Masonry In Rittman, Ohio

Your Rittman Masonry Contractor

Rittman is a factory town at heart, and the housing shows it. Tight streets of worker built homes from the early industrial years, most of them on block foundations, many with brick chimneys that have not been touched since they were built. The Old Knupp Church out at Rittman Cemetery dates to 1817, which puts the age of masonry in this area in perspective. Come summer the whole town turns out for the Sleepwalker Festival, and we have done work for plenty of families who first called after a neighbor mentioned us there.

Cougar Masonry brings the full trade to Rittman: new brick, block, and natural or cultured stone, chimney rebuilds and repair, retaining walls and patios, tuckpointing and restoration, block foundations and building erections, and basements and new additions. One crew handles your project start to finish, with a free written estimate up front and a final walkthrough at the end.

Rittman's older homes were often built quickly and on a budget, which is not a criticism, it is just how factory housing went up. The masonry that survives is the masonry that got maintained. What we see most is deteriorated mortar joints on the weather side of the house, chimney stacks with spalling brick above the roofline, and block foundation walls that started bowing once the drainage around them failed. All three are fixable, and all three get worse and more expensive every year they are ignored.