Masonry Specialist & Founder, GO Masonry LLC
This article is based on an expert interview with Gerber Ortiz-Vega, conducted by wikiHow Staff Editors. Gerber Ortiz-Vega is a Masonry Specialist and the Founder of GO Masonry LLC, a masonry company based in Northern Virginia. Gerber specializes in providing brick and stone laying services, concrete installations, and masonry repairs. Gerber has over four years of experience running GO Masonry and over ten years of general masonry work experience. He earned a BA in Marketing from the University of Mary Washington in 2017.
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Over time, it’s normal for a brick wall or walkway to start looking a little worse for wear. The problem is when the damage becomes so bad that it starts posing a safety hazard. How do you know when your bricks have gotten to that point and need to be inspected and fixed? In this video, brick mason Gerber Ortiz-Vega explains what type of damage warrants calling in a professional.
Key Takeaways
- Have loose bricks looked at by a brick mason.
- Bricks with cracked mortar or water damage should also be checked out by a professional.
- Don’t hold off on calling in a brick mason if you have damaged bricks—they can get worse and become a safety hazard if they’re not fixed.
Video Transcript
The bricks are loose, the mortar is cracking, or there's clearly some water damage. Those are a few signs that you should get your walkway or wall checked by a mason, because otherwise, it's going to get worse over the years and it can become a safety hazard.
