A century-old facade,
brought back honest.

Restoration is a sequence, not a single trick

A tired facade usually needs several things in the right order: cleaning that lifts a century of grime without scarring the brick, joints ground and repointed in matched lime mortar, spalled and cracked units cut out and replaced with period-correct brick, and sills, lintels, and cornices made weathertight. We do the whole sequence — which is why our facades stay fixed.

Done right, the house doesn't look "renovated." It looks like it was always cared for.

Gentle methods only

Sandblasting destroys old brick — it strips the hard fired skin and leaves the soft core to crumble for decades after. We clean with low-pressure washing and appropriate masonry cleaners, tested on a small patch first. If someone quotes you a blasted facade, keep their number far from your house.

Paint, sealers, and historic districts

Thinking about painting old brick — or un-painting it? Considering a sealer? Both have real trade-offs for walls that need to breathe, and historic districts have opinions. We'll walk you through what's reversible, what's allowed, and what the wall itself wants, before any irreversible choices get made.

Brick Restoration questions, answered

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