Chimney Installation & Repointing in Rye, NY

Brick chimneys on Rye's City Center historic colonials and Tudors from the early 20th century are now 80-120 years old. Long Island Sound's coastal humidity keeps these chimneys at a higher baseline moisture level than comparable chimneys in drier inland locations, which means each of Westchester's freeze-thaw cycles produces more mortar deterioration here than the same cycle would inland. On City Center's oldest period homes, original brick from the early 1900s may be softer than modern brick, making mortar composition selection consequential — too-hard modern mortar forces expansion stress into the brick rather than the replaceable joint. This is the same dynamic that applies to the Sound Shore chimneys in Mamaroneck and New Rochelle to the north.

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Meridian Contracting installs new brick chimneys and repoints aging masonry throughout Rye and southeastern Westchester.