Whether you’re a commercial property owner or property manager, taking care of your brick buildings is important to the safety and structural integrity of your property.
Whether you’re a commercial property owner or property manager, taking care of your brick buildings is important to the safety and structural integrity of your property. Brick mortar is incredibly important when it comes to structural health. Why should you care about your brick mortar and regularly maintain it?
Stop Water Damage
Water damage is one of the biggest threats to your brick mortar, since bricks are made of organic material. Splash back occurs when water and rain beat against your bricks so frequently that the water soaks into the brick mortar itself. Over time, the water will start to seep into the bricks themselves and force the mortar to break down. During the winter and colder months, the water that seeps in will freeze and expand, causing even more damage to the brick mortar.
Repointing Your Brick Mortar
Repointing is a great way to protect your bricks and brick mortar. If there are areas where mortar is soft or damaged, removing the mortar and adding new mortar will help protect the bricks. Repointing is a common maintenance and repair procedure done on brick buildings of any age, whether in a historic district or new suburb. If you have a historic building and are concerned about the mortar blending in with the old mortar, always hire a professional contractor to get the job done. It can be difficult to match older shades and formulas of mortar without years of experience.
Taking Off Paint
Painting over beautiful brick has, thankfully, gone out of fashion. However, many businesses today do accidental damage to their brick mortar when removing the paint from their facade. Sandblasting is sometimes a mistaken method of removal, which can lead to damage to the brick mortar and bricks themselves. Always hire a professional to remove paint from your brick and ensure that safety and structural integrity of your bricks and brick mortar.
Brick Maintenance from PTG Enterprises
If you want to protect your asphalt and ensure it has a long lifespan, choose PTG Enterprises for your sealcoating and asphalt maintenance needs. We offer commercial concrete, masonry, asphalt installation, repair, and paving throughout Baltimore, Harford, Anne Arundel, Howard, and P.G. Counties. If you are interested in hearing how we can help you, contact us online or give us a call at (410) 636-8777. For more tips and tricks, be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google+, and Flickr.
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