Brick Veneer Crack Repair in Baton Rouge

Foundation Repair Baton Rouge is a foundation repair company with 20 years of industry experience, serving Baton Rouge and the Capital Region, and brick veneer crack repair is where many homeowners first notice something is wrong. Most Baton Rouge ranch homes are wrapped in a single layer of brick veneer sitting on the edge of the slab. When that edge settles, the brick can’t flex, so it cracks — usually in a stair-step pattern along the mortar joints, sometimes straight through the brick.

Brick crack repair typically costs $500–$3,000 for the masonry work. If the crack is from active settlement, the slab foundation repair that stops it is priced separately.

Is it settlement?

That’s the first question. We map and measure every crack, note whether one side has shifted out of plane, and take a laser elevation survey inside. If the floor near the cracked wall is low, the beam under it is dropping and needs pilings before the brick is touched — otherwise the new mortar cracks along the same line. If the house is within tolerance and the cracks are old and stable, it’s a masonry repair.

In a few Baton Rouge neighborhoods near the mapped fault traces, brick cracks at a consistent 45 degrees on several walls can be a sign of fault movement rather than settlement. See the Baton Rouge fault guide.

How we repair brick

Cracked mortar joints are raked out and repointed with mortar matched for color and strength. Bricks cracked through are cut out and replaced with the closest match available. Weep holes at the base of the wall are kept clear so the wall can drain. The goal is a repair you have to look for, not an obvious patch.