Cornice & Bay Wall Repair
The details that make a Chicago greystone or two-flat worth what it is worth, stabilised and restored instead of stripped off.
This is work we self-perform, week in and week out. If it is on your notice, it is on our schedule.
How the work goes
- 1Anything that could fall made safe immediately
- 2The element restored where it can be saved, matching the original profile and detail
- 3Rebuilt where restoration is genuinely no longer realistic
- 4Top surfaces flashed and sealed, which is what let the water in to begin with
What owners worry about first
We would rather save the detail than strip it. Owners are usually surprised how much of an original cornice can be kept.
Did this come off a violation notice?
Then read the violation page instead. It covers what the inspector was looking at, what it costs you to wait, and what the department needs to see before the item closes.
Cornice, bay wall or balcony →Usually done at the same time
The joints get ground out and repointed to match, so the wall stops shedding mortar and the inspector stops writing it up.
Cracked and missing brick swapped for units that match yours, so the repair disappears instead of announcing itself.
The wall above your roof line made solid again, so nothing is loose over the sidewalk and water stops entering the top of the building.
The most weather-beaten masonry you own, rebuilt, capped and made watertight so it stops feeding damage into the rest of the wall.
Rusting steel above your windows replaced before it lifts the brick any further. This one gets worse and more expensive every year you wait.
The masonry under your windows repaired and pitched properly, which is the cheapest way to stop water getting into the wall.
Find out what this actually costs.
A quick call, then we come out and price every item on the notice in person. Free, and you are under no obligation to use us.
Licensed and insured. A person answers, Monday to Saturday.