Brick, granite and bluestone steps repaired or rebuilt on a solid base, for Greater Boston homes.
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The short answer
Front steps take more punishment than any other masonry on a house. Water runs across them, freezes in every joint, and then gets a coat of rock salt and a steel shovel all winter. On older Greater Boston homes, a lot of brick steps were also built on a thin base that has settled over the decades.
We repair what can be repaired and rebuild what cannot. That can mean repointing and replacing spalled bricks, resetting loose treads, or taking the steps down to the base and building them back with brick or stone risers and solid granite or bluestone treads.
Spalling means water is getting in and freezing. Patching the face alone will not hold.
The base underneath has moved. That is a rebuild, not a repointing job.
A loose tread is a trip hazard. It needs to be reset in fresh mortar, or replaced.
How it works
We check whether the steps moved, why, and what is underneath before deciding on repair or rebuild.
Brick, granite or bluestone treads, brick or stone risers. We show you what holds up best to salt and ice.
Old material out, a compacted base where needed, then risers and treads set and pointed.
Iron railings reset or replaced as needed, joints tooled, the area cleaned up.
Every photo is a job we did. Tap one to see it full size.
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