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Serving Green Bay, WI and surrounding areas. (920) 932-4097
Green Bay Concrete & Masonry provides masonry contractor services throughout Green Bay, WI, including foundation repair, chimney repair, and masonry restoration. We have served Green Bay homeowners since 2018 and reply within 1 business day.
Green Bay has a large share of homes built before 1960, and their brick, mortar, and stone faces take a beating from our freeze-thaw winters. Masonry restoration brings those surfaces back to sound, weather-resistant condition without tearing out the original material.
Green Bay's clay-heavy soil and deep frost cycles put relentless pressure on foundations. Bowing walls, horizontal cracks, and spring water seeping through the floor are all signs that your foundation needs attention before the next winter makes it worse.
Older Green Bay homes often have chimneys where the mortar between the bricks has been quietly crumbling for years. Cracked mortar lets water in, and water in a Wisconsin winter does serious damage fast - mortar repair, cap replacement, and tuckpointing keep your chimney sound and safe.
The mortar joints in Green Bay brick homes weather faster than the bricks themselves, and once they recede or crumble, water finds its way in. Tuckpointing restores those joints with matching material so the wall holds tight through another decade of Wisconsin seasons.
Yards near the Fox River and in Green Bay's older neighborhoods often have grade changes that need proper containment. A well-built retaining wall holds soil in place, controls drainage, and keeps slopes from eroding during heavy spring rains and snowmelt.
Spalling bricks - where the face flakes off from freeze-thaw damage - are a common sight on Green Bay homes built in the early to mid-1900s. Individual brick replacement and surface repair stop the damage from spreading and restore both the look and the weather resistance of the wall.
Green Bay averages more than 140 days per year below freezing, and the ground can freeze three to four feet deep in a hard winter. Every spring, that soil thaws unevenly, pushing against foundations, driveways, retaining walls, and concrete flatwork. The clay-heavy soils common across Brown County hold water rather than draining it, which means saturated ground stays pressed against your masonry through the entire thaw. Over years, this cycle turns small surface cracks into structural problems that cost significantly more to fix.
A significant share of Green Bay's housing stock was built between the 1920s and 1960s. Brick homes from that era were built with a softer mortar that was designed to flex, not crack the bricks. Using the wrong modern mortar in a repair on one of these homes can actually damage the original brick - so the contractor you hire needs to understand the difference. Add the Fox River corridor's drainage challenges and the city's consistent snowfall of 45 to 50 inches per year, and you have a set of conditions that rewards hiring someone who works here regularly and knows what each season brings.
Our crew has worked throughout Green Bay since 2018 and pulls permits regularly through the City of Green Bay Inspection Services division. We are familiar with the permit process for structural masonry work the city requires, and we handle that paperwork on your behalf so you are not left trying to navigate it alone. Every structural job we complete is inspected and documented - which matters if you ever go to sell.
We work on homes across Green Bay - from the Craftsman bungalows and American Foursquare houses in the older neighborhoods near downtown and the Olde Main Street district, to the postwar ranch homes on the west side, to properties closer to Lambeau Field. The Fox River divides the east and west sides of the city, and we serve both. We know which neighborhoods have the heaviest clay soil, where drainage challenges tend to show up, and how the older building stock near the historic waterfront typically behaves through a hard freeze.
We also serve the communities just outside Green Bay. Homeowners in Ashwaubenon deal with similar freeze-thaw pressures and aging building stock, and our crews work there regularly. Residents in Howard to the north are also part of our regular service area, particularly for driveway and retaining wall work driven by the same Brown County soil conditions.
Reach out by phone or through our contact form and we will respond within 1 business day. We will ask a few basic questions about what you are seeing so we arrive prepared.
A member of our crew will walk your property, look at the damage in person, and explain what they find in plain language. You will receive a written estimate with the scope, materials, and total cost before any work starts - no pressure to decide on the spot.
If your project requires a City of Green Bay permit - structural foundation work typically does - we handle that on your behalf. Work is scheduled once permits are confirmed and you have signed off on the estimate.
Our crew works through the job with daily cleanup, and walks you through the completed work before they leave. Any warranty documentation is handed to you at that final walkthrough.
We serve all Green Bay neighborhoods. No obligation estimates, written pricing, and work that holds up through Wisconsin winters. We respond within 1 business day.
(920) 932-4097Green Bay is Wisconsin's third-largest city, home to roughly 107,000 people and the only community-owned franchise in major American professional sports - the Green Bay Packers. The city sits at the southern end of Green Bay, the bay that feeds into Lake Michigan, with the Fox River running through the middle and dividing the east and west sides. About 55% of housing units are owner-occupied, which means most residents have a real stake in keeping their homes in good condition. The older neighborhoods - particularly those near downtown, the historic waterfront, and the Olde Main Street district - are filled with Craftsman bungalows, American Foursquare homes, and brick buildings that carry the character of the city's manufacturing and meatpacking history. You can learn more about Green Bay's history and layout at the Green Bay, Wisconsin Wikipedia article.
The postwar west side neighborhoods and the growing outer suburbs have a different character - ranch homes on modest lots, many built in the 1950s through 1970s, with concrete driveways and flatwork that have now been through enough Wisconsin winters to start needing real attention. Whether a homeowner is a few blocks from Lambeau Field or out near the city's western edges, the masonry challenges are real and consistent: freeze-thaw cycles, clay soil, and an aging housing stock that rewards regular maintenance. Nearby communities like Ashwaubenon and Allouez share the same soil conditions and building patterns, and we work throughout all of them.
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