Sandstone & Stone Foundation Repair in Youngstown, OH

Youngstown's older neighborhoods, built for the workers of the steel mills along the Mahoning River, are full of homes on sandstone and brick foundations. After a century of freeze-thaw cycles and wet springs, the soft lime mortar between the stones erodes, and sand piles up at the base of the walls.

Repointing with a compatible, softer mortar protects the stone instead of cracking it, while an interior drain and sump relieve the water pressure that washed the mortar out in the first place. Hard cement coatings trap moisture and speed up damage to old stone.

Where sections have shifted or stones are loose, they can be rebuilt before the wall is drained and repointed.