Rod Layman Masonry

We have an old 1930's house that needed a large chimney repointed and cap replaced. Rod at Layman Masonry and his team were referred to us by our roofer, Kelvin Howard, for doing good work. We contacted Rod for a quote, and he came out the very next day to quote a price that was good considering the amount of work to be done. Rob and his team are insured and were courteous and friendly throughout the project. They showed up on time and maintained a clean job site. The project consisted of grinding out and replacing the old mortar, a new chimney cap and to put two coats of paint back on the chimney. The project was completed in 4 days despite rain every other day. We were very happy with the work done and will use Rod again in the future.

Work were excellent they made repairs to an old patio to look like a new and replacing brick work. You could not even tell everything, masked perfectly that there was anything done. They always respond quickly to phone calls. And when asked for emergency, they will be there for you.

The Layman Masonry team did an outstanding job repairing my front brick steps and landing.

Everything was just right--a quick estimate, very fast getting to the job, repair was completed beautifully, and even cost less than estimated because the job required less rebuilding than anticipated.

The workers showed up and did work on our front porch and chimney repair. Work and cleanup was completed to our satisfaction.

We had chimney removal and replacement work done. We are very pleased with the work, details were worked out in advance on material and size of new chimney they do some extra work to make room for the bigger chimney but looks good. Thanks Rod.👍

Excellent craftsmanship and customer service. Work done on time and within budget.

overall it went great. it all looks great and he did an amazing job he was really helpful. he work with me better than most people that I worked with. he went above and beyond.

We waited about 3 mo for Rod to schedule the work. I get it, not enough contractors and lots of work. There was a misunderstanding on capping the chimney that jacked up the price. And there are still mortar problems and mismatched mortar all over my brick. I am fairly certain nothing got sealed. Rod may know this was a really bad job if he bothered to show. They would just drop a guy off with some materials and come pick him up later. Basically, Rod took money from me in getting paid for a job very poorly done.

One of Mr. Layman's employees stole family heirlooms (gold/diamonds) from us. He was indicted with the local police. His name was Isaac and the year was 2015. Numerous police reports have been filed and Isaac served time.

Looked super, but four years later it has been falling apart despite annual weatherproofing treatment. Stones falling off side of house. Etc. He's a Christian man. But he hired in my opinion cheap unexperienced beginners for my job as I have learned since the work was done. In my opinion the job had serious problems.

Rod Layman and his crew just completed three Kentucky Limestone flower -beds for my my home. I am very pleased with the workmanship. We used his services a few years ago for the garden in the front yard, and now just completed the back. I called around and had several estimates placed. Although he was not the cheapest, his price was very competitive and we knew the work would be done right. Rod finished before the agreed date and the cleanup was amazing. His crew was very polite and punctual. I would recommend his services to anyone who is looking to make home improvements.

The job went smooth and quickly. The materials and stone were all delivered to the house and it only a week to finish. The crew was Helpful in answering all questions and concerns and even adjusted the height from six feet to seven upon my request. Would definitely recommend Layman Masonry for any local residential work needed!

Transformed uneven broken down cement steps and sidewalk into a masterpiece of brickwork.

He/his worker did not show up when they said they would and I had to keep calling back to see when they were coming because I needed to leave the garage door open and had to know when to be here. One fellow was angry with me when he returned the second day and was obviously not speaking to me because I told Mr. Layman that he left without finishing the work from the day before. I also had to keep asking them repeatedly to come back and remove the broken pile of old concrete. They left piles of sand/mortar mix on the grass, which killed it, and on some of my new landscaping, and spilled on the driveway. Fortunately most of it washed off in time before it set up after we came home and found it that day. Also, the work was sloppy. I showed it to a home builder that I have hired to remodel my kitchen and they were surprised because Mr. Layman is known for good masonry work. Mr. Layman is a nice man, and I tried to be nice to him in return, but his worker was a nightmare to deal with, and this was not a good experience for what I paid them.

Requested quote and ideas. got a quote and had work done.. Due to some tree stump problems in work area, work took longer than expected and price increased.. Work was really good, but somewhat disappointed in final cost.. A problem developed with the brick walkway and it took about 2 weeks to get it corrected.. They did correct the problem and everything looks very good ..

To begin with, three men arrived at my house without any tools. I had to provide saw blades, a shovel, hoe, buckets, a wheelbarrow, plastic, scaffolding, etc. The job was supposed to take three days. Owner Rod Layman and I agreed on $5,400. He tried to raise the price even before the job began, but he reluctantly agreed to stick with original estimate when I told him more money was not in my budget. I simply didn't have any more money. At the end of day two, Rod said it would take another day to complete work, plus he wanted me to pay overtime, $1,800 more. Mason was only 1/3rd of the way through. There days later, on day five, Rod Layman stated I owed him an additional $2,962 This was a gross injustice because one of the men were hardly working during the last three days while the mason Sunny was laying the bricks painfully slow. Two days after the completion of the job, when we finally removed a board covering the granite hearth (per Sunny's instruction), we discovered that a huge amount of mortar had seeped out overtop of the granite hearth and dried. Rod's mason named Sunny came back and attempted to remove the mortar. He was able to remove most of it, but the granite is now permanently damaged. Unfortunately, the mortar he replaced on the back side of the granite is crumbling at the slightest touch. The luster is gone and specks of concrete cover the surface. While Sunny was removing the mortar (that he acknowledged was his fault), he repaired some other areas that were problematic. Unfortunately, his mortar mix was not right and I ended up with mortar that was crumbly, plus his corrections didn't match the original terra cotta color. Sunny came back a second time to make corrections to the mortar color. While he was at my house, he redid 17 half bricks that were grossly misaligned. Most of these bricks were where the brick meets the ceiling. He greatly improved the alignment but again, the mortar ended up being crumbly to touch and the color of the newly repaired bricks were way off. I discovered, after he left, four cracked bricks that were damaged as a result of his hammering. Evidently, when he was removing some of the bricks by knocking them out with a hammer and chisel, some of the bricks cracked. If that wasn't bad enough, the mortar splatter and holes the men left all over the ceiling and walls was beyond comprehension. It's now been two weeks, and my mortar from his third visit has completely dried. The color of the mortar ranges from pink to bright red. The mortar joints are not consistent. In some places they are concave and other places they are protruding. Some joints are an inch in thickness and in other places they are 1/8th of an inch. My fireplace is literally a disaster. I contacted the owner Rod several days ago. He offered to send Sunny out yet again. I declined. We've moved two steps backwards for every step forward. I asked the owner Rod Layman if he would consider sending out one of his other masons. I never heard back yet. In final, Rod and his workers are nice people, but the quality of their work is terrible. The mason's skill level is low. If you are going to remove brick from a fireplace everyone knows you can't hammer cemented (S-Mortar) brick out with a chisel and a hammer without doing serious damage to the rest of the brick. Plus, the men never had the proper tools to do the work. They were upset themselves that Rod sent them to my house without any equipment or tools. I wish I had seen Rod's F rating when I looked him up on Angie's list. His rating varies based upon how you look him up. . One search has him coming up with a B rating, but much of that is attributed to work he did along time ago. All I have to say is be forewarned. I wish I had searched harder. Now, I'm paying a very costly price.

