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Ralph Woods Masonry LLC

Masonry, Chimney Repair, Foundation Repair,

About us

My company is very small and I like to be involved in every job working with my crew in one way or another. I enjoy this work and my crew has been with me a long time so I know who is on your property. I pay my employment, insurance and business taxes on time. My crews do not sign waivers as I pay for workmans comp because waivers are considered unethical. We will adjust to handle most any job, big or small. Please know, if there is ever a problem, let me know so I can work on a solution. Thank you for your consideration, Ralph

Business highlights

26 years of trusted experience

Services we offer

Brick and stone restoration, repair and new builds, restoration older brick homes, blue stone, footings, foundations & basement wall repair, stone fireplaces, patios, brick repair & restoration, small concrete repairs, tuck pointing, glass block.

Services we don't offer

Stucco & tile work

Amenities

Free Estimates
Yes


Accepted payment methods

Check
PayPal

Photos of past projects

Reviews

4.8175 Reviews
Number of StarsImage of DistributionNumber of Ratings
5
87%
4
4%
3
2%
2
3%
1
5%


Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
4.9
value
4.8
professionalism
4.9
responsiveness
4.8
punctuality
4.8
Showing 1-25 of 175 reviews

Michael W.
11/2019
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
Good work. Courteous, responsive, and personable. The quality of work exceeded my expectations. Would work with them again.
Description of Work: Repair of stone porch and part of foundation
Rating CategoryRating out of 5
Yes, I recommend this pro

Response from Ralph Woods Masonry LLC
Thank you soooo much. We enjoyed working for you.

Jay B.
09/2018
5.0
masonry, chimney repair
  + 0 more
W O W! Our chimney to our fireplace was a firebrick type (not an insert). The bricks were originally the same as were on our house. They were a softer brick and the chimney was West-facing. The chimney was crumbling. However, rather than just rebuild or replace, we wanted options. Ralph gave us several. The one we chose was a very hard surfaced brick which, while different from the house, did compliment it. It was done on schedule & budget.
Description of Work: Completely replaced exiting chimney and repaired another

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Mike P.
04/2018
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
The sidewalk and porch look fantastic. Aside from the quality product, I really appreciated the communication from Susan. A lot of good contractors don't realize how important this is to customers and despite their quality work, it can be frustrating to not know when and how things will happen. This was not the case with these guys. I also appreciate when the person doing the estimate is the owner or employee doing the work. I don't like when larger companies send a salesman to provide an estimate. Ralph did the work with his own guy and the quality shows.
Description of Work: Repaired 40 year old brick sidewalk and front porch

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,450

Response from Ralph Woods Masonry LLC
thanks. This means a lot to us. We appreciate the work and comments.

Carolyn R.
02/2018
5.0
landscaping, masonry
  + 0 more
We're a recently retired couple who had rain water soaked carpet. We had a company out to extract the water but couldn't find anyone to address the cause. I called Ralph Wood's to seek their services. We had lots of communication with Susan in regard to the issue. Susan said they weren't able to provide the service we needed, but she called a landscaper and found that landscaping would be our solution. Not only that but Susan sent a photo of the piping needed and drew a sketch of what we needed to do. We decided to do the job ourselves but kept the landscaping firm's number. We were able to dig the trench and lay the pipe ourselves. Hats off to Ralph and Susan for going above and beyond!
Description of Work: Ground water coming into bedroom on slab

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Lisa D.
10/2017
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
Great ! Ralph was out at my house next day for estimate , took time inspecting around entire house . Work was scheduled within a week . His crew and he did excellent work , on time ,professional . Quality was superb , can't notice where work was done because repair and replace matched house seemlessly . Couldn't be more impressed !
Description of Work: Tuckpointing and brick and mortar replacement in various areas around the outside of my red brick home . House is 25 years old

