walls and foundation courses. Where sections have moved or bowed, we take them down to sound masonry and relay — reusing original brick where it is still good, blending matched units where it is not.
The photos on this page are the honest version of the work: walls that had lost brick, mortar and straightness, taken down to sound masonry and rebuilt to match the original — stone lintels reset, new units blended into hundred-year-old neighbors. That before-and-after is the trade in one image.
When damage runs building-wide — apartment blocks, storefronts, schools — the same repair craft scales up under our commercial restoration work, with lifts, scaffolds and phased scopes. Start with photos of what you are seeing and we will tell you which side of that line your wall is on.
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(320) 465-1161From the first look at the site to the final walk-through, here is exactly how it goes.
We assess the masonry where it lives — what failed, why, and how far it has spread. On commercial buildings that means getting on the wall, not a drive-by.
You get a written price with the must-fix separated from the can-wait, so the budget goes where the wall needs it. Timelines and access logistics are spelled out up front.
Matched materials, full joints, proper crowns, real bases and drainage. Occupied buildings stay open, sites get protected, and cleanup happens every day — not just the last one.
We walk the finished work together — joints, matches, cleanup, the whole scope. Done means you have looked at every part of it and said so.
Common questions about brick repair across Minneapolis and the Twin Cities metro. Don't see yours? Give us a call — we're happy to help.
Restoration for factories, apartment buildings, churches, schools and storefronts — wall rebuilds, stone and brick repair, parapets and lintels, run by a crew that works occupied properties.
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Full and partial chimney rebuilds — deteriorated stacks torn down to sound masonry and rebuilt with new brick, cast crowns and stainless caps.
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Crown repair, joint repointing, spalled brick replacement, stainless caps and chimney liner systems — the fixes that stop water before it forces a rebuild.
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Failed mortar ground out and repointed to match the original — on chimneys, houses, and full commercial elevations. The fix that saves the wall you already have.
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Block and stone retaining walls engineered for Minnesota frost — proper base, drainage and reinforcement — plus rebuilds of walls that have started to lean.
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Garage and shop slabs, patios, sidewalks, aprons and steps — with the base prep, air-entrained mix and joint layout that Minnesota concrete needs.
Learn MoreSpalling brick explained for Twin Cities homeowners: what causes brick faces to pop off, why Minnesota winters accelerate it, repair costs, and when to act.
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A property manager's guide to commercial masonry restoration in the Twin Cities: failure signs, what scopes cost, why parapets and lintels fail first, and how to phase the work.
Read more →What tuckpointing costs in Minneapolis and the Twin Cities: per square foot ranges, chimney and whole house numbers, what moves the price, and when to do it.
Read more →Rebuilding walls, chimneys and facades is not a sideline here — it is the core of the work. Matched brick, matched mortar, proper crowns and full joints, because that is why masonry lasts.
Freeze-thaw is the enemy of every wall in this state. Crowns that shed, joints struck to drain, air-entrained concrete, drainage behind every wall — details chosen for this climate, not a milder one.
We assess on the wall, separate must-fix from can-wait, and put price and timeline in writing. Owners and property managers can phase budgets instead of getting one take-it-or-leave-it number.
Occupied buildings, lifts and scaffolds, site protection and daily cleanup — we run residential jobs with the same discipline as a church tower, because the standard should not change with the address.
A wall that worries you, a driveway past its best, or a backyard ready to become the good part of the house? Call or send the form and we will look at the site with you and hand you a straight written quote.
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