Moisture Intrusion, Masonry
& Roof Repair in Avondale, Chicago

The WickRight General Contracting team has been fixing moisture intrusion issues in Avondale, Belmont Gardens, Jackowo, Polish Village and Watawowo with professional carpentry, masonry and roofing services since 2015. We are the leading carpentry, roofing and masonry contractor in Avondale. Home owners, condo and townhome owners and commercial property owners can trust us for everything from door pan flashing installation to rebuilding parapets to roof replacement and truss repair. We take earning your trust very seriously. Call WickRight General Contracting at 312-720-1467 to get the job done right, the first time.

Since 2012, WickRight owner and lead moisture intrusion repair specialist, Bob Kelly has evaluated over 400 buildings around Chicago. Of those 400 buildings, WickRight Passive Ventilation® has been installed on over 107 buildings. All of those buildings are now dry or in the process of drying. Click to read testimonials about the quality of our work and courteous crews, as well as the performance of our venting and flashing products. Currently we have three projects in progress in Chicago, two in Lincoln Park, and one in West Town. We also have a 365 Construction Tent build in progress in Lakeview. We also have one large scale project on a single family home with a stucco exterior in progress on the North Shore and a window project scheduled to begin in Evanston.

For more than a decade, WickRight General Contracting has been offering expert moisture intrusion diagnosis, masonry and roofing repair services in Avondale. We deliver excellent results at reasonable prices.

Our service list includes the following:

• Moisture Intrusion Diagnosis

• Moisture Intrusion Repair

• Building Envelope Analysis

• Building Evaluation

• Wet Building Consulting

• Roof Consulting

• Masonry Consulting

• Masonry Repair

• Masonry Sealant Application

• Parapet Repair

• Parapet Flashing and Ventilation

• Flat Roof Construction

• Flat Roof Repair

• Flat Roof Ventilation

• Flat Roof Maintenance

• Scupper Repair

• Gutter Repair and installation

Interesting Information About the Avondale community

The first European settler in Avondale was Abraham Harris who settled the area around 1853. It is commonly thought that John Lewis Cochran, a developer from Pennsylvania named the village in honor of the miners and rescue workers who died in the Avondale coal mine fire. Avondale was racially integrated even in the 1880s when African American families settled there and built Avondale's first church. Today, Avondale's population is so diverse that its nickname is "Where Eastern Europe meets Latin America".

The Polish Village or Jackowo [jat͡sˈkɔvɔ] and Wacławowo [vat͡swaˈvɔvɔ], together make up one of Chicago's largest Polish areas. The neighborhoods derive their Polish names from the two Polish Roman Catholic parishes - Saint Hyacinth's Basilica (Bazylika Św. Jacka) and St. Wenceslaus Church (Kościół Świętego Wacława). Milwaukee Ave is the district's main commercial strip, which includes a number of sausage shops, restaurants, and bakeries. In English the area is usually referred to as the Polish Village - the name featured on signs hung on street lamps over the district. Pulaski Avenue, named after the Polish Revolutionary War hero, runs through the area.

The Polish communities of Jackowo and Wacławowo appeared in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as Polish settlement spread further northwest along Milwaukee Avenue. The neighborhood experienced its heyday as the cultural nexus of Chicago's Polonia during the 1980s and 1990s with the so-called Solidarity and Post-Solidarity waves of Polish migration to Chicago, including a number of political refugees.

Just to the north of Jackowo is Wacławowo and the parish of St. Wenceslaus. Housing stock primarily consists of brick two-flats built prior to World War II and a number of bungalows.

Chicago's rapid expansion transformed the area's farms into clusters of factories and homes. At the start of the 20th century as area was booming, Belmont Gardens and Avondale were at the Northwestern edge of the Milwaukee Avenue "Polish Corridor"- a stretch of Polish settlement which spanned this thoroughfare all the way from Polonia Triangle at Milwaukee, Division and Ashland to Irving Park Road.

