Your Local Masonry Contractor in Compton CA - Brick and Stone Work That Fits Your House

It depends on how much has to come apart, the brick or stone that needs matching and what's causing the damage, so I price it after I've seen it. Matching old brick, tight access and a permit can all add to it, while a small repair caught early usually costs least. A free estimate at your property gets you a written figure.

Repair usually costs less when the wall is still sound and only the mortar or a few bricks have failed. If water or movement has loosened a big section, rebuilding it can make more sense than patching it again and again, and I'll tell you plainly which one I'd do.

It depends on the size of the job, whether it needs a permit and the weather while the mortar sets. Rain is rarely the holdup around here, since Long Beach records about 12 inches a year over roughly 35 days, so wet days that stop mortar work are usually few.

Yes, for nearly any real masonry job, because the state licensing board requires a license when a job needs a building permit, uses employee labor or costs $1,000 or more in labor and materials together. Compton also requires anyone doing business in the city to hold a city business license, renewed every year, and every permit application needs a current one. We're licensed and fully insured.

We do when your job needs one, and we handle the paperwork and inspections with the city or county office that covers your address. In Compton that's the city's Building and Safety department, which issues permits for new construction and for repairs and changes to existing structures. Its permit process is in person only, with no online submittals or payments.

Yes, our work is satisfaction guaranteed. The written estimate spells out what we'll do and how, so we both know what finished looks like, and I'm on site checking the crew as the job goes.

Usually a mortar softer than the brick and matched to the original in color and strength, so the joints give before the brick does. Hard modern mortar on older, softer brick can trap water and crack the faces off, which is why I check the brick before picking a mix.

Some of the area is, since the state geological survey has mapped zones for liquefaction, where loose, wet soil loses strength in a quake, and for surface fault rupture that cross Compton's planning area. A property inside a seismic hazard zone may need the hazard looked into and dealt with during permitting, so check with the city about your own lot before new foundation or wall work.