Mortar Matching
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For nearly 10 years now, we have been using Certified
Mortar Matching and bags of Pre-Matched Mortar for our own Brick
Repair projects.
We
have recently opened these repair products to the public in an attempt to provide
quality products and service to a larger range of customer.
Our mortar blends
meet the required testing standards as set forth by the ASTM for their
specific type and function.
Only Alamo Masonry Repair Products deliver the quality you
deserve. Every sample is lab tested and matched to the original mortar of your
structure, and must pass the approval of our lab technicians before any
Pre-Matched Mortars are bagged.
Match the mortar in color and texture to the original mortar of your home.
Most mortar matches are not visible immediately upon drying.
For more information about
Pre-Matched Mortars
click here.
Alamo Certified Mortar Matching - Lab
tested and confirmed mortar matches perfect for any masonry repairs.
Alamo Certified Mortar
Matching - "The First Step to Quality
Repairs."
Do you need Foundation
Repair?
We have all seen those cheap brick repairs and cheap
repair products. They leave ugly lightening bolts down the side of your home and
tend to crumble or peel away from the brick.
This is what happens when you trust the average mason contractor to mix mortars or those
generic products at your local hardware store. Further, you don't know if the
mixture they are using meets the required ASTM standards for construction
mortars.
For many contractors, the idea of matching the
mortar is just something they tell you.
Unless they are using a lab to match your mortar, they are just guessing
at how to match it. This is why there are labs to test mortar and to determine
if mixed mortars meet the ASTM standards.
As far as the various brick (crack) repair products
available at the hardware store, they are often worse for
these repairs. Many of these products are some form of caulking. Which are messy, and will not match the mortar.
They will decrease the value and diminish the look of your home.
Every home is different. This is why you cannot use a
generic repair product. The generic mortar mixes only come in grey and
white, but mortar changes over time. Light mortars become darker and dark
mortars become lighter. The new mortar has to match the current condition of
the mortar to match and age properly.
Over time the new mortar will age just like the original
mortar has, but the old mortar also continues to age. This is why the
current mortar condition must be matched.
The only way to properly match the current condition of
the mortar is through lab tested, certified
mortar matching. This requires a few samples of your mortar for analysis
and takes about a week in processing.
Alamo offers Certified Mortar Matching and sells bags of
Pre-Matched Mortar. These mortars
are lab tested and matched, and are guaranteed to match the mortar
from your home based on the samples provided and meet the ASTM C91 requirements.
These Pre-Matched Mortars are easy to use, and
assure you to have a perfect job every time.