Brickwork Contractors

The team of professional brickwork contractors at D&N Maintenance excel at brickwork. 

Our background ranges from new build homes and conversions to listed building work, meaning that, whether you’re looking for brickwork contractors to handle repairs, wall building, construction or brickwork repointing, we are on hand to help bring your next project to life.

Specialist bricklaying & repointing services

We’re well-placed to offer a number of specialist bricklaying and repointing services, such as:

• New brickwork/walls
• Repointing Victorian brickwork
• Waterproofing
• Block paving

Of which requires qualified and experienced professionals, trained and well-versed in these kinds of unique projects. 

The importance of good quality bricks & brickwork

Good quality bricks and the brickwork that brings them together are integral to the overall ‘health’ of your property, contributing to: 

Energy efficiency: clay brick is naturally energy efficient and helps to keep your home cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. Alongside this, brick has been proven to improve energy efficiency up to 26% when compared to, vinyl or synthetic stucco, helping to save you valuable £s on your energy bills every year. 

Sound insulation: the density of bricks provides efficient and effective sound insulation; helping reduce noise heard from outside whilst also making your home’s interior quiet and peaceful.

Reuse & recycling: once cleaned of binding materials, bricks can be reused for a number of domestic and commercial bricklaying projects such as restoration projects or new build homes.

Low maintenance: a particularly hard-wearing material, brick requires almost no maintenance whatsoever over the decades, saving you time and money in the long run. With this, clay brick will never melt, rot, dent, or need to be painted, and it will never tear or be eaten by pests such as termites. 

Thermal mass: related to energy efficiency,environmental impact, and even cost and overall cost reduction bricks are dense and therefore have a better thermal mass than many other domestic construction materials which can help in maintaining a constant internal temperature. 

Fire protection: bricks are non-combustible and don’t assist the spread of fire, making them a fantastic source material for domestic and commercial buildings; helping to protect families and employees against the risk of fire. What’s more, clay bricks don’t usually suffer any structural damage after a fire and can be reused even in load bearing walls. And, although bricks alone don’t fire proof a building, they are not flammable like timber, plastic or even glass that shatters in the heat. 

All of these ‘brick benefits’ are supported and, indeed, promoted by good quality brickwork, helping to get the very best out of the bricks in question by ensuring security, low maintenance and sound insulation; minimising gaps, cracks and potential damage upon installation.

Repointing brickwork

Did you know that it’s typically recommended brickwork is repointed every 30 to 50 years? Repointing refers to the task of repairing previously installed brick by removing old mortar and replacing it with new mortar although you may know ‘repointing’ to otherwise be referred to as ‘tuckpointing’.

Repointing is important to the upkeep of your home as, over time and thanks to age and natural erosion from the elements, bricks can become fragile and crumbly, wet or damaged and holes can form within the mortar, which can leave your home vulnerable to damp and water damage, an increase in energy costs or more costly repairs in the future. 

Spring is often considered the best time for repointing brickwork, with milder temperatures and lower humidity levels, the mortar used to bind bricks can cure properly and the weather is typically quite predictable, with the risk of unexpected temperature fluctuations, rain or storms being fairly minimal.

Do not hesitate to contact us to resolve any issues you have; our skilled and experienced team are here to help.