Masonry waterproofing in South Tulsa, OK
Tulsa County · ZIP 74133, 74136, 74137 · Published pricing · Call (918) 362-4398
South Tulsa is where Broken Arrow houses go to get ten years older. The subdivisions between 61st and the Creek Turnpike were bricked in the 1970s and 1980s, mostly single story ranches and two story colonials with brick veneer on all four sides over a wood frame, sitting on a slab poured straight onto clay. That is the exact house that calls us most: buff or red brick, gray mortar that has gone sandy at the base course, and a spot on the interior drywall behind the sofa that gets damp every May.
The mortar is the problem, not the brick. Forty years of the clay under the slab swelling in April and shrinking in August has opened hairline joints along the bottom three courses on the north and west walls, and wind driven rain from the southwest storms pushes straight through. Haikey Creek Masonry Waterproofing prices those jobs off the same table as everything else: repointing the open joints at $1,200 to $5,500, then a breathable silane and siloxane repellent over the whole elevation at $1,000 to $3,500.
The other South Tulsa regular is the garage lintel. A rusting steel angle over a two car garage door lifts the brick above it, cracks the joints in a stair step, and lets water sit on the steel where it rusts faster. We replace the spalled brick, treat or replace the lintel, and repoint, usually in a day. If the wall is wet at the bottom course and there is not a weep hole in sight, that is a retrofit, and we say so before anyone buys sealer.
What we find on 1980s South Tulsa brick
Most South Tulsa brick from before about 2000 has no weep holes at the slab line. Builders here set the first course tight on the slab with no flashing, so any water that gets behind the veneer has nowhere to leave except into the wall cavity. If you see a dark band on the bottom two courses that never fully dries, check for weep holes before you pay anyone to seal the wall. Sealing a wall that is wet from behind traps the water.
Where we work south of 61st
Regular stops include Woodland Hills, the 71st and Memorial corridor, Southern Hills, LaFortune Park, the streets around Oral Roberts University, Union district neighborhoods off 81st, the 91st Street ranches toward Jenks, Tulsa Hills. If your wall is near those, a crew has probably already worked your street, and the price is the same table as everywhere else: the cost guide.
Price a South Tulsa wall off the table
Address in South Tulsa first, then what you see. The range comes off the published table and we set a time for the hose test.
South Tulsa questions we hear on the phone
- How much does it cost to seal a brick house in South Tulsa?
- A whole house silane and siloxane repellent runs $1,000 to $3,500 depending on wall area and whether it is one or two stories. If the joints need repointing first, add $1,200 to $5,500. Both ranges are on our cost page and we confirm them with a hose test.
- My brick has stair step cracks near the garage. Is that the foundation?
- Usually it is the steel lintel over the garage door rusting and lifting, not the slab. We can tell in ten minutes: lintel cracks sit directly above the opening and follow the joints up and out. Slab movement cracks show up at corners and near windows on the long walls too.
- Can you match the mortar color on a 1985 house?
- Yes. We take a sample, match the sand and the pigment, and set a test patch on the least visible wall before repointing the front. Weathered gray and buff mortars from that era are the most common matches we do.
- Do you seal the brick after tuckpointing?
- We recommend it, and most South Tulsa customers do both. Fresh mortar cures for a couple of weeks, then the repellent goes over the whole elevation so the new joints and the old brick shed water the same way.
- How fast can you get to South Tulsa?
- South Tulsa is fifteen minutes from our base, so inspections are usually within two or three days, and same week if water is actively coming in.