Masonry Contractor in Pleasure Point, CA - Brick, Stone and Walls Done Once
J&L Santa Cruz Concrete & Masonry is a masonry contractor based in Santa Cruz, CA. In Pleasure Point we repoint and repair brick and stone on older beach homes, build retaining walls and lay walkways and driveway pavers.
Masonry for Pleasure Point homesthe old cottages and the new
Pleasure Point has small beach houses that have stood for decades and bigger new homes going up right beside them, and we work on both. We do the same kind of work in Live Oak and Capitola next door, and in Aptos down the coast.
Price turns on how much of the old masonry is still sound, how much digging a wall needs and what it's built from. The schedule mostly turns on whether there's a permit. Your written estimate covers both.
Call (831) 201-6259 or send the form, and we'll set up a free estimate at your house.
What we do in Pleasure Pointfrom chimney tops to retaining walls
Here's the work we do around Pleasure Point, from repointing a tired old chimney to laying block for a new addition.
- Foundation repair Older beach houses often sit on foundations that have settled, so we find out why before we patch anything.
- Chimney repair Brick chimneys on older cottages take the wind off the bay, and loose bricks at the top are a common call.
- Tuckpointing When old mortar joints wash out, we rake them clean and refill them with a mortar that suits the brick.
- Brick repair Cracked or flaking brick on front steps and garden walls, replaced with brick that matches the old.
- Driveway pavers Short driveways on tight beach lots suit pavers, since one cracked paver lifts out without breaking up the rest.
- Retaining wall construction Sloped yards need walls built for the ground behind them, with drainage so water doesn't push them over.
- Masonry restoration On older brick and stone homes we repair what's failing and leave what's sound, which is usually most of it.
- Fireplace installation A new masonry fireplace for an addition or remodel, laid out to fit the room and the foundation under it.
- Stone veneer installation Thin stone over a block or framed wall gives a newer house a stone face without the weight of full stone.
- Concrete block walls Block walls for privacy between houses that sit close together, with steel and grout inside where they need it.
- Foundation block wall installation Block foundation walls for additions and rebuilds, set on footings sized for the soil on your lot.
- Outdoor kitchen masonry Brick, block or stone outdoor kitchens for backyards near the water, with counters that shed rain instead of holding it.
- Walkway construction Brick, stone or paver walkways from the street to your door, set on a packed base that stays flat.
- Brick wall installation New brick garden and front walls, laid to match an older house or to stand on their own.
- Stone masonry Stone walls, steps and planters, with each stone fitted so the weight sits where it should.
- Brick pointing Small runs of failing mortar on steps, sills and planters, pointed before water gets in behind the brick.
Why Pleasure Point hires usfor work that's done once
I come out to every job myself, tell you what the wall needs and what it doesn't, and work alongside my crew until it's finished.
Licensed and insured on every job
We're licensed and insured. State rules call for a licensed contractor whenever a job needs a permit, uses hired workers or comes to $1,000 or more in labor and materials.
Repairs that work with old masonry
Old brick and stone hold up well if you don't fight them, so we match mortar and brick to what's there instead of forcing in something harder.
A straight answer on what's worth fixing
If a repair isn't worth doing, I'll tell you so rather than sell it to you. The work we do take on is satisfaction guaranteed.
In business since 2013
We've been at this since 2013, and most of our calls are repointing, brick and stone repair, and retaining walls on older homes.
The person pricing it builds it
I look at every job myself and I'm on site while my crew works, so nothing gets lost between estimate and build. Call (831) 201-6259 to get started.
How a job goesfrom your call to the walkthrough
You deal with me from the first look to the last walk around the job, and the estimate tells you in writing what we'll do and why.
You call or send the form
Call (831) 201-6259 or use the form and tell us what you're seeing. Then I set a time to come out and look at it myself.
You get a written estimate
The estimate says what we'll do and why. Pleasure Point is unincorporated, so if the job needs a permit we pull it through the county, not a city.
We do the work
My crew and I do the job with me on site, and we line up any inspections the county needs along the way.
We walk it together
Before we call it finished, I walk the job with you and go over what we did. We clean up before we leave.
What Pleasure Point asks of masonryon the ground and in the wind
Mild weather here is easy on brick and stone, but the ground, the wind and earthquakes still shape how we build.
Earthquake country
The county designs for strong shaking almost everywhere, so new block walls and chimneys get the steel reinforcing the code calls for.
Wind off the water
Ocean-front lots fall in the county's most exposed wind category, so a tall freestanding wall there is designed for that site.
Soil and slopes
Poor soil or an unstable slope can mean the county wants a soils or geologic report before a retaining wall or foundation goes in.
Water, not frost
Frost barely matters here, so mortar usually fails from water getting in and staying, and we find where it's coming from before repointing.
A free Pleasure Point estimatefrom the person who'll build it
Tell us your address and what you're seeing, and we'll get back to you within one business day. I'll come out to look myself, the estimate is free, and there's no pressure to book.
Close to Pleasure Pointbased next door in Santa Cruz
We're based in Santa Cruz, so Pleasure Point is a short drive, and its older homes are the kind we work on most, with brick and stone that's worth keeping. We'd rather fix the joints that failed than tear out a wall that's mostly fine.
Houses here sit close together, so we stage materials where they won't block a neighbor's driveway, keep the dust down when we cut, and leave the site clean when we pack up.
Not in Pleasure Point? Call
If your city has a page below, you'll find it there. If not, call (831) 201-6259, since we work in plenty of places that don't have a page.