Evansville Tuckpointing Guides for Evansville homeowners
What things cost around Evansville, when to do them, and the local rules that apply. Written for Indiana conditions, not general advice.
- Lime Mortar vs. Portland: Why the Wrong Mortar Is Destroying Evansville's Oldest Brick
Why hard Portland mortar is destroying the 1850s to 1920s brick of Riverside, Haynie's Corner, Bayard Park, and Lamasco, and how to repoint it right.
- Step Cracks Over the Window: When It Is the Lintel, Not the Mortar
That stair-step crack climbing from a window corner on your Evansville brick house is almost always a rusted steel lintel, not mortar. How to read and fix it.