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$750

MARK H.
07/2017
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
Amazing...the people were responsive and provided excellent advice. Scheduled sooner than I could imagine. A worker named Eddy did the job and he was fantastic. We could not have been happier with the results. Clean up was excellent.
Description of Work: We have a slate front porch and walkway as well as a walkway on the other side of the driveway. Some slate slabs/stones needed replaced/repaired and the caulking between all stones needed repaired. Very physical and dirty job.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,000

Julia H.
06/2017
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
Ralph suggested grinding out all the mortar to get a consistent look, and while it was a messy job, we are glad we followed his advice. The brick patio now looks brand new,
Description of Work: We had the cracked mortar on our brick patio replaced.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,550

Jeff G.
06/2017
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
it was great he keeps the same people year after year gaurntees his work I wish more contractrors were like him. Dependable and HONESTY
Description of Work: leak in our chimeny

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Response from Ralph Woods Masonry LLC
Thank you for taking the time to do a review

Colleen O.
11/2016
5.0
masonry, pressure washing
  + 0 more
Excellent - Ralph was prompt in coming out to review the job, and provide an estimate. He was able to meet our schedule of getting the work done before cold set in. His work crew were very professional and courteous, and very conscientious about cleaning up after the job. We are very happy with the work and have gotten many compliments on it already. Ralph is a very professional contractor - when materials were going to come in at a higher rate due to needed to replace more than originally thought - he let us know of the potential overrun before he began the project. He came and participated in the job too - did not just send his guys over and let it take care of itself. We would definitely use him again - in fact we are looking at using him to repair / replace our back patio in the spring.
Description of Work: We needed a front walkway repaired - previous stones were crumbling and bluestone landing was cracked and installed improperly from previous contractor

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

Response from Ralph Woods Masonry LLC
thank you very much for your business we all appreciate it.

Nell D.
10/2016
5.0
concrete repair, masonry, pressure washing
  + 1 more
Ralph completed the job within an agreed time table. His work looks perfect. He sealed the mortar when job was completed.950
Description of Work: Our brick front porch needed some mortar repair.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
4.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$950

Response from Ralph Woods Masonry LLC
Thank you for your business

Pam S.
10/2016
1.0
masonry
  + -1 more
Ralph Woods came out and looked at the job. He said that he would send an estimate. However an estimate was never received.
Description of Work: I am responsible for the repairs and upgrades to 4 entrance signs for the Sugarbush Hill Subdivision in Zionsville, IN. The signs have not had any repairs for 12 yrs. so they need tuck pointing, stones replaced or repaired, sealed and coping added.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
professionalism
1.0
responsiveness
1.0
punctuality
4.0


Response from Ralph Woods Masonry LLC
11/21/2016 UPDATE: Angie's list tried to contact this homeowner as well but didn't receive a reply. Sometimes, we don't have perfect communications and maybe this was the case here. We couldn't reach this homeowner and Angie's couldn't either. We double checked this and found the quote was sent so we resent it on Oct 31st when we saw this report. We could have had a connection issue but we had no idea of knowing the quote wasn't received. Not that we don't make mistakes but in this case the quote had been sent. We apologize for any inconvenience. If someone doesn't receive a quote, we always appreciate someone letting us know.

steve P.
10/2016
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
The new brick tiles were researched by this vendor so that they would match the existing tiles as well as possible. The placement of the new tiles was done with care, and then the tiles were mortared into place. A few days later everything was washed down and the remaining debris was taken away. The end result was truly super. I would heartily recommend this professional and HONEST vendor to anyone looking to have this type of work done on their home. Larry Hamlet
Description of Work: Tear out broken brick tiles, and then place with new tiles on patio and front sidewalk areas.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,350

Response from Ralph Woods Masonry LLC
Thank you and we appreciate your business

Stephen J.
09/2016
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
I did not have work done, since it was just for aesthetic reasons and I've already sold my house.
Description of Work: I'm selling my house and I wanted an opinion on the masonry and the foundation. He said the house was in good shape structurally, but that I should fix the bricks and masonry that are cracked. I felt I could trust Ralph and he did try to upsell the work. He seemed like a craftsman that loved his work and made some insightful comments on the current masonry work.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,500

