Brick repairs · St Leonards
Brick repairs in St Leonards
We replace damaged bricks and rebuild loose fences, piers, steps and small sections of wall, matching the brick, mortar and joints to the brickwork around them.
St Leonards is split between Willoughby City Council, Lane Cove Council and North Sydney Council.
PricingEvery brick repair job is quoted for your wall, free. How it’s priced
- 15+ years in tuckpointing
- Free inspection and quote
- No minimum job size
The work
What we repair.
Bricks need repairing when their faces flake or crumble, or when bricks in a fence, pier or gate have come loose or cracked. We find the cause before choosing the repair.
Recognise your wall? Send us a photoSpalled and fretting bricks
Damaged bricks cut out and replaced with matched bricks.
Fences and gate piers
Loose caps, cracked piers and leaning sections taken down and rebuilt.
Small rebuilds
Steps, garden walls, sills and short runs of wall relaid to match.
Matching the brick
Replacement bricks matched to the size, colour and texture of the old as closely as the available bricks allow.
Our work
Our brick repair work
Photographed on one of our own jobs.
Our work in Hurlstone Park
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Questions
Brick repairs questions.
Does the whole wall need to be replaced?
Not always. Where the surrounding wall is sound, individual damaged bricks or a small section can be replaced. If more of the wall has moved or come loose, the repair needs a wider assessment before deciding how much to rebuild.
Why are my bricks crumbling?
Damp, salts and hard cement mortar used with softer brick can contribute to crumbling. The symptoms alone do not identify the cause. We look at the wall before quoting; persistent damp may need a specialist’s assessment and treatment alongside the brick repair.
Can you repair just a few bricks?
Yes. There is no minimum job size. Send a photo showing the damaged area and the wall around it, along with your suburb. We can discuss the scope and arrange a free inspection where needed.
Before work starts
Heritage checks before brick repairs
Replacement bricks are matched to the wall in size, colour and texture, and laid in a suitable mortar. Check the address with the council before bricks are replaced or a fence or pier is rebuilt.
How to check heritage requirementsNo heritage conservation area
None of the councils’ local environmental plans maps a heritage conservation area inside this suburb. Individual heritage items and other property controls can still apply.
Check if your home is a heritage item
Some homes in St Leonards are listed heritage items on the councils’ heritage maps. If yours is one, the work goes through the council’s heritage process, inside a conservation area or not, so check your address on the map before work starts.
SourceNSW Planning Portal, LEP heritage map layer (opens in a new tab)
Willoughby City Council: the approval route
Willoughby City Council says like-for-like minor or maintenance works on local heritage items or buildings in heritage conservation areas may not need a development application, but you may need to request a local heritage exemption and get written confirmation before starting. Willoughby DCP Part H adds that mortar for repointing should match the colour, texture and mix of the original, noting old mortars were usually lime-based.
SourceGain exemption from requiring development consent for heritage works (opens in a new tab)
Lane Cove Council: the approval route
Lane Cove Council’s planning rules let minor and maintenance work on a heritage home go ahead without a development application, but only once the council has confirmed in writing, before work starts, that the work is minor and won’t harm the home’s heritage significance.
SourceLane Cove Local Environmental Plan 2009: heritage conservation (opens in a new tab)
North Sydney Council: the approval route
Maintenance on heritage items or properties in heritage conservation areas can be approved without a development application through Council’s Heritage Maintenance approval, if Council is satisfied the work is minor, uses like-for-like materials and won’t harm heritage significance. The enquiry form lists repointing of masonry and brickwork as a small-scale work.
SourceHeritage Maintenance approval (Heritage Maintenance Enquiry) (opens in a new tab)
Sources checked October 2026.
Nearby
Brick repairs in nearby suburbs
The nearest suburbs we cover for this work.
Brick repairs across the North ShoreNo minimum job size
Free inspection and quote in St Leonards.
Tell us what needs attention and where the work is. Photos are optional.
0402 133 821Monday to Friday, 7am to 5pm · Saturday, 9am to 3pm · Sunday closedastutetp@gmail.comSending photos? Take photos from a safe position; there’s no need to climb or disturb loose brickwork.