General Masonry
Year after year, season after season, the weather is beating your property. Rain storms, frost, wind, snow, you know the deal. The first line of defense against the brutal elements is your building's brick work. So, it's important to keep your property protected with the best in the business.
GARAGE
PROBLEM
Customer's garage was slowly deteriorating from the bottom, so they asked us to repair the damage, also to prevent rodents from entering the property.
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SOLUTION_
Evanston Masonry rebuilt the garage column to look like new again!
Lintel Replacement
Above your windows and doorways, there is a structural member supporting the weight above it (the Lintel). If you see cracks in your walls coming from this area, you'll need us to replace the Lintel. If you don't, you may run the risk of moisture penetrating your building and creating even more damage and/or corrosion later.
PROBLEM
Customer called with concerns of a family of mice entering their stairwell under their corroded picture window. Also, the lintel on the same window (pictured, left) was allowing water to enter the home.
SOLUTION_
Evanston Masonry rebuilt the customer's balustrade (pictured, right). The window was replaced with glass blocks to allow light and to give the stairwell an amazing new look! Rodent problem, gone.
PROBLEM
Customer's window was allowing water to enter the property seeping into the interior walls (pictured, left).
SOLUTION_
Evanston Masonry rebuilt the customer's lintel (pictured, right). The window is now water-tight!
Parapet Rebuilding
On flat or barrel-shaped roofs, the Parapet is what the roof is attached to. It starts from the roof and is built upward as a short wall. Over time, moisture penetration can cause this part of your building to "tip" or lean. We can coordinate with either your roofer or our roofer to ensure that your Parapet is secure for years to come.
Here, Evanston Masonry re-built the parapet of this multi-unit apartment building. In doing so, Evanston Masonry also replaced the copings (pictured, at the top of the wall). The building's look was also enhanced with new lintels above the windows, and was tuckpointed and washed to give it a fabulous appeal!
BASEMENT
Whether you are selling your home, or are a proud new owner, you may want to give your basement walls a different look. Just make sure your foundation is sound to avoid problems later.
BEFORE
During
Rebuilt the bottom 14 courses of the chimney in the basement.
MULTI-UNIT PROJECTS
Rebuilding Multi-Unit Frontage
Keeping our workers safe!
BEFORE
As the case with most multi-unit buildings, our customer needed a few issues repaired. Tenants tend to wear apartment building down quickly, so within every few years, maintenance is necessary for the building to function at optimal levels.
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Here, our customer asked for tuckpointing, help with the balustrades (the structures acting as a stair banister made of brick), and new windows for the building. The customer also needed to repair a few lintels (above the windows) to prevent further water damage seeping into the building. The parapets were also rebuilt.
Dewey Ave., Evanston
AFTER
Our customer's building is back in business and looking great!
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Once the brick work was completed, our crew washed the tuckpointing job to give the building a special "glow".
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We also installed over 60 windows onto the entire building to complete the building's upgrade. The owner could not be happier!
Dewey Ave., Evanston
COMMERCIAL PROJECT
BEFORE
During
AFTER
INSIDE VIEW OF THIS COMMERCIAL JOB
Deteriorated limestone cornice
Corroded lintel
Corroded I-Beam & lintel
Corroded I-Beam & lintel
COMMERCIAL PROJECT
BEFORE
During
AFTER
Here we removed the entire 100 foot long, four story frontage which consisted of a twelve-inch wall (3 full wydthes of brick), removed all of the vertical and horizontal structural steel while temporarily supporting all of the concrete decking. Following the demolition our crew installed all new structural steel, brick work, limestone and new thermally insulated windows. We set up a temporary heating system, worked through the winter and came in on schedule much to delight of the nursing home owner.
INSIDE VIEW OF THIS COMMERCIAL JOB
Deteriorated limestone cornice
Corroded I-Beam
Corroded lintel
Corroded I-Beam Pt. 2
Corroded Lintel Pt. 2
Corroded I-Beam Pt. 3
BALUSTRADE REBUILD
Rebuilt our customer's balustrade.
