Remedial Façade & Repointing Case Study — Built Once. Built Right.

🧠 What Happens When a Heritage Façade Starts to Fail?

• Visible cracking.
• Water ingress through brick joints.
• Efflorescence and internal wall staining.
• Committee pressure and heritage constraints.

This heritage-listed residential building in Alexandria was showing signs of advanced brick deterioration — and pressure was mounting from both residents and council to fix it without compromising the building’s character.

With no scaffold allowed, limited access, and strict preservation rules in place, execution had to be precise — and invisible by the time it was done.

Site investigations confirmed:

• 🧱 Widespread step cracks and mortar degradation
• 🌧️ Moisture tracking through parapet and joint failures
• 🧰 No functioning flashing behind the parapet

The works had to preserve the building’s appearance, meet heritage expectations, and be delivered in a live environment.

“Fix the structure, match the finish, don’t attract complaints.”

🧰 The Solution (Delivered by Atomic)

We delivered a zero-scaffold, zero-complaint façade remediation:

• ✅ Full crack mapping and elevation set-out