Crowns & Caps
A crown is a cast slab with an overhang and a drip edge, not a cone of mortar. Done properly it throws water clear of the brick below it.
MasonryWhere the roof meets brick.
Chimney crowns, counter-flashing, tuckpointing and stone veneer across the Texas Hill Country — the crew that flashes your roof is the crew that repairs the brick it dies into.
What we do.All of it, in-house.
One crew from tear-off to final sweep. We do not broker jobs out.
Chimney Relining
A stainless liner sized to the appliance so the flue drafts and the flue gases stop condensing into the masonry.
Tuckpointing
Joints ground out to depth and repointed with a mix no harder than the brick. Modern mortar on soft old brick spalls the face off it.
Stone Veneer
Lath, scratch coat and a drainage plane behind the stone, with weeps at the bottom. Stone stuck straight to sheathing traps water.
Masonry.How we build it.
One contractor for the top of the house. Roof and chimney fail as one assembly, and most of the time each trade blames the other. We do both, so nobody is standing in your driveway pointing at somebody else's work.
Why chimneys leak. Most ceiling stains near a fireplace are not roof leaks. Water is coming in at the crown, through porous brick, or under counter-flashing that was caulked to the masonry instead of cut into it.
Certifications
Chimneys, tuckpointing & stone
- Chimney inspected and photographed, crown to flashing
- Crowns cast with an overhang and a drip kerf, not smeared mortar
- Step and counter-flashing cut into a reglet, not caulked on
Ten years on our workmanship, in writing.
See the workfor yourself.
Real masonry jobs across the Texas Hill Country. Slide across and look close.
The warranty
The crew behindthe warranty.
Our masonry work is covered in writing. If a joint we pointed or flashing we cut in lets water past, we come back and make it right, and we will tell you plainly if the cause turns out to be something else.
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Founder & crew lead
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Production manager
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Site supervisor
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Estimator
Certified by the manufacturers we install
GAF, Owens Corning, CertainTeed, Malarkey, James Hardie, Andersen, Velux, Alside
