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Serving Fort Smith, AR and surrounding areas. (479) 469-2280
Fort Smith Concrete & Masonry handles tuckpointing, brick repair, and chimney repointing for homes across Hackett and Sebastian County. We respond within one business day and finish on schedule.
Hackett homes built in the 1950s through 1970s often have mortar joints that have softened and crumbled from decades of freeze-thaw cycles. Our tuckpointing service removes the damaged mortar and packs new material flush with the brick face, stopping water from getting behind the wall.
Hackett chimneys take a beating from Sebastian County winters, where ice storms can wedge into mortar joints and crack the crown. We repair chimney caps, repoint mortar joints, and rebuild crowns before the next cold season creates a bigger problem.
Older brick veneer on Hackett homes can crack or spall when clay soil shifts under the foundation during wet springs. We replace individual damaged bricks and restabilize the surrounding mortar so the repair blends and holds.
The clay-heavy soil across Sebastian County expands and contracts with every rain cycle, which pushes foundation walls out of plumb over time. We stabilize cracked and bowing foundation sections before water finds its way into the basement or crawl space.
Many Hackett properties have concrete block outbuildings, carport walls, or perimeter fences that need repointing or patching after years of weather exposure. We repair and seal block walls so they hold their load and stay watertight through Arkansas summers and winters.
Larger rural lots around Hackett often have sloped ground that needs a retaining wall to prevent erosion after heavy spring rains. We build masonry retaining walls that handle the load from clay soil without cracking or leaning over time.
Hackett sits in the heart of the Arkansas River Valley, where clay soil, freeze-thaw winters, and humid summers create a specific set of masonry problems that contractors from outside the region often underestimate. The soil here holds water after rain and then contracts sharply in dry weather, putting steady lateral pressure on foundation walls and brick veneer. Homes built before 1980, which make up a large portion of Hackett housing stock, used lime mortars that have softened over decades and are now at the point where freeze-thaw damage accelerates every winter.
Severe spring storms in this part of Sebastian County regularly bring hail and high winds that chip brick faces and crack mortar crowns on chimneys. Because many Hackett homes sit on larger rural lots with mature trees nearby, root growth under concrete slabs and driveways is another common problem. Catching these issues early with proper masonry repair keeps small cracks from becoming structural failures that cost several times more to fix.
Our crew works throughout Hackett regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect masonry work here. Structural permits for Hackett properties route through Sebastian County, and we handle that paperwork when a project requires it so the homeowner does not have to track it down themselves.
Hackett is about 15 miles south of Fort Smith along Highway 22, and many of the homes we work on here sit on wider rural lots with outbuildings, carports, and gravel drives - conditions where we need to plan access carefully and watch for uneven ground near the work area. The Hackett School District is the center of community life here, and we treat every job with the same care we would bring to a neighbor's home.
We also serve the nearby community of Greenwood, which sits just north of Hackett and has a similar mix of older brick homes that benefit from regular masonry maintenance. If you are in Barling or the surrounding communities, we serve those areas as well.
Reach us by phone or through the contact form and we will respond within one business day. You do not need to have a full description ready - just tell us what you are seeing and we take it from there.
We come to the property, look at the full scope of the problem, and give you a written estimate before any work begins. This is where we address cost questions so you know exactly what you are committing to.
We schedule around your availability and get the job done in the window we committed to. You do not need to be home for most exterior masonry work unless you prefer to be.
When the work is complete, we walk the site with you so you can see exactly what was done and ask any questions. We clean up the work area before we leave.
We serve Hackett and all of Sebastian County. Free estimates, no pressure, and a response within one business day.
(479) 469-2280Hackett is a small city in Sebastian County, Arkansas, situated about 15 miles south of Fort Smith along the Highway 22 corridor. The community has a tight-knit, rural character with a high rate of owner-occupied homes - most residents have lived here for years and take real pride in maintaining their properties. The housing stock is dominated by single-family homes, many of them built between the 1950s and 1970s on generous lots that reflect the rural landscape of the Arkansas River Valley. You can learn more about the city's history through its Wikipedia entry.
The Hackett School District anchors the community, and the surrounding landscape includes farmland, mature trees, and rural roads that lead out to properties with outbuildings and gravel drives. Neighboring Greenwood to the north is the nearest larger community, and homeowners in both towns deal with similar clay soil conditions and older brick construction that needs regular upkeep. We also serve Mansfield and the surrounding Sebastian and Scott County communities.
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