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Every profession has its shortcuts. Often, they are hard to detect by the unsuspecting customer, who simply trusts the company they have contracted to carry out a service to do the right thing. It is the company and its employees that make a choice as to whether they will remain true to the themselves and their clients and produce quality work, or simply take those shortcuts and ultimately reduce the lifespan of their product. Sadly, our industry is no different and has more than its fair share of cowboys who, on the surface can present to the client as seemingly respectable, yet in order to keep the work rolling in, simply discount their prices and then take every short cut possible to achieve a profit at the end of the job. Did you know that a shortcut as simple as not grinding out every joint correctly in preparation for the new mortar can save the tradesman up to a massive 40% in time taken on the job & ultimately reduce the lifespan of the Repointing or Tuckpointing work by up to 80-90% ??

We at Heritage Brickwork Restorations are genuine Novocastrians, and have proudly serviced the Newcastle and Maitland areas for almost 30 years. During that time we have established a reputation within our industry as one of the leaders in our field within NSW. 

We are regularly consulted by heritage builders and architects, using our expertise in surface preparation, combined with our exclusive Tuckpointing system that allows us to offer a product lifespan second to none. We are proud of our reputation and produce only the highest quality work. We only leading quality ingredients with no "short cuts" and referrals from satisfied clients now make up over 80% of our business.

Over the last decade, our profession has seen a dramatic increase in the number of transient ’Tuckpointers’ that promote their services in several cities at the one time. Unfortunately, they have survived by promoting themselves using Internet advertising and luring customers with 'discounted' rates and the promise of quality work. Some have even become talented at Repointing and Tuckpointing brickwork that on the surface looks satisfactory to an unsuspecting client, but due to poor quality ingredients and dramatically insufficient surface preparation, has it's lifespan reduced considerably and the subsequent problems only become obvious months after they have headed off to the next town.

Quality Tuckpointers are usually in very high demand and simply have no need to work outside their own areas. They are kept busy attending to referral business generated by the quality of their work and their overall reputation within the building industry. 

Before you consider using an "out of towner" to perform a task so important to the overall beauty and value of your home, ask yourself -  Why would a tradesman need to advertise his services outside the city/town he resides - and drive for hours to get to work - and then travel hours to drive home, when if he had a reputation for quality work, he would never have to search for work outside his own immediate area ???

We at Heritage Brickwork Restorations take the time to produce quality. Our customers are so happy with the job we do, they've happily supplied the many customer testimonials supplied here on our website.

Below, you will find some examples of work performed in the Newcastle area by so called "Tuckpointers". These are a small example of some of the poor quality jobs they've performed in the Newcastle area that we’ve got to witness and photograph. We’ll let you be the judge.

DON'T FALL FOR THE TRAVELLING TUCKPOINTERS...