Nombach Home Exteriors - Tuckpointing Services in Riverdale & Hazelcrest

Nombach Home Exteriors in Blue Island, Illinois offers a great range of contracting services backed by professionals who have a great deal of experience and expertise in their fields. Located right around Riverdale, Hazelcrest, Dolton, and Alsip, Nombach is in a great, convenient location. One particular service we offer is tuckpointing. Tuckpointing procedures are used to repair damaged masonry work or to lay new brick. At our location in Blue Island, Nombach's Tuckpointing professionals are prepared to fix your masonry damages, however large or small.

The process of tuckpointing involves utilizing two contrasting colors of mortar while engaged in the art of brickwork. One of these colors matches the actual bricks and the other color gives off the impression that the bricks have been molded together by extremely fine joints. Mortar is basically a type of paste that is used to bind different kinds of blocks. Gaps in between the blocks are filled with the mortar paste, holding the blocks together. Bricks, stone, cinder blocks and other types of blocks are used in conjunction with mortar, and mortar is the binding force which holds the structure together even when weathering occurs. In ancient times, mud and clay were primarily used as mortar binding. Modern day mortar is usually blended from a sand mixture, along with cement, lime and water for adhesion purposes.

The history of tuckpointing dates back to the late 18th century, and the process was developed in Britain. The English used this process in order to imitate brickwork built by the use of rubbed bricks. These types of bricks had a red finish to them and were oversized bricks that had to be hand cut in order to get them to a proper size after firing the brick. These bricks were laid out with a white lime mortar, resulting in bright red bricks with white joints in between. The process of tuckpointing accomplished the same effect, except that less expensive, unrubbed bricks were used. These bricks were laid within a matching mortar color. The color was typically red but blue-black stones and accompanying mortar color was also used later on. Pipe clay or putty was used to fill the joints before the mortar was allowed to set and harden. Tuckpointers use professional tuckpointing tools that are designed out of tool steel and have the shape of a sharp-pointed front end with a flat looking base. The handles to these tools are usually made out of wood, and tuckpointers can choose the length of their tuckpointing tools based on what he or she is comfortable using. Some tuckpointing tools are long, between 75 and 125mm, but shorter tuckpointing tools can be used by a professional, and these shorter tools are useful for getting into tight spots.

tuckpointingis a very important process that prevents water from entering the brick wall cavity. Damaged mortar joints can be repaired by using the process of tuckpointing before water is able to seep through and cause tremendous damage to the wall. Once water gets in through the mortar joints, bricks can crack and split, and then you are looking at a big time repair job on your hands. Homeowners in Illinois can call upon Nombach Home Exteriors for tuckpointing services. Our company performs the art of tuckpointing to perfection, ensuring your brickwork is study and secure. We also do roof installation, roof repairs, chimney lining, flat roofing, gutter guards, and many other exterior home maintenance and repair jobs. Our professionals serve the cities and communities of Chicago, Blue Island, Dolton and the entire state of Illinois. Don’t let mortar damage get you down, just let the professionals at Nombach perform tuckpointing services, and we will get your home back on the right track in no time at all.