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Serving Appleton, WI and surrounding areas. (920) 454-9356
Appleton Concrete & Masonry is a masonry contractor serving Green Bay, WI with concrete block walls, chimney repair, and foundation work. We have worked throughout Brown County since 2016 and respond to new inquiries within one business day.
Green Bay has a large share of homes built before 1960, many with original concrete block foundation walls that have never been repaired or reinforced. Block walls in the older neighborhoods near downtown and along the Fox River are subject to persistent soil pressure from clay-heavy ground that stays saturated after snowmelt. Our team handles both new concrete block wall construction and repair of existing walls that have developed cracks, voids, or movement.
Green Bay averages around 45 to 50 inches of snow each year, and the temperature swing from below zero in January to the low 80s in July is severe. Chimneys on older Green Bay homes take the brunt of that - spalling brick, cracked crowns, and failed flashing are all common. Letting chimney deterioration go unchecked allows water to enter the flue and run down into interior walls.
The Craftsman bungalows and American Foursquare homes that define Green Bay's older east-side and near-downtown neighborhoods were built with full brick or brick-clad exteriors. Those mortar joints deteriorate over decades of freeze-thaw cycles and need to be cut out and replaced before water can penetrate to the wall behind. Tuckpointing is routine preventive maintenance for any brick home in this climate.
Green Bay sits at the southern end of the bay of the same name, and the Fox River runs through the center of the city. Low-lying neighborhoods near the water deal with high soil moisture and seasonal flooding that keeps pressure on foundation walls year-round. We assess, stabilize, and repair concrete and block foundations across the city's residential areas.
Green Bay's older commercial buildings and residential brick homes near the Olde Main Street district often have decorative masonry that has been neglected or patched incorrectly over the decades. Restoration work - cleaning, repointing, and rebuilding deteriorated sections - extends the life of these structures and keeps them structurally sound through Wisconsin winters.
Sloped properties and yards near drainage channels in Green Bay's west and south sides need properly engineered retaining walls to hold soil during heavy spring runoff. Walls that were installed without adequate drainage behind them tend to tip or crack within a few years, especially in clay soils. We build block and stone retaining walls designed for this climate and soil type.
Green Bay winters consistently push the frost line to four feet or deeper. That means every foundation, driveway, sidewalk, and concrete block wall in the city goes through a hard annual freeze and then a full spring thaw. Water that infiltrates even a small crack in masonry freezes, expands by roughly nine percent, and widens that crack. After enough winters, hairline cracks become structural gaps. The city's older housing stock - a large share built before 1960 - has been through this cycle many more times than newer construction, and the cumulative damage compounds without proper maintenance.
The soil conditions in Brown County make the situation more difficult. Green Bay's proximity to the Fox River and the bay means many neighborhoods sit on clay-heavy ground that holds water long after a rain or snowmelt. That saturated soil presses against foundation walls and footings for days at a time, well beyond what sandy or loamy soil would produce. Homes in low-lying parts of the east side and near the river have dealt with this every spring for decades, and their block and brick foundations show it.
Our crew works throughout Green Bay regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect masonry work here. Green Bay is Wisconsin's third-largest city, and its residential neighborhoods range from early 1900s Craftsman bungalows and Foursquare homes on the east side to postwar ranch homes on the west side to newer subdivisions pushing south toward De Pere. Each part of the city has a different housing age and a different set of masonry challenges.
Lambeau Field sits in the west-central part of Green Bay, and the residential streets surrounding it are a mix of mid-century homes that have been owned and maintained by the same families for decades. The Fox River divides the east and west sides of the city, and neighborhoods on both banks deal with the elevated soil moisture that comes with being close to moving water. The Green Bay Packers are community-owned, and Green Bay homeowners tend to take the same long-term, invested approach to their properties - they want repairs done right, not done fast.
We also serve nearby Shawano and regularly work in De Pere to the south. The masonry conditions across this part of northeast Wisconsin are similar - older construction, clay soils, and the same hard winters - so our experience in one community applies directly to the others.
Reach us by phone at (920) 454-9356 or through our online contact form. We respond to all Green Bay inquiries within one business day, and you will speak with someone who actually works in this area.
We come to your property and assess the work in person before quoting a price. There are no phone estimates for masonry jobs - Green Bay homes have too many variables. You receive a written estimate before any work begins, with no obligation to proceed.
We pull any required permits through the City of Green Bay Building Inspection office before structural work begins. Your crew arrives on the agreed start date and works through to completion without disappearing mid-job.
When the work is done, we walk through the finished area with you so you can see exactly what was done and ask any questions. We clean up the job site before leaving, and we are reachable if any follow-up questions come up.
We serve Green Bay and the surrounding Brown County area. No phone quotes - we come to your property and give you a written estimate before any work begins.
(920) 454-9356Green Bay is Wisconsin's third-largest city, with a population around 107,000, sitting at the southern tip of the bay that feeds into Lake Michigan. The Fox River bisects the city into east and west sides, and that waterway has shaped both the city's industrial history - paper mills and meatpacking along the banks - and its residential geography. Green Bay grew up as a working-class manufacturing city, and many of its older neighborhoods near downtown and the river reflect that history in their housing stock: Craftsman bungalows, American Foursquares, and modest two-story frame homes, many built in the 1920s through 1950s. The Olde Main Street district on the east side preserves much of this original character.
The west side of Green Bay opened up in the postwar decades and is filled with single-story ranch homes from the 1950s through 1970s. More recent subdivisions push south toward De Pere, a neighboring city with its own distinct character and housing stock. About 55% of Green Bay housing units are owner-occupied, which reflects a community where people put down roots and invest in upkeep. Lambeau Field, home to the community-owned Green Bay Packers, sits in the west-central part of the city and is the single most recognized landmark in Green Bay.
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Learn MoreContact Appleton Concrete & Masonry today for a free on-site estimate. Green Bay winters don't get easier - the right time to address masonry problems is before the next freeze.