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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Commercial masonry restoration is the core of our work in Minneapolis, Bloomington, Burnsville and across the Twin Cities metro: factories, apartment buildings, churches, schools and storefronts whose brick and stone have taken decades of Minnesota freeze-thaw. We rebuild bowed and spalled walls, reset and replace stone banding, copings and lintels, rebuild parapets, and repoint mortar joints across full elevations — scoped in writing, sequenced around your operations, and closed out clean.
Property managers and general contractors call us because a masonry problem on a commercial building rarely stays cosmetic. Open joints and cracked banding let water into the wall system, and every winter cycle widens the damage. We assess what is actually failing, separate must-fix from can-wait so the budget goes where the wall needs it, and put a crew on scaffolds or lifts that shows up until the scope is done.
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A restoration scope on a commercial building has to answer three questions fast: what is failing, what does it cost to fix right, and how long is a crew on site. Our process starts with an on-the-wall assessment — not a drive-by — and ends with a written scope broken into priorities, so an owner or board can phase the work across budgets instead of getting one take-it-or-leave-it number.
On site, we run the job like the building is in use, because it usually is. Tenants keep their entrances, schools keep their schedules, and congregations keep their Sundays. Ground protection, overhead protection and daily cleanup are part of the scope, not extras. When the last scaffold frame comes down, the closeout walk happens with you on the wall, punch list in hand.
Every building type fails its own way. Industrial walls take vibration and impact along with weather; church towers and steeples concentrate water damage high where nobody sees it until stone starts moving; schools show their age at banding, sills and entry surrounds; apartment buildings spread small problems across a lot of wall. We have put crews, lifts and scaffolds on all of them across the Twin Cities.
Older Minneapolis and Saint Paul buildings also deserve matching done right. Brick from 1910 does not come off a modern pallet — blending replacement brick, stone and mortar color into original work is half sourcing and half craft, and it is the difference between a repair that disappears and one you can see from the street. Where walls are too far gone, we rebuild them to match what was there.
Minnesota is one of the hardest climates in the country on masonry. Water gets into a hairline joint in October, freezes and expands through March, and by spring the hairline is an open crack shedding mortar. One more season can be the difference between repointing a wall and rebuilding it — which is why we scope commercial work fast and get ahead of the freeze.
If you manage a property and something looks off — a stair-step crack, white efflorescence staining, a stone band with a shadow line under it, brick faces popping off — send us photos and we will tell you honestly whether it needs a crew this season or can hold. The assessment costs you a phone call.
Free, no-obligation estimates across Minneapolis and the Twin Cities metro.
(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 commercial restoration across Minneapolis and the Twin Cities metro. Don't see yours? Give us a call — we're happy to 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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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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Spalled brick cut out and replaced, cracks stitched, bowed sections rebuilt, porch piers and steps restored — matched so the repair does not read as one.
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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.
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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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