A&A Masonry

We hired A&A to repair the bricks+mortar under our front porch and back deck, which were decayed to the point that rodents were able to force holes into our house. This involved pointing as well as replacing bricks.

There were some minor miscommunications at the beginning with respect to scheduling the job (partly due to phone tag) and also how far under the porch we needed the repairs to extend. However, when Joe arrived, he was very professional and bent over backwards (nearly literally, as I'll explain below!) in order to make sure we were satisfied, despite being a bit surprised by the unexpected (by him) scope of the work I think.

The work underneath our front porch, in particular, is in a *very* difficult area to access, requiring you to crawl through the dirt on your belly and work on your hands and knees. Yet this is where the damage was! (This house is very old and I do not understand why they put bricks there in the first place!) Joe spent an entire day under there on a very hot and humid day without complaint (even though, due to the aforementioned miscommunications, the contract did not specify this) and patched the entire length of the front of our house in a way that we will never have to worry about it again. He went above and beyond to make us happy, and we really appreciate it!

The other work areas mostly involved holes under the back deck and replacing over a dozen bricks on the side of our house. These areas (especially the side) are all potentially visible to others, so we are pleased that the work came out looking like the original bricks. If they weren't in better condition than the old remaining bricks, you wouldn't even be able to tell that we'd had any work done at all.

All in all, we highly recommend working with A&A! If we ever need any more masonry work done, we will definitely hire them again.