New Jersey · all 21 counties
The mortar fails
long before
the ceiling stains.
We grind out dead joints and repoint in colour-matched mortar so your chimney sheds water again — instead of feeding it into the house. Roof-level photos before you spend a dollar.
- Free photo inspection
- Every face of the stack, same day
- Fixed written price
- Quoted before a grinder comes out
- Licensed & insured
- Licensed masonry contractor, fully insured
- 10-year warranty
- Transferable when you sell
Free estimate
Answered by a mason, not a call centre — usually inside one business hour.
2,400+
chimneys repointed
10 yr
transferable warranty
4.9
average rating, 380 reviews
Mon–Sat
same-week inspections
Symptoms
Four things that mean the joints are done
Mortar is sacrificial — it's meant to wear out before the brick does. The question is never if, it's whether you catch it before water gets behind the face.
- Water in the firebox
- Open head joints wick rain into the flue. It shows up as a ceiling stain two rooms away, long after the mortar failed.
- Mortar you can scratch out
- If a house key scrapes a joint to powder, the bond holding brick to brick is already gone. Grinding is the only fix.
- Spalled or leaning brick
- Water gets behind the face, freezes, and pops it off. Repoint at this stage and you avoid a rebuild that costs five times more.
- A crown that's cracked through
- The concrete wash on top sheds water away from the joints. Once it splits, every course underneath starts drinking.
The job
How a repoint actually runs, start to finish
- 01
Roof-level photo inspection
We get on the roof, not the driveway. Every face of the stack photographed and sent to you the same day, with the failures circled.
- 02
Grind the joints back
Cut 3/4" deep with dust-controlled tools — never smeared over the top of soft mortar the way a caulk-and-run outfit would.
- 03
Repoint in matched mortar
Type N or S chosen for your brick's hardness, tinted to your original joint colour and struck to the same profile.
- 04
Crown, cap and seal
Crown repaired, cap re-bedded, and a vapour-permeable sealer applied so the stack sheds water and still breathes.
Homeowners
Three winters of ceiling stains, gone. They showed me photos of every joint before and after — no guessing, no upsell.
Quoted honestly. Told me I needed repointing, not the full rebuild another company had been pushing for a year.
On the roof at 7:30, off by four, cleaned up like they'd never been there. The mortar match is genuinely invisible.
Coverage
208 towns, priced locally
- Chimney repointing Hackensack$950+
- Chimney repointing Fort Lee$1,000+
- Chimney repointing Englewood$1,150+
- Chimney repointing Teaneck$1,000+
- Chimney repointing Paramus$900+
- Chimney repointing Ridgewood$1,200+
- Chimney repointing Fair Lawn$900+
- Chimney repointing Bergenfield$875+
- Chimney repointing Garfield$850+
- Chimney repointing Mahwah$1,100+
- Chimney repointing Ridgefield Park$875+
- Chimney repointing Tenafly$1,250+
- Chimney repointing Westwood$950+
- Chimney repointing Rutherford$1,000+
- Chimney repointing Lodi$825+
- Chimney repointing Cliffside Park$950+
- Chimney repointing Palisades Park$900+
- Chimney repointing Hasbrouck Heights$925+
- Chimney repointing Glen Rock$1,100+
- Chimney repointing Wyckoff$1,100+
- Chimney repointing Ramsey$1,050+
- Chimney repointing Newark$900+
- Chimney repointing East Orange$900+
- Chimney repointing Irvington$850+
Same-week inspections, Monday to Saturday.
Straight answers
Questions homeowners ask
- How much does chimney repointing cost?
- Most chimney repointing jobs land between $900 and $2,800 depending on height, access, and how many faces need grinding. You get a fixed written price before any work starts.
- How long does the job take?
- A typical residential chimney is a one-day job. Larger stacks or crown rebuilds take two.
- What time of year is best?
- March through November. Mortar needs to cure above 40°F, so winter work is scheduled around warm spells.
- Do you guarantee the work?
- Yes — a 10-year written workmanship warranty on all repointing, transferable if you sell the house.
Book the free inspection
Send the form or call (973) 555-0142. We'll be on your roof this week with a camera and a straight answer.
10-year transferable workmanship warranty.