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Cheney Concrete and Masonry is the masonry contractor Millwood homeowners call for chimney repair, tuckpointing, and foundation work. We have served homes throughout the Millwood and greater Spokane area since 2020 and respond within one business day.
Most homes in Millwood were built between the 1920s and 1950s, and the chimneys on those homes have been through 60 to 100 winters of freeze-thaw cycles. Spalled bricks, crumbling mortar joints, and cracked crowns are all signs that your chimney needs attention. Our chimney repair work stabilizes the structure and stops water from getting in before heating season.
Millwood winters are cold enough to freeze the ground solid, and mortar joints in older brick walls take a beating from the repeated freeze-thaw cycles between November and March. Repointing those joints before they open wide is far less expensive than replacing the bricks they hold together.
Millwood properties near the Spokane River can experience elevated soil moisture after spring snowmelt, and homes built in the mill era often have shallower footings than modern standards require. Diagonal cracks at window corners or doors that stick after a wet spring are signals worth having inspected before another winter.
The older wood-framed homes that line Millwood streets often have brick chimneys, brick accent walls, and brick front steps that are now well past the 50-year mark. Flaking or cracked bricks are not just cosmetic - they let moisture behind the wall, which causes damage that spreads quietly until it is expensive to fix.
Millwood has a concentrated stock of 1920s through 1950s homes whose original masonry - brick steps, decorative block walls, and front facade work - still has structural value if properly restored. Restoration is almost always less expensive than full replacement and preserves the character of an older home.
Some Millwood lots near the Spokane River experience soil movement and yard erosion after spring runoff. A properly built retaining wall stops that creep, protects your property line, and can turn a problem slope into a level, usable space.
Millwood sits in the Spokane area, which means cold winters, around 40 to 50 inches of annual snowfall, and the same freeze-thaw cycles that drive masonry damage across the whole region. But Millwood has its own layer on top of that: the majority of homes here were built between the 1920s and 1950s, during and after the mill era. Those homes were built with the construction methods and materials of that time - solid craftsmanship, but not designed for another century of Spokane winters. Chimneys, foundation walls, brick steps, and mortar joints in homes of this age have been through 60 to 100 winters of expansion and contraction. That cumulative stress shows up as cracks, open mortar joints, and spalling brick that needs professional attention.
Millwood also sits along the Spokane River, and properties near the southern edge of the city can experience higher soil moisture and rising water tables during spring snowmelt. That moisture works against foundations and basement masonry in ways that are not always visible until damage is already underway. A masonry contractor working in Millwood needs to account for both the freeze-thaw exposure that affects the whole region and the specific moisture conditions that come with living close to the river.
Our crew works throughout Millwood regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect masonry work here. The housing stock in Millwood is genuinely older than what you find in the suburbs farther east, and we encounter mill-era construction details on a regular basis - original clay tile chimneys, brick foundations with lime mortar joints, and concrete steps poured before modern mix designs were standard. Knowing what you are working with before you start is half the job.
Millwood is a small city - less than a square mile - but it has its own city government and its own identity along the Spokane River corridor. The Centennial Trail runs along the river through the city, and some of the homes closest to the trail sit in areas that see spring drainage challenges every year. We know which streets those are and what to look for when we are assessing work in that part of Millwood.
We also serve the communities that border Millwood. If you are in Spokane Valley just to the east, or in Spokane proper to the west, our crew covers those areas on the same routes we run through Millwood every week.
Reach out by phone or through the contact form and describe what you are seeing - crumbling mortar, cracked chimney bricks, sticking doors, or anything else that prompted your call. We respond to every Millwood inquiry within one business day.
We come to your Millwood property, assess the full scope of the work, and give you a written estimate with a clear price before anything starts. There is no charge for the estimate, and you are under no obligation to book.
Once you approve the estimate, we schedule the work and show up when we said we would. Most chimney and brick repair jobs in Millwood are completed in one to two days. We handle any permit requirements if the job calls for them.
When the job is done, we walk through the completed work with you and explain what was done and why. If any questions come up after we leave, call or email us and we will get back to you quickly.
No obligation. No pressure. We come to your Millwood property, assess the work, and give you a written price before anything starts.
(509) 241-9778Millwood is a small incorporated city in Spokane County, covering less than one square mile along the Spokane River just east of the city of Spokane. The city takes its name from the lumber mill that operated here for much of the early and mid-1900s, and the neighborhoods reflect that history. Most of Millwood's homes are modest single-family houses built between the 1920s and 1950s to house mill workers and their families. Many of those same homes are still owner-occupied today, and the community has maintained a quiet, tight-knit character that residents take real pride in. You can learn more about the city on Millwood's Wikipedia page.
The Centennial Trail runs along the southern edge of the city where the Spokane River flows, connecting Millwood to both Spokane and Spokane Valley. Millwood is completely surrounded by the city of Spokane to the west and Spokane Valley to the east, but it has kept its own city hall, its own services, and its own identity. We serve all of Millwood and the surrounding communities - including Spokane to the west - with the same crew that works here regularly.
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