Structural repairs — your questions answered
What structural repairs do you carry out?
Crack stitching with stainless-steel helical bars, underpinning of failed foundations, rebuilding collapsed and bulging sections, installing wall ties and tie bars, replacing failed lintels, propping and needling, and consolidating old and fragile masonry — all to keep a building sound.
My old wall is cracked, leaning or bulging — can you fix it?
Usually, yes, without taking the whole thing down. Cracked walls can be stitched and tied back together with helical bars bonded into the joints; leaning or bulging walls can be reset, re-tied or partly rebuilt. We fix the cause, not just the crack.
Do you replace failing lintels over openings?
Yes. Where the lintels over windows and doors have decayed and are no longer carrying the load, we prop safely, take them out and replace them, and make the opening good — as we did on a recent whole-house restoration in Mullingar.
Do you work on protected and heritage structures?
Yes, to conservation standards and in lime. We consolidated and structurally repaired the historic Grange Castle in Dublin, a protected medieval structure — so we're experienced with sensitive, high-stakes structural work.
Do you give free assessments?
Yes. A free site visit, an honest opinion on what's happening and what it needs, and a clear, itemised quote. We can work with a structural engineer where one is required.
