Millard's homes span the 1970s through last year, and their masonry is aging on schedule. Chimneys, brick, retaining walls, and newer stone veneer, all repaired by one local crew.
Millard grew from a small town into one of Omaha's biggest residential districts, and its housing tells that story in rings. Ranches and split-levels from the 1970s and 80s around the old town core, 90s neighborhoods pushing south and west, and new veneer-front construction filling the edges toward 180th Street.
Each ring brings its own masonry work. The older homes are at the age where chimneys need crowns and tuckpointing, planters and retaining walls have done forty winters, and original brick veneer is showing its first spalled units. The newest streets have the same manufactured stone veneer issues we repair across the western metro.
Omaha Masonry covers all of it in Millard: chimney repair, brick and mortar work, retaining wall rebuilds, stoops and steps, and stone veneer repairs done with the backing rebuilt correctly. Free estimates and repairs matched to your house.
The most common Millard call is chimney work. Thousands of homes here were built with fireplaces in the 70s and 80s, and their chimneys are now several decades into Nebraska freeze-thaw exposure. Crowns crack, joints open, and the top courses loosen. Repairing them before water gets deep is the difference between a repair bill and a rebuild.
Retaining walls are a close second. Millard's rolling sections, including the neighborhoods around Zorinsky Lake and along the Big Papillion Creek drainages, lean on walls that were often built without modern drainage. When the clay behind them stays wet, they lean and bulge, and we rebuild them with the gravel and drain tile they should have had.
We work throughout Millard, from the old downtown blocks near Millard Avenue out to the newest subdivisions, and we know the builder-grade materials common in each era, which makes matching repairs cleaner and faster.
Stones falling off your porch or facade? We rebuild manufactured stone veneer with the lath, plaster, and support it should have had the first time.
Learn moreCracked walls, loose brick and stone, crumbling mortar joints. We diagnose the cause and repair it so it stays repaired.
Learn moreSpalling, 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 moreNew brickwork that blends with what is already there: columns, steps, planters, and walls, matched by hand and laid to last.
Learn moreNebraska freeze-thaw is hard on chimneys. We repair, rebuild, and restore them from the flashing up.
Learn moreBrick and block retaining walls that hold their grade and their looks, new builds and rebuilds of failing walls.
Learn moreCareful restoration work on older Omaha buildings, matching original brick, stone, and mortar instead of erasing them.
Learn moreAge plus climate. Chimneys built in the 70s and 80s have taken decades of freeze-thaw winters, and their crowns and joints are simply due. Catching the repair at the crown stage keeps it affordable; waiting usually turns it into a partial rebuild.
Almost always. Brick from those decades is well documented and often still sourceable, and where an exact match is gone we blend the closest units with matched mortar so the repair reads naturally on the wall.
If it has moved noticeably or has a bulge, rebuilding with drainage is the honest fix, because the problem is behind the wall where a surface repair cannot reach. We will tell you plainly which side of the line your wall is on.
Yes. The newest streets on Millard's edges have the same manufactured stone veneer issues we repair across the western suburbs, and we rebuild those facades with correct backing and color-matched stone.
Usually within days. Millard is central to our service area, so it fits into the schedule easily. Call 402-704-4894 or send the estimate form.
Some work can be done in cold weather with the right protection, but mortar cures best in the warmer months. If you spot a problem in fall, getting on the schedule before hard freeze is ideal; otherwise, we plan the repair for early spring before damage spreads.
Tell 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.