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Brick Masonry in Omaha, NE
Columns, steps, planters, mailbox pillars, and new wall sections, built in brick chosen to blend with your home and laid to stand up to Nebraska weather.
Columns, steps, planters, mailbox pillars, and new wall sections, built in brick chosen to blend with your home and laid to stand up to Nebraska weather.
Omaha is a brick town. Whole neighborhoods in Dundee, Benson, Field Club, and midtown were built in brick a century ago, and builders never stopped using it on homes across the metro. When that brick needs repair, the difference between a good job and an eyesore is whether the mason can match what is already there.
That matching is the core of our brickwork. Brick varies by size, color, texture, and age, and mortar varies just as much. We take the time to source compatible brick and blend mortar to the aged original, then tool the joints to the same profile, so a repair reads as part of the wall instead of a patch on it.
Omaha Masonry builds new brickwork for homes and businesses across the metro, from a single mailbox pillar to full wall sections tied into existing construction. Owner-led crews and workmanship we are willing to put our name on, which is why so much of our work comes from referrals and repeat customers. If your existing brick needs fixing rather than building, see our brick repair and tuckpointing pages.
Entry columns, porch supports, and mailbox pillars built plumb, capped correctly, and matched to your home's brick.
Brick steps and stoops built or rebuilt on a sound base, with treads and details that shed water instead of holding it.
Landscape brickwork that holds its lines and its color through Nebraska winters.
Wall sections and additions tied into existing brickwork, matched so the transition disappears.
Modern brick veneer laid with the ties, flashing, and weep details that keep water out of the wall.
Careful cleaning that brightens brick without damaging its fired face, plus breathable sealers where they make sense.
We inspect the wall, figure out why it failed, and source brick and mortar that match the original in color, size, and hardness.
Failed brick and mortar come out cleanly, back to sound material, with the surrounding wall protected.
Proper bed joints, full head joints, correct ties and flashing where the wall needs them. The boring details are what make brickwork last.
Joints are tooled to match, the wall is cleaned, and the site is left the way we found it, minus the problem.
Brick handles Nebraska weather better than almost any siding, but only when it is laid for it. Omaha sits on expansive clay soils that move with the seasons, and a typical winter brings dozens of freeze-thaw cycles. New brickwork here needs a proper footing, full joints, and details that shed water, because the climate finds every shortcut within a few years.
That is why the boring parts of our process matter: compacted bases under steps and walls, correct ties and flashing in veneer, caps that actually shed water on columns and pillars. Brickwork built this way is a one-time project. Brickwork built without it becomes a repair call, and we see plenty of those.
In most cases, yes. We source reclaimed and compatible new brick, and where an exact unit no longer exists we pull the closest blend and place it where it reads naturally. Combined with matched mortar, new work blends with the old.
Both. This page covers new work: columns, steps, planters, mailbox pillars, and wall sections. For fixing existing brick, see our brick repair and tuckpointing services. Either way, estimates are free with a clear scope.
Yes. Tying new brick into an existing wall so the seam disappears is the hard part of addition work, and it is the part we care most about. We match brick, mortar, coursing, and joint profile so the addition reads as original.
The base and the water details. Steps fail from the ground up when they are built on a poor base, and from the top down when treads hold water that freezes. We build on compacted, drained bases with treads pitched to shed water.
Brick holds its color for decades, does not rot, and can be matched to your house so the yard reads as one design. Laid on a proper footing, a brick garden wall is a one-time project.
It depends on the size, the brick, and the site access, so we quote each project individually. Estimates are free, and we will give you a clear scope so you can compare it fairly.
Spalling, cracked, and loose brick cut out and replaced with hand-matched units, so the repair disappears into the wall.
Learn moreCrumbling mortar joints ground out and repointed with color-matched mortar, restoring the wall's weather seal and its looks.
Learn moreBrick and block retaining walls that hold their grade and their looks, new builds and rebuilds of failing walls.
Learn moreTell us what is going on with your brick, stone, or chimney. We will take a look, explain the cause in plain language, and give you a free written estimate.