What the name means
A course is one row of brick or stone. A true course is laid straight, level and plumb with the row below it, and every row above depends on it. A wall built course by true course stands square; a wall with one wandering course shows it from across the street. That is the standard the name holds the work to: get each part right, because the rest of the wall sits on it.
What True Course Masonry Newark does
True Course Masonry Newark repairs, restores and builds masonry across Newark, Essex County and nearby Hudson and Union County towns, NJ: brick pointing, brick repair and replacement, chimney repair and rebuilds, stoops and steps, stone and brownstone, block walls, lintels, parapets, historic restoration, commercial buildings and new brick, block and stone walls. The work is carried out by licensed and insured contractors. Jobs of every size are welcome, from a few loose bricks to a full street elevation.
Some work sits with other trades and is not offered here: concrete slabs and driveways, retaining walls, structural foundation repair, chimney sweeping and flue liners, and basement waterproofing. When a masonry problem traces back to one of those, you will hear that plainly.
How a job runs
It starts with a call or a few photos. The first visit looks at what kind of wall it is, how deep the damage goes, earlier repairs, where water is getting in, any signs of movement, and how the work will be reached. The price comes from that visit, written as a scope that names the areas and the access. During the work, windows, plantings, paving and the neighbors' property are protected, failed material comes out to sound limits with dust control, materials are matched (with a trial area where color matters), and fresh work is kept out of rain, sun and frost while it cures. The job ends with cleanup and a walkthrough.
How pricing works
Typical cost ranges for the common jobs are published on this site, with their sources and dates, in the masonry repair cost guide and the cost estimator. They are budgeting figures for the Newark area, not quotes. Your price depends on your wall.
Where the work happens
Newark neighborhoods from the Ironbound to Forest Hill and Vailsburg, and the Essex County towns around them, including East Orange, Bloomfield, Belleville, Montclair, Irvington, Glen Ridge, Maplewood, Orange, South Orange, West Orange and Nutley, plus nearby Kearny and Harrison in Hudson County and Elizabeth and Hillside in Union County. See all service areas.