They did a very good job. It was good. He did his job and that was it.

I received a quote to do the work by the hour which was fine with me. $40.00 an hour i believe. I asked to move forward with the job and Rod indicated he would do it that week. I didnt hear from anyone for 9 days, and then on Thursday night, i received a call from a guy (not Rod) that indicated he would be there in the morning to do the work. Thx for the advanced heads up. Two guys showed up, and appeared to be subcontractors. One guy was the "foreman" which essentially meant he did nothing but watch the other guy work. Of course i was charged for both guys. I can't say this is a total surprise as that's how these guys all seem to operate but i got no heads up on this with the quote. The work that was done was ok, i'll call it acceptable, nothing fantastic but the bricks were fixed. The residue from the brick needed to be "acid washed", and the guys that did the job said they would be back on Monday to wash the brick off, but asked for payment for the job on the spot. Sadly i paid these two on the promise they would return. They didnt. I called Rod several times, no call back. My friend called Rod several times. no call back. It's been 2 weeks and i need to get it done as i am about to list my house on the market. looks like i'm heading to home depot to do the acid wash job myself. I should have used Stone Age Masonry. They seemed professional and were doing the job themselves. Lesson Learned. I do not recommend you use this contractor do to deceptive pricing, poor communication/responsiveness, use of apparent 3rd parties not under the employment of Rod Layman, and in the end an incomplete job that i had to finish myself. Pitiful really. I'm easy to work with and flexible as i have worked with tons of contractors, but i got taken on this one.

They showed up on time, kept the job site clean, and the pricing was fair. The finish product was beautiful.

Started on the job promptly and completed in very short period of time by using appropriate number of workers to complete job without delay. We did have some change orders from the original estimate that were due to some unforeseen additional work but I felt like this was an honest oversight in the original estimate and agreed to the revised estimate which was an increase from the original quote but still appeared reasonable in light of work performed and quality of work done.

This was an insurance claim, my chimney was hit by lightening and my house was leaking. I called Rod Layman to give me an estimate. He did show up on time to give an estimate, and did have good prices (I know why now) This was to be a permanent fix - per Rod Layman. He was to tear my chimney down to the roof line, replace the flashing and rebuild the chimney back to its original size. We scheduled the job, and his crew showed up as scheduled. They were at my house for 2 weeks to complete the job. 4 years later my house starts leaking in the same location, I called Rod, he sends a guy out to look at my chimney and leaves me a voice message; he stated " he could see where they did a little work, and that my chimney needs to be torn down to the roofline, and rebuilt for a permanent fix and quoted a price. I told him that this is exactly what I had already paid him to do. Then he says Oh I'll send someone over to go into your attic space to see if there is some other problem. No one showed up to do this inspection and when I called Rod I got no answer ......I'm now on ignore!!! I called my insurance and filed a new claim, I was denied because my chimney issue is caused by workmanship. The mortar is falling out, he got paid for all new brick, he only put about 30 new bricks in. Not only is my chimney in worse condition since Rod worked on it they also shortened it a foot so now my house is not up to code and I can not sell my house until I get my chimney fixed. Now its going to cost me a lot more money to repair my chimney - I've already paid once-. I will be taking Rod Layman to court. STAY AWAY FROM ROD LAYMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have had some other work done by them as well. This particular job was not very expensive. The big job was taking down and rebuilding a wall around our pool which cost close to $15000. In both the cases they did great work and were affordable. He is not very good in returning the phone calls and sometimes, it takes him a while but when he does he is courteous. He is a nice person. He is sort of a classic workman creator wherein he is very good on the field but we are not sure that administration is his first deal. We did not want administration in our yard but wanted a sidewalk. Their quality is good and the price is very reasonable. They were on time and the only problem was to get a hold of them sometimes. He does painting and some handyman things as well. He is a very good resource.

Very professional and skilled to work with. They did more than what was ask for and were very nice to work with.I would recommend there services to anybody that needs any kind of home repairs.,the crew was very hard working and spent over time trying to get house ready for sale.They even helped out carrying many boxes from the basement to the upstairs.

They really know what they are doing. They were here when they said they would be here. They did excellent work and the cost was what they said it would be, it never changed. They cleaned up after themselves. The work they did looks great, I couldn't ask for anything more.