Chimney Rebuilds
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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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 rather than patchwork you can see from the curb. That catalog runs deepest in South St. Paul's century homes; the newer version, loose veneer and accent stone on 1980s and 90s houses, fills our Apple Valley brick repair page.
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, whether failed joints, a missing cap or grade against the brick, fix that first, then repair the damage so it does not come back.
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When the face of a brick pops off, called 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 covered in them is telling you where water is getting in, 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, the new bricks are hard to find, and that is the standard we hold the work to.
Brick porch piers, knee walls and front steps take the worst of the weather: 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 show the work: walls that had lost brick, mortar and straightness, taken down to sound masonry and rebuilt to match the original, with stone lintels reset and new units blended into hundred-year-old brick. Stone sills, caps and lintels get the same care under stone repair and resetting.
When damage runs building-wide, across apartment blocks, storefronts and schools, the same repair work 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.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Minneapolis and the Twin Cities metro.
(320) 465-1161From the first site visit to the final walk-through, here is how it goes.
We look at the masonry in person: what failed, why, and how far it has spread. On commercial buildings that means getting up on the wall, not a drive-by.
You get a written price and timeline. On larger projects the urgent repairs are separated from the work that can wait, so the budget goes where it is needed first.
Matched materials, full joints, proper crowns, solid bases and drainage. Occupied buildings stay open, the site is protected, and cleanup happens every day.
We walk the finished work with you: joints, brick and mortar matches, cleanup, the whole scope. The job is done when you have seen every part of it and signed off.
Common questions about brick repair across Minneapolis and the Twin Cities metro. Don't see yours? Give us a call and we will help.
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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Leak tracing, crown repair, joint repointing, spalled brick replacement and stainless caps, 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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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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Block and stone retaining walls engineered for Minnesota frost, with 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.
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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.
Every estimate is written, with the price, timeline and scope spelled out. On larger projects we separate the urgent repairs from the work that can wait, so owners and property managers can plan the budget.
From a single chimney to an occupied apartment building, church or school. Lifts and scaffolds, site protection and daily cleanup on every job, because the standard does not change with the address.
Have a chimney, wall, set of steps or driveway that needs work? Call or send the form and we will look at the site with you and give you a written quote.
Tell us about your project and we’ll get right back to you.