Brick wall installation in Edinburg TX - a wall that stays straight and dry
Want a brick fence or brick on your house? We plan the height, footing and drainage first, so the wall stands straight and stays dry.
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What goes into a new brick wall or brick fence in Edinburg?
Brick wall installation in Edinburg means building a brick fence around your yard or adding brick veneer, a single outer layer of brick, to the walls of your house. The veneer holds up only its own weight, while the wall behind it does the work of standing up to sideways push like wind.
Most calls start with a plan, like a wood fence you're done replacing, a property line you want closed in, or siding you're tired of painting. The price moves with the wall's length and height, full brick versus thin brick, whether the house needs new footing work, and whether old siding has to come off first, while the schedule turns mostly on the size of the wall, any permit review and the summer heat. The written estimate I send after looking at your site gives you the figure for your own wall.
How we handle brick wall installation
Before we lay a course, we settle whether this is a fence or brick on the house and where it sits on your lot, because that decides how tall it can go and how we build it. For a fence, we dig and pour the footing, set any piers, then lay the brick in level courses and tool the joints so they shed rain. For brick on a house, I plan how water gets back out from behind it, since veneer is built as a drainage wall that expects some water to get past the brick. That takes three parts working together. Flashing is a strip that turns water outward, weeps are small openings along the bottom course that let it out, and an air space behind the brick gives it a path down, so it's fair to ask any mason how their plan covers all three. We clean the brick and haul off our waste before we call the job done.
Some jobs mix materials or sit next to older brick. If you want stone columns, a stone cap or a stone section along the fence, that falls under our stone masonry work. When new brick goes up beside old brick with worn joints, I'll usually suggest brick pointing on the old wall, since fresh mortar keeps water out and makes the two sections read as one.
Brick fence
A brick fence suits a side or back property line where you want privacy and something that won't rot or need paint. How tall it can be depends on which yard it sits in, so we start there.
Full brick veneer
Full-size brick laid in front of your wall gives the deep, solid look most brick homes have. It's heavy, so it suits a house that already has footings built to carry it.
Thin brick veneer
Thin brick hangs on the wall framing and weighs much less than full brick. It suits a house where adding weight would mean foundation work you'd rather skip.
What changes a brick wall installation in Edinburg
Edinburg's code treats a brick boundary wall as a fence, and it caps fences at six feet in side and rear yards and at three feet in front and street side yards, where a fence is allowed there at all. That's settled by the city, so the first thing I look at is which yard each run of your fence sits in, because a fence along the back line can go to six feet while the same fence turned toward the street has to stop at three. Brick on the house itself is built to the model building codes the city has adopted, and we lay it out with those in mind from the start.
Around here we mostly see brick going in as a privacy fence along a back or side line, or as veneer on a house that already has some brick on the front, so we match new brick to what's there. We see the same mix of homes and fences on jobs in McAllen and Pharr, and we build them the same way.
Why Edinburg homeowners call Stonecraft Edinburg Concrete and Masonry for brick walls
The owner does your estimate
I come out to look at the job and give the estimate, then I work on site alongside our masons and helpers. The person who told you how the wall would be built is there making sure it is.
Trained to pass city inspectors
I learned masonry on a city public works crew, where block, brick and sidewalk had to pass an inspector before anyone signed off, and I started this business in Edinburg in 2023. Your wall gets built to that same standard, and I'll tell you plainly if a job can wait.
Licensed and insured masonry contractor
We're licensed and insured. Ask about either when I'm out for the estimate, and you'll get a straight answer before any brick goes up.
County homes checked before starting
For homes outside Edinburg's city limits, we check with the county office before we start. A fence out in the county gets the same up-front check as one inside the city.
On a new brick wall, the planning decides how it turns out, so the next step is getting me out to see where it goes. Request your estimate or call (956) 450-7417.
Request a quoteGet a free on-site estimate for your brick wall or fence
Send the form and we'll reply within one business day to set a time for me to come out. The estimate is free and done at your property, and there's no pressure to book.
What happens when you call about a brick wall in Edinburg?
Call or send the form
Tell us whether it's a fence or brick on the house and roughly where it goes. We'll set a time for me to come see it.
Walk the site with me
I look at the job and tell you right there what I'd do and why. A written estimate follows, so you see the number before anything is decided.
We handle permits and inspections
If the job needs a permit, we apply for it and set up the inspections. In Edinburg the general contractor is the one who requests inspections on a permitted job, and on our jobs that's us.
Build and clean up
I'm on site with the crew from the footing to the last course. We don't leave until the wall is done and the site is cleaned up.
Frequently asked questions
What does brick work cost near Edinburg?
Brick and masonry work in the McAllen area usually runs about $8 to $25 per square foot. That's the going rate around here, not our price, and a wall lands lower or higher depending on its height, full or thin brick, and any footing or old siding work. I'll price yours once I've seen it.
Can I add brick to my house without new foundation work?
Usually yes, if you go with thin brick, because it hangs on the wall framing and weighs less, so it needs no footing or foundation changes and usually no other design changes. Full brick is different on a home set on piers without continuous footings, a footing that runs under the whole wall, since it's likely to need a new footing and foundation wall to carry it. I'll check how your house sits before we pick one.
Do I have to take off my siding before adding brick veneer?
Taking the old siding off is usually simpler than building over it. Building over it means an engineer has to look at the old siding first, which adds a step to the job.
What happens before I apply for a brick wall permit in Edinburg?
If site plan or plat review may apply to your project, the city's Planning & Zoning may ask for a meeting first. Applications go to Edinburg Building Safety, which is also the office to ask whether your wall needs a permit.
What is the best way to keep a tall brick fence from leaning?
Give a slim brick wall something to brace it, like a thicker base, projecting piers, or a zigzag or staggered layout. Brick industry guidance says brick walls are strong but thinner ones have a limit on how slender they can be against sideways force, so these features become part of the design. I'll tell you at the estimate which one fits your fence and lot.
What causes mortar to dry out too fast in hot weather?
Clay brick that soaks up water quickly can pull moisture out of fresh mortar fast when it's hot. That's why crews may change how they prep the brick and build in summer, and in the Valley heat it's something we plan around.
Other masonry work that goes with a brick wall
Stone masonry
Natural stone makes a good cap, column or accent section when you want a rougher look beside new brick, or a garden wall that feels older than it is.
Brick pointing
If older brick on your house has cracked or sunken mortar joints, repointing them keeps water out and helps new and old brick look like one wall.
Edinburg, TX
Plan your brick wall with us
Call (956) 450-7417 or send the form with the wall's rough length and height, which yard it sits in, and whether your house sits on piers, so I come out ready to answer.