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Meridian Masonic Temple

General repointing and brick repair on the Meridian Masonic Temple, with damaged brick and worn mortar found and replaced across the whole building.

Where: Meridian, Idaho Service: Historical restoration Photos: 8

Even the Masons need a mason from time to time. This one was the Meridian Masonic Temple, square and compass right there on the brick, and the job was general repointing and brick repair on the building envelope.

We combed the building for damaged and worn bricks and mortar for about a week. Up close you could see it plainly: brick faces eroding away, chipped and spalled corners, and open joints, with some of the rougher spots around the conduit runs and the electrical meter.

The work ran from the pavement to the roofline, so we had a boom lift on site for the high runs and the chimney while somebody else worked the joints down at ground level. There is a lot of wall on that building and not much of it is reachable from a ladder.

Damaged brick came out and new brick went in, joints got repointed to match, and the building quit looking like it needed anything.

The Meridian Masonic Temple, a red brick building with the square and compass emblem, seen from the street
We combed the building for damaged and worn bricks and mortar for about a week.
Close view of eroded and chipped brick faces and open joints on the temple's red brick wall
Up close, the brick faces were eroding.
Spalled brick and worn mortar around conduit and the electrical meter on the temple's brick wall
Worn brick and mortar around the meter.
Mason pointing joints low on the brick wall below the Masonic square and compass emblem in Meridian
Pointing joints down at ground level.
Mason in a lift working at the roofline chimney of the Meridian Masonic Temple, another kneeling below
Working the chimney and the wall at the same time.
Two masons repairing the Meridian Masonic Temple brick, one in a boom lift, one kneeling at the base
One up top, one down low.
Green boom lift raised against the tall brick wall of the Meridian Masonic Temple, masons working high and low
The lift got us to the high work.
Repaired brick wall at the Meridian Masonic Temple with replacement bricks set in around the electrical meter
Replacement brick set into the wall.
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