Spalled Brick Replacement
Flaking and spalled bricks: what building research says about frost and salts, replacing individual bricks, and matching size, colour and texture
Should I worry about a few spalled bricks near my Nepean driveway?
Spalled bricks near a driveway are worth having a mason look at, but the right level of concern depends on what is actually happening at the wall. A...
Why is only the bottom row of my brick spalling in Barrhaven?
Why your brick is spalling only at the bottom row is something a mason needs to see at the wall. A National Research Council building digest...
At what point do Ottawa masons stop replacing spalled bricks one by one?
We found no source that sets a number or percentage where individual brick replacement automatically gives way to a larger rebuild; that call comes...
Why are the faces of my bricks popping off in Orleans?
When the face of a brick breaks away from the body behind it, that is called spalling. A mason looking at your wall can tell you what is driving it;...
Patching spalled brick instead of replacing it in Ottawa, okay?
Patching over a spalled face is not the same repair as replacing the brick, and whether it makes sense depends on how much of the face is gone and...