Masonry Contractor in Scotts Valley, CA - Walls and Brick Built for Hillside Lots
J&L Santa Cruz Concrete & Masonry repoints and repairs old brick and stone, fixes chimneys and builds retaining walls for homeowners in Scotts Valley. We're a masonry contractor based in Santa Cruz, just down the road.
Masonry in Scotts Valleythat doesn't start the next problem
A lot of what we do in Scotts Valley happens on sloped lots, with retaining walls holding back a yard, chimneys that have cracked and brick steps that have settled. We come up from Santa Cruz for it, the same as we head out to Soquel and Ben Lomond.
Price turns on how much wall or brick is involved, how hard the spot is to reach and what we find once it's open. The schedule mostly turns on whether the job needs a permit, and your written estimate lays out what we'll do and why.
Call (831) 201-6259 or send the form to ask for an estimate, and I'll come out and look at it myself.
What we do in Scotts Valleyfrom small repairs to new walls
We do the full range of brick, block and stone work here, from repointing a few tired joints to building new walls on steep lots.
- Foundation repair Settled or cracked foundation walls on sloped lots, checked for why they moved before we fix anything.
- Chimney repair Cracked or loose brick chimneys get rebuilt where they need it and repointed where that's enough.
- Tuckpointing Worn mortar joints raked out and refilled, so water stops working its way into older brick.
- Brick repair Cracked or flaking brick swapped out for a close match, leaving the sound part of the wall alone.
- Driveway pavers Paver driveways on a grade need a firm base and edges that hold, or they creep downhill.
- Retaining wall construction Walls that hold back a sloped yard, with drainage behind them so water doesn't push them over.
- Masonry restoration Older brick and stone brought back with matching mortar, without hard patches that start new cracks.
- Fireplace installation New masonry fireplaces, from the firebox up through the chimney, planned with you before we lay a brick.
- Stone veneer installation Stone facing over foundations, walls and chimneys, set so any water behind it has a way out.
- Concrete block walls Block walls for property lines and slopes, reinforced with steel, which counts for a lot in earthquake country.
- Foundation block wall installation Block foundation walls for additions and hillside homes, built on footings sized for the ground under them.
- Outdoor kitchen masonry Brick, block or stone bases for grills and counters, built level even when the backyard isn't.
- Walkway construction Paths and steps up a sloped yard in stone, brick or pavers, laid to stay put and shed water.
- Brick wall installation Garden and boundary walls in new brick, laid to sit with the house instead of fighting it.
- Stone masonry Stone walls, steps and planters, mortared or stacked dry, picked to suit a wooded hillside yard.
- Brick pointing Small runs of failed mortar on steps, walls and chimneys, fixed before the gaps let water in.
Why Scotts Valley calls usfor walls and old brick
You deal with me from the first look to the last walkthrough. I'll tell you what the wall needs and what it doesn't, and then we do it.
I come out myself
I look at every job in person before you get a number, and I'm on site with my crew while the work gets done.
Old brick and stone, done once
Since 2013 we've been best known for repointing and repair on older masonry. We work with what's there, because fighting old masonry is how you end up doing it twice.
A straight answer on whether to do it
If a wall just needs watching, I'll say so, because I'd rather tell you a job isn't worth doing than sell it to you. When we do take it on, satisfaction guaranteed.
Licensed in California and insured
We're licensed and insured. The state requires a contractor's license when a job needs a permit or labor and materials come to $1,000 or more, so ask anyone you hire.
Retaining walls that drain
Retaining walls are the other half of what we're known for. We build them to hold a slope and to let the water behind them out.
From call to walkthroughwith me there each step
You talk to one person, see the plan in writing before we start and have me on site while it's built. Fewer handoffs, fewer surprises.
You call, I come out
Call (831) 201-6259 or use the form and tell us what's going on. I come out to look at the job myself, not a salesperson.
A written estimate
You get it in writing, what we'll do and why. If the job needs a permit from the City of Scotts Valley, we pull it and line up the inspections.
We do the work
My crew and I do the work during the city's construction hours, 8 AM to 6 PM on weekdays and 9 AM to 5 PM on Saturday, with no work on Sunday.
We walk it together
Before we call it finished, I walk the job with you. You see the work up close and ask anything while the crew is still there.
What Scotts Valley asks of masonryon steep, shaky, wooded ground
Three things come up on jobs here again and again, and each one changes how we plan the work.
Earthquake country
The region sits in a high seismic area, so cracked chimneys and walls get checked for movement before we patch anything.
Water on steep lots
Rain runs downhill and piles up behind walls, so our retaining walls get drainage behind them, not just a good face.
Trees in the way of a wall
We flag trees near the work early, since the city requires a permit to remove any tree within five feet of the street.
Get a Scotts Valley estimatefrom the person doing the work
Put your address and what you're seeing in the form, whether it's a crack, a lean or loose brick. We reply within one business day to set up a free estimate at your property, with no obligation.
Working in Scotts Valleyfrom our base in Santa Cruz
We're based in Santa Cruz and work across the cities around it, from the coast over the hill into the South Bay. Scotts Valley is close by, and a lot of the work here is what we know best, hillside walls and older brick that needs care more than replacement.
Before you hire anyone, know that Scotts Valley requires a city business license from every business doing work inside city limits, including ones based elsewhere, like us. Along with the state contractor's license, it's a fair thing to ask any contractor about.
Other cities, and plenty more
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