Brick repairs · Melbourne
We repair cracked fences, broken walls, fireplaces and failed mortar across Melbourne, with the laying done by licensed contracted bricklayers and a written fixed price before the work starts.
Fences, walls, fireplaces and the details around them. Pick the job, then send photos.
Cracked piers, leaning panels, vehicle impact, one bay or the full run.
Local cracking we can repair, and movement that needs an engineer first.
Failed mortar, spalled bricks, hearths and surrounds. A firebox is assessed first.
Joints cut back and filled with a mortar that suits the wall.
Cracked or spalled bricks cut out and matched to the wall.
Stacks, copings, fretted sills, and brickwork lifted by a rusting lintel.
A split pier, a panel over a path, or bricks already down. Made safe first.
The same written scope for fences, walls, repointing and a make-safe.
Send the photos. We reply with a written fixed price for the scope we can see.
Seven steps. Photos first. A make-safe if the brickwork is unsafe. A clean site when we leave.
A wide shot, a shot along the face so any lean shows, and a close-up of the failed joint or brick.
If the photos cannot show plumb, or whether a lintel has failed, we look before pricing a rebuild.
The quote names the scope: repoint, replace bricks, rebuild one bay, make-safe, or stop for an engineer.
Licensed, contracted bricklayers do the laying. Spotless scopes the job and matches the materials.
Colour, strength and joint profile follow the existing wall. Weep holes on a cavity wall stay open.
Loose brick, a split pier or a panel over a path is made safe before the finish repair is priced.
Dust kept off sills, cars and garden beds. The work area left clear.
A quote from the photos, or a look first if the wall might be out of plane.
A Melbourne brick fence usually fails in one place first. A pier cracks at the base, a panel leans after a vehicle hit, or the mortar has receded until the bricks are only sitting.
A boundary fence may be shared. We quote the brickwork. Who pays is between the owners. A panel leaning over a footpath is made safe first.
Isolated cracked or spalled bricks. Joints that have weathered out while the wall stays straight. A pier or return that has been knocked and is not holding the building up. Articulation joints that are meant to move stay flexible.
A wall that is holding something up, a party wall, a retaining wall, or brickwork over a doorway that has moved. Stepped cracks that keep opening, a bow, or doors that suddenly stick are movement. We ask for a structural engineer or a registered building practitioner, then repair to that advice.
Fireplace work we take on is the brick you can see. Mortar that has fallen out of the surround. Spalled bricks on the breast or the hearth. A loose course where the surround meets the floor. Those are cut out, matched and pointed.
A cracked firebox, a throat that has dropped, or a flue that is no longer sound is assessed before any rebuild. Dust from indoor raking is contained, and the room is left swept.
Failed mortar is cut back to a firm seat and filled again. The joint is tooled to match the wall. Weep holes stay open.
Cracked or spalled units are cut out without chewing the courses around them. The replacement is the closest face brick, or a reclaimed unit when a new one will not sit.
Older Melbourne walls are often lime. A hard cement mix on that brick can look neat, then the face spalls. Modern veneer can take a cement mortar. Strength is matched, not upgraded. An exact colour match is often impossible once brick has weathered. We say that before anyone mixes.
A rusting steel lintel swells and lifts the bricks above a window. Repointing the crack does not stop it. Spalled sill bricks are replaced so water sheds off the face. Loose units on a chimney are made safe before the finish work.
Homeowners, strata and body corporate, facility managers, builders, and council or property-manager jobs get the same written scope: fences, walls, fireplaces, repointing and a make-safe when brickwork is unsafe. There is no separate council contract on this page.
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If a pier has split, a panel is leaning over a footpath, or bricks have already come down, call 0405 477 173. The first visit keeps people clear of the brickwork and deals with what is loose. The proper repair is quoted after that, once it is clear which bays are still sound.
If someone is hurt or a road is blocked, call emergency services first.
Inner suburbs still have a lot of lime-mortar brick. A hard cement repoint on that work is a common reason the face spalls later. Outer growth areas are mostly modern veneer, fence piers and letterbox piers. Heritage overlays can require council notification before mechanical or chemical work. We document the scope and stay with lime mortar on that brick.
A dirty but sound wall is a brick clean, not a rebuild. If a bad acid wash has stained the brick, the repair and acid burn restoration are scoped together.
Yes. Cracked piers, a panel hit by a vehicle, and mortar that has fallen out are common fence jobs. If one bay is out of line and the rest of the fence is still straight, that bay is rebuilt and the sound panels are repointed. A full fence rebuild is the call when several piers have failed or the panels have lost their bond.
Local damage can be repaired: spalled bricks, open joints, a fence bay that has been hit, and a pier that is not holding the house up. A structural engineer or a registered building practitioner should decide before anyone takes down a wall that is holding something up, a party wall, a retaining wall, or brickwork over a doorway that has moved. Stepped cracks that keep opening, a bow, or doors that suddenly stick are movement. That is said on the quote rather than filled and left.
Fireplace mortar, spalled face bricks, hearths and surrounds are repaired where the brickwork is still sound. A cracked firebox or a flue that is no longer sound needs assessment before any rebuild. This is not a method for rebuilding a firebox yourself.
Yes. If a pier has split, a panel is leaning over a path, or bricks have already fallen, call 0405 477 173. The first visit keeps people clear and deals with what is loose. The proper repair is quoted once it is clear what is still sound. If someone is injured or a public road is blocked, call emergency services first.
Brick repairs are scoped per job: the number of bricks, the repointing involved and whether heritage mortar matching is needed all change the work. Send close-up photos of the damage plus wide shots of the full wall and we reply with a written fixed price.
Fixed price
Suburb, what has failed, and a few photos. We reply with a written fixed price for the scope we can see.
