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ESCAJEDA MASONRY
AND CHIMNEY
Keeping Your Home on a Solid Foundation
W
hen it comes to home
maintenance, there are some
things that homeowners tend to
address ahead of others. Paint, landscaping
and decks are all things that are visually
appealing and easy to address, but what
can get overlooked are the things that
literally hold your house together — mortar
joints, chimneys, brick and stonework.
Fortunately, Escajeda Masonry and
Chimney has you covered. With services
ranging from mortar restoration and
pointing to lintel replacements and
chimney rebuilds, Escajeda Masonry and
Chimney can keep your bricks looking
BEFORE
like they were set yesterday regardless of
how old your home is. These professionals
consider themselves masters of matching cement, brick and mortar
colors, so no matter what shade your mortar is, the repair will be
virtually unnoticeable.
“We really take pride in making it look like we were never there,”
said owner Justin Escajeda. “The longer you let defects in masonry
go, the more it’s going to cost you in the long run. Repointing mortar
joints will always cost less than rebuilding your walls.”
So what’s a homeowner to look for in the brickwork that will tell
them it’s time to call a pro?
Cracks.
“Cracks are always a dead giveaway that something’s not right,”
Escajeda said. “You could have step cracking coming away from the
tops of your windows and that tells you that you probably need a
new lintel put in place. Or you could have mortar that’s deteriorated
to the point that you have gaps between your bricks. When you have
that, you have a penetration point for water, which freezes in winter,
and leads to a bigger crack and more deterioration.”
Repairing
these cracks
and holes not
only restores
aesthetic
appeal to yo