Restored 1860s Italianate red-brick house near downtown Lebanon, Ohio, on a limestone block foundation

GENERAL CONTRACTOR IN LEBANON, OHIO

We repair Lebanon’s old brick and stone with matched mortar, and run the whole job when it crosses trades.

Downtown brick to barn stone

Downtown Lebanon is 19th-century brick on Broadway and Main Street, much of it in soft lime mortar. Around Shaker Run you get newer brick fronts. Turtlecreek Township barns still sit on fieldstone.

Most of what we fix here started as water getting in where mortar or flashing gave out.

Framing, roofing or a finished basement on the same job? We run it as your general contractor.

What we do in Lebanon

Freshly repointed red brick corner with buff mortar above a rough-cut limestone foundation in Lebanon, Ohio

Downtown brick

Hand-raked joints and lime-rich mortar matched to the original, never a hard mix that spalls soft brick.

Stone foundations

Loose limestone and fieldstone reset and repointed, so the foundation can often stay.

Chimneys

New crowns and rebuilt tops, or a dead chimney taken below the roofline.

Newer brick fronts

Flashing, weep holes and cracked veneer fixed before water reaches the framing.

Concrete and patios

Driveways, walks, stoops and paver patios, poured and laid by our own crew.

Before and after in your neighborhood

Drag the handle. Same house, same angle, our work in between.

Same brick wall before tuckpointing with eroded crumbling mortar joints and stair-step cracks

Old red brick wall after tuckpointing with recessed concave buff-gray lime mortar joints

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Before After

Eroded mortar raked out and repointed with matched buff-gray lime mortar

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Stone-clad residential home exterior in Cincinnati style

Masonry in Cincinnati since 1993.

Swiss-trained masons · Licensed, bonded & insured · $2M liability and workers’ comp · OSHA-trained crews · One-year workmanship warranty

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What clients say

★★★★★

“We inherited a historic home with a failing stone foundation. Swiss Masonry worked with our structural engineer and the city’s historic preservation office without us having to babysit a single conversation. They know how to work with old buildings. Highly recommend.”

Rebecca S.

★★★★★

“Tuckpointing on our 1915 brick home. They protected the landscaping, cleaned up every day, and finished ahead of schedule.”

Greg M., Norwood

Lebanon questions we hear

Does my downtown Lebanon building need approval before masonry work?

Yes, if the building is in Lebanon’s Architectural Review Overlay District: exterior work there goes through the city’s architectural review, and the Planning Commission handles Certificates of Appropriateness. We prepare the mortar samples the review asks for.

Do I need a permit for a patio in Lebanon?

Not if it’s at grade. Lebanon’s planning FAQ says a concrete or brick paver patio at grade needs no permit. Driveways take a city engineering permit, and porches and retaining walls need a zoning permit.

Can a fieldstone foundation be repaired?

Usually, yes. We reset loose stone, rebuild failed sections in matching stone and repoint with a mortar softer than the stone.

Related Masonry Services

historic masonry restoration · tuckpointing · stone work · chimney repair · concrete

Nearby Service Areas

Mason · Loveland · Liberty Township · West Chester · Milford. See all service areas.