Masonry Contractor in Cupertino - Brick and Stone Work Done Once
J&L Santa Cruz Concrete & Masonry repairs and builds masonry in Cupertino: repointing worn brick, fixing chimneys and foundations, and building retaining walls, block walls, walkways and pavers for houses across the city.
Masonry contractor for Cupertino homesfrom a crew based in Santa Cruz
We're based in Santa Cruz and come over the hill to Cupertino for the same calls we get at home. Brick that's lost its mortar, a chimney that's started to lean, and a back yard slope that needs a real retaining wall instead of a row of old timbers.
The price mostly depends on how much has to come out, how hard it is to reach and whether the job needs a permit. The schedule usually turns on the city's plan review. Your written estimate spells out what we'll do and why.
Call (831) 201-6259 or send the form, and I'll come out and look at the job myself.
What we do in Cupertinofor older houses and sloped yards
We do the full range of masonry here, from repointing and chimney work on older houses to new walls, walkways and outdoor kitchens.
- Foundation repair Cracked or settling foundations under older houses, fixed at the cause so the crack doesn't just come back.
- Chimney repair Loose brick and cracked crowns on older chimneys, rebuilt only as far down as the damage goes.
- Tuckpointing Worn joints raked out and refilled on brick houses and planters, with mortar soft enough for the old brick.
- Brick repair Spalled or cracked bricks swapped out one at a time, matched in size and color so the patch doesn't shout.
- Driveway pavers When an old slab has cracked and heaved, a paver driveway on a packed base is often the better fix.
- Retaining wall construction Block and stone retaining walls for sloped yards, built with drainage behind them because water is what pushes walls over.
- Masonry restoration Older brick and stone brought back carefully, keeping what's sound and replacing only what's failed.
- Fireplace installation New masonry fireplaces built to the plans and the permit, inside the house or out on the patio.
- Stone veneer installation Stone veneer over block or framed walls, with the flashing that keeps water from getting in behind it.
- Concrete block walls Garden and property-line block walls, reinforced and grouted so they stay straight along the fence line.
- Foundation block wall installation Block foundation walls for additions and garages, laid once the footings have passed inspection.
- Outdoor kitchen masonry Back yard kitchens and counters in block and stone, laid out so the grill and the gas line go in cleanly.
- Walkway construction Brick, stone or paver walkways to replace the cracked concrete path from the driveway to your front door.
- Brick wall installation New brick garden walls and planters laid to match the house, or built to stand on their own.
- Stone masonry Dry-stacked or mortared stone for walls, steps and borders, picked to suit the yard and the slope.
- Brick pointing Small pointing jobs on steps, sills and chimneys, done before a few open joints let water into the wall.
Why Cupertino homeowners call uswhen they want it done once
You deal with me from the first look to the walkthrough. I'll tell you what your wall needs and what it doesn't, and that's usually the whole sales pitch.
I come out and look myself
Nobody gets sent ahead of me to size up your job. I look at it myself, and I'm on site with my crew while we do the work.
Repairs that don't cause the next one
Old brick and stone hold up well if you don't fight them, so we match the mortar and materials to what's already there.
Straight answers on what's worth fixing
If a job isn't worth doing, I'll tell you so instead of selling it to you. Sometimes a wall is best left alone.
Licensed in California, insured on every job
We're licensed and insured, which matters because the state requires a contractor's license on any job that needs a building permit or runs $1,000 or more in labor and materials.
Laying brick and stone since 2013
We've been repairing and building brick, block and stone work since 2013, and the work comes with satisfaction guaranteed.
How a job runsfrom your call to the walkthrough
You get one person to deal with and a written estimate that says what we'll do and why, so there's nothing to guess at once the work starts.
You call or send the form
Call (831) 201-6259 or fill in the form with what you're seeing, and I'll set a time to come out and look at it myself.
Written estimate and permit
The written estimate says what we'll do and why. When there's a permit, we pull it, and the city's first plan review averages 20 to 30 business days.
We do the work
My crew and I do the work together, with me on site, and we line up the city inspections as the job reaches each one.
We walk it together
Before we call it finished, I walk the job with you so you can see what we did and ask about anything you don't like the look of.
What Cupertino houses ask forand the city steps around them
Most of what shapes a masonry job here is the age of the house, the lay of the yard and the city's permit steps.
Mortar that's done its time
On older houses the mortar wears out before the brick does, so we repoint with mortar softer than the brick, not harder.
Yards that step down
A retaining wall on a slope lives or dies by the drainage behind it, so we build that in before the first course goes up.
Most work needs a permit
The city's Building Division requires a permit for any construction or alteration that isn't on its exempt list, so we check your job against it first.
Unpermitted work gets stopped
Work the city finds going without a permit stops until one's issued, and the fees double, so we pull it before we start.
Business license before the final
The city won't schedule a final inspection until the contractor and every sub holds a city business license, so ask about it up front.
Get your Cupertino job looked atby the person who'll do it
Tell us what you're seeing at your house and ask anything about permits. We get back to you within one business day, and I come out for a free estimate at your property, with no pressure to book.
Working in Cupertinothe same way we work at home
A lot of what we do here is the same work we do on older houses in Santa Clara and back home: brick that needs repointing, chimneys that need their tops rebuilt and yards where an old wall has given up. We fix what's failing and leave the sound parts alone.
Newer houses bring their own calls, mostly walkways, paver driveways, block walls and outdoor kitchens. Those start with the ground. We dig out, pack a proper base and set the drainage before anything goes on top, because that's the part nobody sees and the part that fails first.
Other cities we work in
Pick your city below to see what we do there. If yours isn't listed, call (831) 201-6259, because we work in plenty of places that don't have a page.