Belmont Gardens, due to its proximity to trains along the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, developed into the Pulaski Industrial Corridor. It was adjacent to his own factory that Mr. Walter E. Olson built what the Chicago Tribune put at the top of its list of the "Seven Lost Wonders of Chicago", the Olson Park and Waterfall Complex, a 22-acre garden and waterfall remembered by Chicagoans citywide as the place they fondly reminisce heading out to for family trips on the weekend. The ambitious project took 200 workers more than six months to fashion it out of 800 tons of stone and 800 yards of soil.

Kosciuszko Park, colloquially known as "Koz Park", or the "Land of Koz", is a prime example of a local identity born thanks to green spaces. Kosciuszko Park, dedicated in 1916, is named after the Polish patriot Tadeusz Kosciuszko. He was the designer and builder of West Point. Kosciuszko fought in the American Revolution and was awarded U.S. citizenship and rank of brigadier general as a reward.

Adjacent to Kosciuszko Park's border with Avondale near the intersection of George and Lawndale is St. Hyacinth Basilica, build in 1894. A local shrine, St. Hyacinth's features relics associated with Pope John Paul II, including an ornate jeweled crown that was blessed by the pontiff.

In 1937, Dad's Root Beer was founded in Avondale by Ely Klapman and Barney Berns. The factory has since been converted into condominiums.

Zip Codes for Avondale:  60618, 60641

Avondale, Chicago, Illinois New Roof Construction

Roof replacement can be a stressful time for a property owner. That stress can be even more pronounced when they live in the high traffic areas like Avondale! However, when you work with the right roofing team – WickRight General Contracting – it is stress free. We’ve been performing roofing and masonry repairs in an around West Town for over a decade and have never met a challenge we couldn’t overcome. Call 312-720-1467 today to schedule a consultation with our expert, building consultant, Bob Kelly. He’ll explain all your options and answer any questions you may have. We hope you’ll choose WickRight for your roof repair project.

Avondale, Chicago, Illinois Roof Repair

If you have a leaking roof in Avondale, call 312-720-1467 to have an expert estimators from WickRight General Contracting visit your property for a roof consultation. They’ll provide an estimate along with a detailed explanation of the needed roof repair. We’ll handle the work with professionalism and courtesy for a reasonable price and stand behind our work 100%. Don’t settle for second best when WickRight General Contracting is just a phone call away!

Avondale, Chicago, IL Roof Maintenance

With all the flat roofing found throughout the Avondale neighborhood, it’s a place where proactive roof maintenance is in high demand. We offer the best in roof maintenance plans designed specifically for your building. Call 312-720-1467 today to find out how one our specialized roof maintenance plans can extend the useful life of your roof membrane.

Types of Roofing we repair and install in Avondale

WickRight General Contracting is committed to providing customers with quality workmanship and top notch customer service. It’s that level of dedication that has made us the area’s top-rated roofing and masonry repair service – as well as Avondale's favorite moisture intrusion repair company. We install a full line of roofing systems and will assist you in choosing what’s best for your roof.

Here are the types of roofs we repair and install:

• Single-Ply Roofing

• Asphalt Shingles

• EPDM Roofing

• Fluid-Applied Membranes

• Cool Roof Coatings

• Modified Bitumen

• TPO Roofing

• PVC Roofing

Avondale – Scupper and Gutter Installation & Repair

WickRight General Contracting offers excellent scupper and gutter services at reasonable prices. Call 312-720-1467 today for an estimate from an expert. Then make the best decision for your property with all the facts you need. Scuppers are a WickRight specialty! We have equipment for accessing scupper that allows us to repair scuppers better than any other contractor working in Avondale. Your scupper and gutters are too important to entrust to just anyone, so give us a call and get the peace of mind you deserve.

