611 2nd Avenue SE

Parapet masonry repairs at 611 2nd Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Parapets fail first because they take weather on three sides.

Client:

Design Professional

General Contractor

Market:

Commercial

Location:

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

At 611 2nd Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids, the brick at the parapet had cracked open and was breaking away from the wall.

Parapets fail first. They're the part of the wall that sticks up above the roof, so they take weather on both faces and across the top. Water gets in, freezes and pushes the brick apart, and the damage can grow quickly once it starts.

We repaired the damaged masonry at the top of the wall. Fixing a parapet early protects the roof and the wall below it, and it keeps loose brick from becoming a safety problem over the sidewalk.

This is the kind of work we do on commercial and residential buildings in Cedar Rapids: parapet repair.