Our Early Days in Dupont Circle
16th Street Restoration Co. started our company in Dupont Circle, back in 2003, with some of our first projects coming from going door to door, painting exterior facades on the rowhouses there. What we found was that it was impossible to properly paint the rowhouses because all the mortar between the bricks was missing, or had turned to sand. The paint will not stick to sand, and painting bricks with big gaps in between them did not produce a quality look.
This is when we started to have to make masonry repairs which included brick pointing. As the years went by, brick repairs became more than just simple fixes, but into technical preservation, structural engineers and historic review boards being involved in various projects, especially when there were difficult repairs that require professional engineers, and preservation officials. Dupont Circle is home large mansions built in Chateauesque, Beaux Arts, and Renaissance styles. Also Queen Anne and Richardsonian Romanesque styles, as well as Second Empire and Georgian architecture.
Experience matters for a major brick repair & pointing project.
The facades of many of these buildings require precise, clean and neat repointing. Also knowledge of the appropriate methods, custom modular scaffolding, and the proper finishing to preserve the look of the facade. Sloppy, or inaccurate, amateur pointing and repairs permanently ruin the building. Sometimes even masons that have been in business several years, are not experienced enough to take on these expensive projects. 16th Street Restoration has been hired to correct improper brick pointing by other contractors, that had failed prematurely.
When choosing a brick repair & pointing company in Washington D.C. 16th Street Restoration Co. is the right choice. Furthermore, these types of projects are too involved, expensive and too important not to have it done by one of the best. For brick repair & pointing in Washington D.C. 16th Street Restoration is ready to help. Contact us today. In business in Dupont Circle since 2003.
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