Bricks, an incredible building material, give your home a longer lasting and safer structure to live in, and although they do have longevity, like everything else in life, they need care to function at their best level. The answer to freshen your bricks may be brick repair, often called brick pointing, which gives a face lift to your home without incredible expense by replacing the old, crumbling mortar joints between bricks with new mortar, creating a stronger joint with more visual appeal