Loading...
Temple Concrete & Masonry serves Waco homeowners with masonry restoration, brick repair, retaining walls, and concrete work - with written estimates and no high-pressure sales. We respond within 1 business day.
Waco has a large stock of postwar brick homes - many built in the 1950s and 1960s - where decades of heat, freeze cycles, and Blackland Prairie soil movement have left mortar joints and brick faces in need of serious attention. Restoring the masonry on these homes stops water infiltration and preserves the structure for another generation. See what our masonry restoration work covers.
Waco brick homes see cracking and spalling at a higher rate than homes in cooler, drier climates because the clay soil under them never stops moving. Replacing damaged bricks and matching the original mortar color restores the wall face and prevents larger sections from loosening over the next wet-dry cycle.
Mortar joints on Waco homes from the 1940s through 1970s have endured 50 or more years of Texas summers and occasional hard freezes. When those joints crack, water enters the wall cavity and accelerates brick failure. Tuckpointing those joints before water gets in is the most cost-effective way to extend the life of a brick exterior.
Waco gets intense spring thunderstorms that move a lot of soil in a short time, and sloped yards in the city erode without proper containment. A masonry retaining wall built to handle the clay-soil pressure typical of McLennan County will hold through rain events that would shift a cheaper timber or block structure.
Slab foundations on Waco ranch homes sit directly on Blackland Prairie clay, which heaves in winter rain and pulls away from the slab in summer drought. Catching foundation movement early - before it shows up in sticking doors and ceiling cracks - saves Waco homeowners thousands compared to waiting for full-scale remediation.
Concrete walkways in Waco crack and heave because the clay underneath shifts with every rain and dry spell. Building a walkway with a properly compacted base and correctly spaced control joints makes the difference between a surface that lasts 20 years and one that needs repair in three.
Waco sits squarely in the Texas Blackland Prairie, where the ground is heavy clay that swells when it absorbs rain and shrinks as it dries out under the summer sun. That cycle happens hard every year in McLennan County - sometimes multiple times in a single season during a wet spring followed by a dry stretch in June. Every masonry structure touching the ground is under constant stress from this movement. A contractor who treats a Waco job the same as a job in a part of the country with stable sandy soil will not design the drainage, base preparation, or joint spacing to handle what the ground here actually does.
More than half of Waco's housing units were built before 1980, and a large share of those are single-story ranch homes with brick veneers and slab foundations that have now absorbed 40 to 70 years of soil pressure, heat, and freeze cycles. In addition, Waco sees frequent severe thunderstorms in spring - including hail events that chip brick faces and crack mortar joints - and occasional hard freezes that stress any water that has gotten into a wall cavity. The February 2021 ice storm showed that even mild-climate homes are not immune to freeze damage. Taken together, these factors mean a significant share of Waco homes are carrying deferred masonry maintenance that will become structural if left unaddressed.
Our crew works throughout Waco regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect masonry contractor work here. The older residential streets in east and south Waco - many with homes that date to the 1940s and 1950s - have the most accumulated deferred maintenance and the most soil-movement-related cracking. Newer subdivisions on the west side and out near Woodway have more recent construction, but even homes from the 1990s and 2000s built on Blackland Prairie clay are starting to show the effects of two or three decades of wet-dry cycles.
Waco is a city most residents know through landmarks like Baylor University, Cameron Park along the Brazos River, and Magnolia Market at the Silos near downtown. From the neighborhoods close to the Baylor campus to the quieter streets on the south side of the city, we have worked on homes in most corners of McLennan County. We know which permit applications go through the City of Waco Development Services and what they typically require for structural masonry projects in the city limits.
Waco is part of the same Central Texas corridor we serve every day. If you are in Hewitt or in Temple, our schedule covers that stretch regularly and we can usually reach you on the same rotation.
Call or submit our online form with a brief description of what you are seeing. We respond within 1 business day and set up a free on-site visit - no fee, no commitment.
We look at the affected masonry, check for signs of soil movement or water intrusion, and measure what we need. The visit is free, and we tell you honestly what we found - including whether the job is urgent or can wait.
You receive a written proposal covering labor, materials, permit costs, and site cleanup. That number does not change unless you request additional work. We encourage you to compare estimates - a fair quote holds up.
We handle any required City of Waco permits before we start. Work runs on the schedule we gave you, and we do a walkthrough with you at completion so you confirm everything is right before we close out the job.
We serve Waco and McLennan County homeowners with no-pressure written estimates. Tell us what you are seeing and we will come take a look - no cost, no obligation.
(254) 791-8302Waco is a mid-sized Texas city of around 140,000 people in McLennan County, situated along the Brazos River about halfway between Dallas and Austin on I-35. The city is home to Baylor University - one of the largest private universities in Texas and a major employer in the region. The Magnolia Market at the Silos, built around the brand created by Chip and Joanna Gaines of HGTV's "Fixer Upper," draws visitors from across the country and has helped fuel renewed interest in Waco's older home stock and downtown neighborhoods. Cameron Park, one of the largest urban parks in Texas at over 400 acres, lines the river bluffs on the west side of the city.
Waco's residential neighborhoods span a wide range of ages and styles. East and south Waco have the oldest homes - including Craftsman bungalows, early brick houses, and small frame homes that date to the early 1900s. Central neighborhoods built in the postwar era (1940s-1970s) are the most common housing type and also the most likely to show masonry wear from decades of soil and climate exposure. The newer west side developments near Woodway and Hewitt are more recent construction but sit on the same expansive clay that drives maintenance needs across the entire county.
Build a solid block foundation that supports your structure long-term.
Learn MoreCall us or submit a form today - we respond within 1 business day and come to your Waco property for a free, no-pressure estimate.