Masonry Contractor in San Bernardino County, CA

Most of the county's homes are in the valley: Redlands, Yucaipa, Highland, San Bernardino, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga and Ontario. The work there is a lot like ours in Hemet. Stucco fronts that get stone or thin brick veneer, columns at the entry, block walls along the property line, and fireplaces. Summers are hot, and the Santa Ana winds come hard through Fontana and Rancho Cucamonga, so we build block walls with the footing and reinforcing steel the wall needs for its height and the wind it will take, not just what looks right on the day.

Up the hill in Big Bear, Lake Arrowhead, Running Springs and Crestline, the problem is water that freezes. Water that gets behind stone veneer or into a cracked chimney crown expands when it freezes, and over a few winters it pushes the face off. On mountain jobs we pay the most attention to the parts you cannot see: the water-resistive barrier and weep screed behind veneer, the flashing where stone meets the roof, and a chimney crown that sheds water. We do not lay mortar when it will freeze before it cures, so mountain work is scheduled around the weather.

In Victorville, Hesperia and Apple Valley the days are hot, the nights can drop below freezing, and the wind rarely stops. Fresh mortar dries out fast in that wind, so we keep new work covered and damp while it cures, and we brace new block walls until they are grouted. Here is how it goes anywhere in the county: send us photos and rough measurements, we talk it through by phone, and then we come out and look before you get a written scope. Valley jobs are close to home for us. Mountain and high desert jobs we quote case by case, depending on the size of the job and the season.