Ralston is a compact town of solid mid-century homes, and their brick is reaching repair age together. We keep it matched, sealed, and standing.
Ralston packs a full town into a few square miles surrounded by Omaha, and it has kept its own identity along the way: its own schools, its own Main Street business district, and block after block of well-kept homes from the 1950s through the 1970s.
Homes of that era used masonry generously. Brick veneer fronts, planters flanking the front stoop, fireplace chimneys, and block retaining walls in the backyard. Sixty-plus Nebraska winters later, that masonry is due: mortar joints have gone soft, the first bricks are spalling, and chimney crowns are cracking on schedule.
Omaha Masonry treats Ralston as home turf. We tuckpoint and repair brick with matched materials, fix and rebuild chimneys, restore stoops and planters, and rebuild the retaining walls that have finished their first tour of duty. Free estimates, and the repair blends in when we are done.
Ralston's housing consistency is a masonry contractor's advantage. Because most of the town was built in a tight window, the brick and mortar types repeat street to street, and we know how to match them. That shows up in the finished work: repairs that read as original wall, not patches.
The town's most common calls mirror its era. Tuckpointing tops the list, because mid-century mortar is simply at end of life, followed by chimney crowns and top courses, spalled brick around planters and steps where snow sat every winter, and block walls in backyards that were built before drainage was standard practice.
We work every part of Ralston, from the blocks around Main Street and the Ralston Arena corridor to the quieter streets along the Papio drainage. Small jobs are welcome here; a morning spent repointing a planter or resetting stoop brick is a normal Ralston stop for us.
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 moreYes, more than almost any repair. The brick on Ralston homes of that era is usually sound; it is the mortar that has aged out. Repointing renews the wall's seal and strength for decades at a fraction of what brick replacement would cost.
That is the standard we work to. Ralston-era brick and mortar are matchable, and we blend color and joint tooling so the repaired section belongs to the wall. If a repair is going to stand out, we tell you before we start, not after.
Absolutely. Planters, stoops, and steps are classic Ralston repairs, and they are worth doing right because they take more water and snow than any other masonry on the house. Small jobs get the same care as big ones.
Snow and ice sat against it every winter, soaking the brick before each freeze. That spalling spreads if the source is not addressed, so we replace the failed units and detail the area to shed water better going forward.
Yes. Ralston sits inside our core service area, and we work the surrounding Omaha and La Vista neighborhoods constantly. One call covers all of it: 402-704-4894.
Free and in person. We look at the wall, chimney, or planter with you, explain what is happening in plain language, and leave a written number. No pressure and no surprise add-ons.
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.