How to Tell if Your Building Needs Repointing Work

With ice, rain, snow, and low temperatures, winter is clearly the season that hits a brick façade the hardest. Problems already present in the façade are sure to grow as moisture in cracks and cavities expands in freezing temperatures. To the site manager, this means that summer is the best time to gather contractor bids and to catch up on needed masonry repairs before late fall, when demand for repointing work is highest, and before the onset of winter.