Stone Walls
Cleaning and tuck pointing of stone walls across Greater Cincinnati, for properties where the concrete work runs up against existing masonry that has started to open up.
Masonry Upkeep
Stone outlasts the mortar holding it by decades. On older Cincinnati properties the wall itself is usually fine while the joints have washed and crumbled back, which is what lets water behind the face and starts pushing it apart.
Cleaning the wall and repointing the joints keeps a serviceable wall serviceable. It is listed on Affinity's flyer as part of what the company does, and it comes up most often on properties already having concrete work done.
What's Included
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Retaining walls, foundation walls and property walls collect dirt, organic growth and staining that make sound masonry look derelict. Cleaning them back is often most of the visual improvement a property needs.
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Mortar erodes faster than the stone around it. Once joints have opened up, water gets behind the face of the wall. Repointing cuts out the failed mortar and puts a sound joint back in.
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Open joints are how a wall fails. Water gets in, freezes through a Cincinnati winter, and pushes the face apart from behind. Closing the joints is what stops that cycle.
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Walls rarely stand alone. They sit against walks, steps, curbs and slabs that Affinity is already replacing, so the masonry and the concrete around it get sorted out on the same visit.
On the Same Property
Older properties tend to need both at once: concrete that has broken up and a wall beside it that has opened up. Doing them together means one contractor on site, one schedule, and a finished result that matches rather than two visits that do not.
Most of this work is booked alongside removal and installation or ongoing property maintenance.
Ask Affinity to look at the wall while quoting the concrete work on your property.
