Brick Pointing in Rego Park, Queens

Local Conditions

Why Does Brick in Rego Park Need New Mortar?

Mortar wears out long before brick does. Rego Park has many pre war and postwar brick apartment buildings and co ops, plus attached brick row houses on the side streets. After decades of rain, frost and traffic vibration, their mortar joints crumble and let water into the wall.

Apartment buildings here are large, with long walls and many windows. Each window sill, lintel and parapet is a place where water can enter through a failed joint.

Row houses have smaller fronts but the same issues, along with brick stoops and cheek walls that sit close to the ground and soak up splash from the street.

Early repointing is much cheaper than waiting for bricks to spall or for water to damage interior finishes. We tell you which walls need work now and which can wait.

Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard carry heavy traffic all day, and passing trucks add small vibrations that loosen old joints. Brick near those corridors often loses mortar sooner than brick on a quiet block.

Water that enters a failed joint on a cold night freezes and expands. After many winters, brick faces begin to flake away, and that is a repair no owner wants to pay for.