Darin Valentine Masonry

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I have an all masonry Two car garage that is fairly old. The concrete block were actual and quot;cinderand quot; block which have been outlawed since the 1970's. Do not confuse them with the lightweight concrete blocks of today. The corner block also had a huge 8and quot; radius not found on block today - at least around here. Anyway, one corner of the garage had cracked from the footing all the way up to the corner by on of te doors. The gap was growing by the day and something needed to be done. I knew Darin sp? had a good reputation and actually did small jobs, so I gave him a call. He actually came by and looked at the garage withing the week I called - after hours, and discussed the problem. We both agreed that the footing had settled or crumbled causing the corner to start falling away. We discussed how it must be repoured, and how we needed to brace the roof trusses to perform the repair, etc. etc. He kept insuring me it wouldn't be expensive, he and his guys could and quot;knock it out in a dayand quot; I asked if I needed to get the materials at site, But said he would take care of it. he was going to get to it that Saturday, but called me Friday with a conflict. He had dental work done and was in pain. Hey, at least he called and rescheduled! Anyway, he called the next week to make sure everything was still a go. When he and his guys showed up, they got right to work. They braced the trusses and started disassembling the garage door frame as needed. They made quick work of tearing down the block. He even was able to save the corners to match the rest of the building. After getting down to the footer, he discovered all was well. My old and quot;cinderand quot; block that were at grade had succumbed to years of water damage and were crumbling away. He ad most of the wall up before lunch. After lunch, they finished up, rehung the door frame and even cleaned up and hauled away all the old block and mortar! In the end, the job cost less and went faster than expected -A first on this house. He could have easily said he repaired the footer. I would have believed him. He did have to fix a small section of the concrete floor that had cracked. So, I would have totally believed him if he lied about the footer. They were so fast and affordable, I had them cut out a section of my concrete driveway so I could build a planter there. They had that busted up and hauled away in minutes! It saved me hours of work and renting expensive equipment. These guys were real pros and very efficient. I recommend them whenever I can.