This 120 year old home in Cambridge’s central square neighborhood had an old dirt floor in half the basement and an old cracked concrete floor on the other half. All of the masonry joints, both brick and fieldstone, had deteriorated into dust. The house lacked proper structural support res[...]
Archive for the ‘Masonry’ Category
July 27th, 2011 - 10:12 pm § in Masonry
Fieldstone foundation repairs
Our customer in Waltham – a multi building multi unit condominium – has severely decaying masonry foundation walls. The mortar joints between the stones are virtually gone, having turned to dust over a century. We’ve been hired to repair several walls – we’re removing t[...]
July 4th, 2011 - 2:46 pm § in Masonry
Chimney rebuild
We’re rebuilding one chimney that is dangerously slanting sideways with severely deteriorated joints. We will repoint the second chimney before reroofing the entire home and garage.[...]
June 29th, 2011 - 11:05 pm § in Blog Posts, Masonry
Granite Steps in Newton
Eric and Alex demoed an old set of brick steps. They dug down and removed the existing footing and then formed and poured a new footing that will support solid granite steps. Swenson Granite will deliver and set the granite for us.[...]
June 3rd, 2011 - 6:50 pm § in Masonry
Nicolock paver patio installation
Eric is installing a paver patio for this nice family who needs a safe play area for their severely autistic son. Currently they have an area under their second story deck that is made up of small stones (pea stones). Their son pics up the little stones and throws them around, and sometimes puts the[...]
Cinder block retaining wall replacement
This driveway is in need of replacement. It is cracked and water is getting in and under and causing the retaining wall to collapse. The customer has been advised that they should be replacing their driveway. About five years ago half of the driveway was replaced and is pitching towards the foundati[...]
May 5th, 2011 - 12:37 pm § in Blog Posts, Masonry
Chimney repointing and new lead flashing
Chimney repointing of an 18th century farmhouse[...]
April 26th, 2011 - 9:19 pm § in Blog Posts, Masonry
Brick and bluestone steps in West Newton
We’re demoing a set of brick steps and replacing with brick and bluestone. The house is brick so we’ll be using matching brick which we’ve found at Pirolli’s. The original brick are from the New England Brick Yard which is no longer in business. We’re using a Stiles �[...]