Avondale neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois Masonry Repair

WickRight General Contracting offers excellent masonry, brick, block, split face block, concrete block, and stone services, as well as glass block repair services at reasonable prices in Avondale. Call 312-720-1467 today for an estimate from an expert. If your masonry walls are cracking, you may need ventilation installed on your parapets to release moisture vapor. The capstones, metal copings or clay tiles on top of your parapet walls may be leaking, causing the parapet walls to become wet and leak into your home. The mortar in your masonry walls may need tuckpointing or re-pointing. Your building may have shifted and the expansion joints need to be repaired. Give us a call and have a building evaluation performed so you can keep your building dry and plan for any necessary repairs. We also repair and replace glass block.

Avondale, Chicago, Illinois Masonry Maintenance

All buildings require maintenance. Masonry buildings may seem to be maintenance free because they last for hundreds of years. But make no mistake, to remain issue-free, safe and dry, masonry buildings need maintenance. Every 30 years or so, historic masonry buildings need to have the mortar ground out of the mortar joints and re-pointed with lime mortar. Masonry buildings built after 1950 need maintenance every 20 years or so, depending on the craftsmanship. But masonry buildings built since 1990 need specialized services to mitigate water and moisture intrusion. Buildings built with split face block and other modern masonry products like "jumbo brick" which is brick-colored concrete and "Renaissance Stone" which is pre-cast concrete need maintenance more often than buildings constructed with common brick or buildings with a brick facade and block structural wall. WickRight General Contracting offers excellent split face block and pre-cast concrete maintenance services at reasonable prices in Avondale. Call 312-720-1467 today for an estimate.

Avondale, Chicago, IL Masonry Sealant Applications

Not all masonry buildings require sealant, but if you own a building built after 1990, chances are at least one wall is constructed with modern materials like split face block or jumbo block, the parapet walls may have be finished with capstones that look like limestone, but are actually Renaissance Stone or pre-cast concrete or there are decorative details on the building that look like limestone, but are actually Renaissance Stone or pre-cast concrete. All of these modern materials are highly porous and prone to absorbing rain water which moves through these materials and into your building. If your Avondale home is experiencing mysterious leaks, give WickRight General Contracting a call 312-720-1467. Your building may need parapet ventilation installed, custom flashings designed to divert bulk water and masonry sealant to help the mortar and the block resist moisture intrusion and wind driven rain. WickRight General Contracting installs masonry sealants, including clear sealants, like Chemtrete, Prosoco and various elastomeric paints, like Modac, sometimes called "plugger" paints.

Avondale neighborhood, Chicago, IL Split Face Block Repair

Many masonry buildings built in West Town since 1990 are wet. These wet buildings need specialized services to mitigate water and moisture intrusion and to dry out. Buildings built with split face block and other modern masonry products like "jumbo brick"  and "Renaissance Stone" need custom flashing and parapet ventilation to release moisture trapped in the building's walls and roof system. We recommend installing WickRight passive ventilation on buildings built with split face block, concrete block, jumbo block and Renaissance Stone or precast concrete. Buildings built with split face block, concrete block, jumbo block also need to be sealed with masonry sealant. Renaissance stone and pre-cast concrete are difficult to seal, so we suggest covering these details with sheet metal or designing custom flashings to divert water and rain away from these materials. WickRight General Contracting offers excellent split face block and pre-cast concrete repair services in Avondale at reasonable prices. Call 312-720-1467 today for an estimate.

WickRight General Contracting – trusted building evaluation, leak diagnosis, roofing and masonry contractor in the Avondale

Why work with just any contractor when you can rely on WickRight General Contracting? We are a full service building evaluation, leak diagnosis and engineering services provider, that is also a Illinois licensed roofer and masonry contractor. Get the peace of mind you deserve working with a reliable company that always goes above and beyond expectations. Call 312-720-1467 to schedule a building evaluation today.

We offer:

The Best Roofers In Avondale

The Best Masons in Avondale

The Best Masonry Sealant Installers in Avondale

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Respectful & Courteous Crews

Trustworthy, Dependable Timetables

Fully Licensed & Insured Crews

Our Service Areas:

Chicago North and West Side neighborhoods

Evanston

North Chicago  Suburbs

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