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Serving Little Rock, AR and surrounding areas. (501) 621-2141
LRM Little Rock Masonry serves Sherwood, AR homeowners with masonry restoration, tuckpointing, and chimney repair, covering the brick ranch neighborhoods and newer subdivisions throughout Pulaski County with crews who work this area every week and free written estimates on every job.
Sherwood is a city of brick ranch homes, most of them built between the 1970s and 1990s, and those facades are now carrying 30 to 50 years of Pulaski County weather. Mortar joints that have absorbed five decades of freeze-thaw cycles need more than a surface patch - they need the damaged material fully removed and properly replaced before water reaches the brick itself. Our masonry restoration work on Sherwood homes starts with an honest assessment of what is still sound and what needs to come out, so the repair holds rather than failing again after the next hard winter.
Sherwood averages around 50 inches of rain per year, and brick veneer on homes along the Highway 107 corridor and throughout the city takes that moisture load constantly. When mortar joints start to crumble - soft to the touch, chalky white streaks running down the brick face after rain - they need to be repointed before water works its way behind the veneer. Catching mortar failure before the bricks are involved keeps the cost of repair far lower and protects the insulation and framing behind the wall.
Many Sherwood homes from the 1970s and 1980s have original masonry chimneys that have never had a professional inspection. Chimney crowns from that era develop hairline cracks after decades of freeze-thaw exposure, and central Arkansas hail season can knock caps loose or chip crowns without leaving damage visible from the ground. A chimney that has not been inspected since it was built is unlikely to be in the same condition it started in, and the problems that develop quietly are the ones that cause the most interior water damage.
Sherwood sits on the same expansive clay that runs throughout central Arkansas, and most homes here are built on concrete slab foundations. Clay soil expands with spring rains and contracts in the dry summer heat, and that seasonal cycle puts steady stress on slabs over decades. If you are seeing stair-step cracks in exterior brick, interior floors that feel uneven, or doors that stick after a wet spring and swing freely in summer, the slab has been moving and the time to address it is before the cracking extends to bricks and interior finishes.
Sherwood yards with mature trees and even modest grade changes accumulate erosion pressure with every spring storm. Roots from trees that have grown in over 30 to 40 years push into driveways and walkways, and clay-heavy soil on sloped lots can shed heavy rain fast enough to cut channels and deposit soil against foundations. A properly drained masonry retaining wall stops that cycle and gives you a stable grade change rather than a recurring maintenance problem.
Spalling - where the face of a brick flakes off in thin layers - is common on Sherwood homes from the 1970s that have experienced decades of freeze-thaw cycles without mortar maintenance. Once spalling starts, it tends to worsen each winter as water enters the exposed interior of the brick and freezes. Individual bricks that are actively spalling can often be replaced without disturbing the surrounding wall if the problem is caught before it spreads to multiple courses.
Sherwood grew rapidly as a suburb starting in the 1970s, and the bulk of its housing stock was built between 1970 and 1999. That means most homes in the city are now between 25 and 55 years old, and brick veneer - the dominant exterior material on Sherwood homes from that era - is hitting the point where the original mortar has reached or passed the end of its useful life. Mortar joints from the 1970s and 1980s were typically lime-based and softer than modern mixes. They were designed to sacrifice themselves over time so the bricks do not crack. The problem is that once those joints fail and go unrepaired, water moves in and freeze-thaw cycles start working on the bricks directly. A masonry contractor who does not understand this and uses a modern, harder mortar mix on older Sherwood brick can actually accelerate damage rather than fix it.
The underlying soil is the other factor. Sherwood sits on expansive Pulaski County clay that swells with spring rain and shrinks back in the summer heat. That movement is gradual but relentless, and it affects everything from slab foundations to concrete driveways to retaining walls. Mature trees on standard suburban lots - most of them planted when the neighborhoods went in 30 to 40 years ago - have root systems that push under driveways and walkways and contribute to cracking. Central Arkansas freeze-thaw cycles from December through February add another layer of stress, forcing water into any existing crack and widening it a little more each winter. Masonry repairs in Sherwood that do not account for these soil and climate realities tend to fail faster than the homeowner expects.
We work in Sherwood every week, pulling permits through the City of Sherwood for structural masonry work and coordinating inspections directly so homeowners are not navigating that process on their own. Sherwood is home to roughly 32,000 residents and is one of Pulaski County's most established suburbs, with a housing stock that runs from older brick ranches near the city center to newer subdivisions on the northern and eastern edges. We encounter both regularly and know what each generation of construction typically needs.
The Highway 107 corridor runs through the center of Sherwood and is a landmark every resident knows. The Sherwood Aquatic Center marks a well-known part of the community, and the neighborhoods around it represent some of the city's older residential areas where brick veneer homes from the 1970s are most concentrated. The city borders Jacksonville directly to the north, where Jacksonville homeowners face some of the same Pulaski County clay soil and housing-age conditions. We also serve customers in North Little Rock, just south of Sherwood, where older brick properties have similar masonry maintenance needs.
Sherwood has a high homeownership rate and a community that invests in keeping homes in good condition. That is the kind of customer we are built for - someone who wants a clear explanation of what is happening, a written estimate that breaks down the work, and repairs that actually hold.
Reach us by phone or through the contact form. We respond within 1 business day. Tell us what you are seeing - crumbling mortar, staining on the brick, a crack you noticed after winter, whatever prompted the call - and we schedule a time to visit. You do not need to diagnose the problem yourself.
We visit your Sherwood property, inspect the masonry in person, and walk you through what we find in plain terms - including whether the damage is cosmetic or structural and what is causing it. You get a written estimate with labor, materials, and any permit fees listed separately. No surprises after you approve the work.
If the project requires a permit from the City of Sherwood, we handle the application and coordinate inspections on your behalf. We confirm the start date once any required approvals are in place and work around your schedule as much as the project allows.
The crew completes the work, clears the site, and walks you through the finished job before leaving. For restoration or repointing work that needs curing time, we tell you what to keep dry and when the surface is ready for normal use. Fresh mortar typically needs 24 to 48 hours before it gets wet.
We serve homeowners throughout Sherwood and Pulaski County. Call today or fill out the contact form - we respond within 1 business day with a free written estimate.
(501) 621-2141Sherwood is a city of roughly 32,000 to 33,000 residents in Pulaski County, located just north of Little Rock along the Highway 67/167 corridor. The city grew steadily from the 1970s onward as families moved north from Little Rock looking for more space and newer homes, and the result is a community where the vast majority of housing units are owner-occupied single-family homes. The Sherwood Forest neighborhood is one of the city's most recognizable residential areas, and the Highway 107 corridor connects its commercial strip to the residential neighborhoods on either side. Little Rock Air Force Base, located in adjacent Jacksonville, employs many Sherwood residents and has contributed to a stable, working-household character throughout the city.
The housing stock in Sherwood breaks roughly into two generations: older brick ranch homes concentrated in the neighborhoods closest to the city center, most built in the 1970s and 1980s, and a second ring of subdivisions from the 1990s through the 2000s on the northern and eastern edges where brick-and-siding combinations are more common. Both generations share the same Pulaski County clay soil and face the same freeze-thaw wear patterns. Sherwood borders Jacksonville to the north, where the base and its surrounding neighborhoods present similar masonry conditions, and connects south to North Little Rock, where older brick properties along the river and throughout established neighborhoods share many of the same maintenance patterns we see regularly in Sherwood.
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