LYNNE M.
09/2016
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
We were very happy with the work that Ralph and his crew completed. There were a lot of damaged mortar joints in various locations around our home and these were all cut out and replaced with new mortar, in some cases bricks had to be removed and replaced. Our front step also needed repair. All this was done with very good attention to detail, the repairs look great. The guys cleaned up at the end of each day and after the mortar had been allowed to set for a week Ralph came and washed the bricks down. We would highly recommend Ralph and if we need masonry work done in the future we will hire him again.
Description of Work: We needed to have quite a bit of tuck pointing done on our home alone with the replacement of an angle iron above a window. Our front step also needed to be repaired.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,600

Response from Ralph Woods Masonry LLC
Thanks very much . Thanks for your business

Ginny C.
07/2016
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
Great. Ralph and his team fit me into their schedule pretty quickly and did a great job. The front walk looks fabulous. They removed old brick and mortar and replaced all on my front walk. And they replaced bad bricks and bad mortar on the stoop. They were finished in a couple of days and cleaned up after themselves each day. Ralph even came back to powerwash the stoop so it looked shiny new like the walk. I am very pleased with the job they did and would hire them again for masonry work.
Description of Work: I needed a brick front walk redone and the stoop mortar reinforced..

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,350

scott Z.
06/2016
5.0
concrete repair, masonry
  + 0 more
The job was done professionally from beginning to end. Other companies wanted to tear out the existing stairs and start over. Ralph felt they could be repaired and re-slated for a fraction of the cost. He had us look at the work at each step of the process to ensure that we were pleased with the results. Their workmanship was excellent and we would not hesitate to use them again.
Description of Work: Repaired stairs and brushed concrete wall at front of our property down to the street. Applied new slate to stairs.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$1,800

Catherine I.
06/2016
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
Ralph was very responsive on quoting the job and doing the work. We have a 25 year old home which has 2 brick porches and a long brick sidewalk. Over the years, one of the porches settled which directed water back towards the house. The other brick porch was solid minus a number of bricks that had broken. The sidewalk was showing its age with multiple bricks eroded and one part of the sidewalk was sinking. Ralph, Edy and Tony did an outstanding job of matching his work with the rest of the porch and sidewalk. He used a combination of old brick and new brick to do the work. It is hard to tell where he did his work and the other areas. It blended very well. As with every repair, there are surprises that you find once you start the job. Our first surprise was the new brick that we had chose. We purchased new bricks to try to match the worn bricks in the walk. Ralph tactfully showed me that these bricks would work better if the were used upside down with the non-colored/non-textured side up. He pointed out that the bricks I had bought had different edges than the current bricks. He also said that the new bricks, on their back side, would age and match the older bricks better. He went through the whole pile to find bricks that already had some aging in them. He also used some of the broken porch bricks to match the sidewalk bricks. The porch looks great. His advice was spot-on. I'm glad I listened to him,. Our second surprise was on the porch that needed to be rebuilt. There was a water spigot on the wall next to the porch. When Ralph built up the porch to direct the water away from the house, we realized that the water spigot was going to be covered. Ralph simply moved the pipe up to a new position without having to call a plumber or delay the job. He did not charge me for the added work. I've had some other work done on my house recently, and i wish Ralph did other work because I would definitely use him and his guys.
Description of Work: Ralph and his team rebuilt a brick porch and repaired another porch and brick sidewalk.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,500

BEN B.
12/2015
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
Ralph did a great job assessing the various tasks needing repaired. The work has gone well. He is still wrapping up the projects, and I'm confident it will be great.
Description of Work: Repaired large crack in face of stoop. Repaired retaining walls and capped end. Fixed leak in basement coming through foundation.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$2,230

