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The brick on the side of our house is cracked. There is water leaking into the kitchen cabinets on the first floor.
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Masonry is your Search the List category for brick repair. If minor cracking (only a brick or two, and no indication of structural issues, and crack is small) you could just DIY or use a Handyman to caulk it with silicone caulk (on brick) or concrete caulk (on the mortar).
If crack is long, zig-zagging up the mortar joints or extending more than a foot or two through bricks, or getting progressively longer with time, then likely a settlement or structural issue which you should have a Structural Engineer look at before it gets out of hand.
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