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Real projects, photographed on the job

Every photo here comes from a Houston Pro Masonry job. Captions describe what the photo shows. Where we have the full story, there’s a case study.

Case studies

Projects in detail

Crew member on a roof restoring a three-story brick chimney

Structure: 3-story brick chimney
Work: Leak repair and restoration
Location: Houston area

3-story brick chimney leak repair and restoration

A full exterior restoration on a three-story brick chimney, from cleaning and crack repair to a resurfaced crown and water-prevention treatment.

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Long concrete block wall along a residential street, with a Houston Pro Masonry truck parked in front

Length: ≈ 700 linear feet
Wall: 7-foot CMU block
Footing: New 4-foot footing

700 linear feet of CMU block wall on a new footing

An old double brick wall and its footing removed and replaced with a new 4-foot footing and a 7-foot CMU wall, about 700 linear feet long.

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Houston Pro Masonry mason setting brick on a column during a brick privacy wall rebuild

Structure: Brick privacy wall
Work: Demolition and rebuild
Location: Houston area

Brick privacy wall demolition and rebuild

A damaged brick privacy wall taken down and rebuilt in matching brick and mortar, with the existing brickwork cleaned and joints blended.

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New concrete front walkway with a red brick border leading to a two-story home

Work: Demolition and repour
Areas: Front walkway and patio
Details: Brick borders, herringbone brick patio

Concrete walkway and patio repour with brick borders and a herringbone brick patio

Old concrete removed, a new front walkway and patio formed and repoured, brick borders added, and a herringbone brick patio built.

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Aerial view of a rebuilt red brick chimney with a new cap on a gray shingle roof

Structure: Exterior brick chimney
Year: 2025
Location: Houston area

Chimney rebuild, 2025

A tall exterior chimney beside a backyard pool, photographed during the rebuild of its top and after completion.

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Finished brick wall above a garage door opening

Area: Brick above a garage opening
Work: Removal and rebuild
Location: Houston area

Brick rebuilt above a garage opening

The brick above a garage door was taken down and rebuilt from scaffolding.

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Brick and mortar repair

Cracks, missing brick, and damaged sections, rebuilt and blended.

Stair-step cracking at a wall corner, photographed before repair.
Before: damaged brick removed beside a door frame.
After: the section rebuilt with brick and mortar blended to the wall.
Missing and broken brick replaced (before, left; after, right).
Brick replacement, before and after.
Two-story wall section rebuilt (before, left; after, right).
Earlier mortar patchwork redone (before, left; after, right).
Before: brick beside a window opened up for rebuilding.
After: the wall section rebuilt.
Stone planter wall restored (before, left; after, right).
Collapsed brick planter column rebuilt (before, left; after, right).
Missing brick at an entry replaced (before, left; after, right).
Separation where a wall meets the house.
Before: a low entry wall partly collapsed.
After: the wall rebuilt.
Two-story brick wall work from scaffolding.
Scaffolding set up for two-story brickwork.
Laying brick around a window opening.
Laying brick veneer.
Two-story brick veneer work.

Chimneys

Crowns, caps, tuckpointing, and chimney top rebuilds.

Chimney rebuild, finished (2025).
Chimney top rebuilt with a new crown.
Chimney top during the rebuild.
Tall exterior chimney, before the rebuild.
Before: weathered crown and cap.
After: chimney top restored with a new cap.
Deteriorated chimney top before repair.
Applying a masonry water-repellent treatment.
Red brick chimney with a new cap.
Restored chimney top.
Chimney crown and top, finished.
Cracked, patched crown before repair.
New crown with a black cap.
Chimney with a new cap.
Before repair.
After repair.
Working on a tall chimney from a lift.

Structural masonry

Garage openings, leaning columns, walls, and mailboxes.

Separation where a wall meets the house.
A gap opening between a garden wall and its column.
Brick above a garage opening removed.
Rebuilding the brick above the opening.
Leaning gate column, before.
The same column during repair.
Column separating from the wall beside it.
Leaning wall section, with HPM’s measurement note.
Brick mailbox repair in progress.
Brick mailbox with an arched top.
Mailbox column with a damaged top.
Courtyard wall pulling away from its column.

Pavers and flatwork

Herringbone porches, walkways, patios, and paver repairs.

Laying a herringbone brick porch floor.
Finished herringbone brick porch.
Herringbone brick patio with a brick border.
Walkway replaced in brick (before, left; after, right).
New brick walkway.
Pavers relaid after a tree trunk was removed (before, left; after, right).
Stone paver patio under a pergola.
Compacting the base before setting pavers.
Stone paver pool deck.
Circular paver patio, before and after.
Brick entry landing (before, left; after, right).
Herringbone porch floor in progress.
Herringbone brick entry.
Herringbone brick going down on a covered patio.
Brick steps and landing.

Stone and custom masonry

Stone entries, veneer, outdoor kitchens, and fireplaces.

Stone planter wall restored (before, left; after, right).
Two-story fireplace wall during construction.
Brick fireplace restoration.
Stacked stone fireplace.
Brick mailbox with an arched top.
Brick steps and landing.
Stone entry with an arched opening.
Front entry stonework, before and after.
Natural stone entry.
Stone veneer added to a front wall (before, top; after, bottom).
Outdoor kitchen base in brick.
Built-in ovens framed in brick.
Stone block wall with a cap.
Porch step work.

Concrete

Driveways, walkways, and slabs, demolished and repoured.

New driveway pour.
New driveway, curing.
New side walkway and patio.
Finishing a new walkway.
New backyard slab.
Sidewalk replaced (before, left; after, right).
Demolition debris loaded for haul-off.
Trench formed for a new footing.

Walls

Privacy, screening, and courtyard walls, repaired or rebuilt.

Collapsed brick planter column rebuilt (before, left; after, right).
Before: a low entry wall partly collapsed.
After: the wall rebuilt.
Stone block wall with a cap.
Demolition debris loaded for haul-off.
Trench formed for a new footing.
Brick screening wall.
Perimeter wall along a street.
Courtyard wall pulling away from its column.
Courtyard wall rebuilt.
Rebuilt courtyard wall.
Rebuilt courtyard wall.
Street-corner wall repair in progress.
Street-corner wall repair in progress.
Brick column in a privacy fence.
Rebuilt brick column.

Brick finishes

Whitewash and German smear, interior and exterior.

Brick finish work in progress.
Before the finish was applied.
Finished exterior.
Interior brick with a light finish around an arched niche.
Interior brick niche in progress.
Interior brick finish.
Light brick exterior.

Commercial

Masonry on commercial properties.

Commercial project.
Commercial project.
Commercial brickwork.
Commercial facade work.

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