Yes, and small jobs are frequently the best value a homeowner gets. Resetting a heaved walkway section, replacing a cracked window sill, repointing a few square feet of joint, or rebuilding a leaning porch pier all cost a fraction of what the same areas cost after water has been getting in for several more seasons. If you are not sure whether what you are looking at is worth a call, send a photo or ring (610) 990-1379 and describe it — that conversation costs nothing and usually settles it.

Treat both as more urgent than they look, because both are keeping water out of the wall. A cracked masonry sill loses its ability to shed water away from the opening, so rainfall runs into the wall beneath the window instead of off it — often showing up later as interior staining or as spalling brick below the sill. A failing lintel is more serious still, since it is carrying the load above the opening; sagging, cracking, or stepped cracks above a window suggest it needs attention before the opening starts to move.

Usually yes, and it should not wait, because a pier is carrying the porch roof above it. Piers lean for the same reasons steps settle: base failure, water washing out fill beneath them, or frost heave. The repair depends on how far it has gone — a pier that has moved slightly may be repointed and stabilised once the drainage is corrected, while one that has rotated or is losing units needs rebuilding on a proper base, with the porch temporarily supported while the work is done.

Yes, both natural stone and manufactured veneer, on exterior elevations, foundation faces, chimneys, columns, and interior features. The detail that decides whether veneer lasts is moisture management behind it — correct substrate preparation, a drainage plane, and flashing at the base and at all openings so water reaching the back of the veneer can get out again. Veneer installed tight against a wall with no way to drain is the common failure, and it shows up as staining, efflorescence, and eventually panels debonding.

Call (610) 990-1379 and describe what you are seeing, or send photographs. A surprising amount can be narrowed down from a photo and a couple of questions — where the water is coming from, whether anything has moved, whether it is getting worse. From there we can tell you whether it needs a site visit, roughly what the work involves, and whether it is urgent or can wait for a better season. If it turns out not to be masonry, we will tell you that instead of quoting it.

K&S Masonry Restoration is based in Brookhaven, PA and works throughout Delaware County and the Philadelphia suburbs, including Philadelphia, Havertown, Springfield, Drexel Hill, Chester, Wayne, Radnor, and Ardmore, plus Montgomery and Chester Counties. If you are unsure whether your address is in range, call (610) 990-1379 and ask — it is a quick answer.