Qualified Masonry Contractor in Santa Maria CA - Repairs That Fix the Real Cause

It depends on the job, so we price yours after seeing it at a free estimate at your property. What moves the number most is how far the damage goes behind what you can see, how big the area is, how hard it is to reach, like a chimney up on the roof, and the brick, block or stone you choose.

Patching a few bad joints costs less up front, and if the rest of the wall is sound I'll tell you that's all you need. When the mortar is worn across the whole wall, patching just moves you from one bad spot to the next, and a full repoint is usually the better spend.

It depends on the size of the job, whether it needs a permit and what we find once it's opened up, so we talk through the schedule at your estimate. A permit job waits on the city's review of the plans before we can start, and new mortar and concrete need time to set before they carry weight or traffic.

Yes, in most cases, because the state licensing board requires one when the work needs a building permit, uses employees, or adds up to $1,000 or more in labor and materials. A contractor has to be licensed before bidding, and a bigger job can't be split into small contracts to get under that $1,000 line. We're licensed and insured, and you can look up any contractor's license through the state, complaints included.

Usually yes, because the city says building permits apply to work that involves erecting walls. Its code amendments have exempted garden and retaining walls up to 4 feet, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top, unless the wall holds back an added load like a driveway, and a fence with brick or block columns isn't covered by the fence exemption. When a job needs a permit we handle it, and if it's unclear we check first with the building office for your address, which inside city limits is the city's Building Division at (805) 925-0951 ext. 2241.

Yes, satisfaction guaranteed. I look at your job myself and write out plainly what we'll do, so you know what you're getting before we start, and that written outline is what we hold the work to.

For an existing house front, columns or a fireplace, I'd usually go with stone veneer, because it goes over the wall you already have without the weight of full stone. Solid stone makes sense for new freestanding walls, steps and chimneys built from the footing up, where the stone itself carries the load.

Yes. The city has found several active faults around Santa Maria and soils that can lose strength when the ground shakes, and it says those call for special structural rules. For your job, that means walls and foundations built on a solid footing to the approved plans, and a careful look at what's under a cracked foundation before anyone patches it.