Forty-five years of brick, mortar and roofs on the South Side
John's Masonry and Roofing has been working in Chicago and the South Suburbs since 1981. Six men, one crew, no subcontracted strangers showing up at your house. We tuckpoint, we lay brick, we build chimneys, we pour concrete, and we tear off and replace roofs — shingle, flat and commercial.
Since 1981
Forty-five years working the same neighborhoods. We are still here when the mortar has to be matched a second time.
A six-man crew
The people who quote your job are the people who do it. Small enough to answer the phone, big enough to strip a roof in a day.
Built to your budget
A spot repair and a full rebuild are both real answers. We will tell you which one your wall actually needs.
What we do
Two trades under one roof. Most of our customers call about one and end up asking about the other, because the wall and the roof usually fail together.
Tuckpointing
Grinding out failed mortar joints and repacking them so the wall sheds water again.
Brick & stone repair
Replacing spalled and cracked brick, rebuilding sections of wall, matching what is there.
Chimney repair & new chimneys
Rebuilding crowns and stacks, and building chimneys new from the roofline up.
Lintel replacement
Cutting out rusted steel lintels above windows and doors before they push the brick apart.
Parapet walls
The wall above the roofline that nobody looks at until water is coming through the ceiling.
Masonry waterproofing
Sealing brick and stone once the joints are sound, so the repair lasts.
Concrete & flatwork
Driveways, sidewalks, porches, stairs and slabs, including cutting and removal.
Roofing
Tear-offs, new decking, underlayment and shingles, plus flat roofs.
Commercial work
Flat commercial roofs and commercial masonry and concrete.
Recent jobs
Full roof replacement in Harvey
We tore the old roof off down to the frame, found the decking was past saving, and replaced it with new plywood. Underlayment went down over that, then shingles. A tear-off is the only way to know what the decking underneath is actually doing — shingling over a soft deck buys a homeowner about two years.
A house tuckpointed top to bottom
Not a patch on the worst wall — every elevation, ground to roofline, ground out and repacked. When mortar has gone that far the piecemeal approach just moves the leak to the next joint, so we did the whole envelope at once.
Decking, paint and brick flower beds
One homeowner had us replace the deck on the back of the house, paint it, and then build brick flower beds around the property. Different trades in one visit, one crew, one invoice — which is usually why people keep our number.
Our work
Where we work
Chicago and the South Suburbs. If you are on the South Side or south of the city, we are probably already working within a few miles of you this week.