Nelsen L.
10/2015
5.0
concrete repair, foundation repair, masonry
  + 1 more
Mr. Woods promptly came to our home to see the work that we needed to have done and provided a quote via email later in the evening. After we accepted, he scheduled time within the week to start the work. His crew was able to work on the project during the weekday without the need for us to stay home from work, which was a big help. After making the repairs, they returned about a week later after the mortar had cured to do the final clean-up, again without our presence. We are extremely pleased with the work Mr. Woods and his crew performed and highly recommend them.
Description of Work: Repaired various cracks in the brick outside our home due to some foundation settling, weathering, and age.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$800

DONALD B.
09/2015
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
I got four quotes for the work. the quote were all over the place. not a good thing. Ralphs quote was not the cheapest but also not the most expensive. He was easy to work with and would work with him again.
Description of Work: the stone façade on my hose was cracking and the joints were in very bad condition. Ralph removed the stone cleaned it up and reinstalled using anchors (which the original installer did not use). he installed limestone window sills The results look great. the job took about 10 days to complete. I am very pleased with the work.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$14,000

FREIDA T.
08/2015
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
Ralph came to look at the house on the day I called. He assessed the needs more thoroughly than other companies. He pointed out other problem areas and prioritized them for us. His estimate was quite reasonable. Our brick is laid in the clinker style which he and his assistants eplicated perfectly. They did excellent work. Business is well run. Professional workmanship. I will have him back next year to work on another area.
Description of Work: Repaired deteriorating porch brickwork. Repaired short brick column.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,000

LISSA S.
05/2015
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
Great job, you can't even tell where the repairs were completed, it all blends together now. Very easy to work with.
Description of Work: Masonry repairs around the house.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$3,250

MAX H.
05/2015
5.0
fireplaces, masonry
  + 0 more
Overall, I would recommend him. He was always punctual and his work was very good.
Description of Work: He put a new facing around our chimney and he put a railing up for the front porch. He also did some repair work on stone bonding and cracks in our stone house and the retaining wall.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$9,000

Gary D.
01/2015
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
Ralph was responsive and professional and brings many years of experience. The quality of the work was outstanding!
Description of Work: Ralph removed and replaced the chimney above the roof line of my house due to damage caused by weather and water.

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro

KIRSTIE A.
12/2014
5.0
masonry
  + -1 more
Ralph is an excellent mason with good attention to detail. It was great working with him and the results were what we wanted.
Description of Work: Cutting and installing Ashlar pattern limestone as part of kitchen remodel

Rating CategoryRating out of 5
quality
5.0
value
5.0
professionalism
5.0
responsiveness
5.0
punctuality
5.0

Yes, I recommend this pro
$4,500

Contact information

PO Box 4101, Carmel, IN 46082

http://ralphwoodsmasonry.blogspot.com/

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Bonded

Insured

Licensed*
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Service Categories

Masonry,
Chimney Repair,
Foundation Repair,
Concrete Pouring and Repair,
Pressure Washing,
Fireplaces,
Chimney Caps,
Glass Block,
Roofing,
Landscaping,
Gutters,
Patios

FAQ

Ralph Woods Masonry LLC is currently rated 4.9 overall out of 5.
Ralph Woods Masonry LLC accepts the following forms of payment: Check,PayPal
Yes, Ralph Woods Masonry LLC offers free project estimates.
No, Ralph Woods Masonry LLC does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
No, Ralph Woods Masonry LLC does not offer a senior discount.
No, Ralph Woods Masonry LLC does not offer emergency services.
No, Ralph Woods Masonry LLC does not offer warranties.
Ralph Woods Masonry LLC offers the following services: Brick and stone restoration, repair and new builds, restoration older brick homes, blue stone, footings, foundations & basement wall repair, stone fireplaces, patios, brick repair & restoration, small concrete repairs, tuck pointing, glass block.
Stucco & tile work

Contact information

PO Box 4101, Carmel, IN 46082

http://ralphwoodsmasonry.blogspot.com/