Masonry

The overall process went very well. Mark Perkins was very professional and responsive to our preferences and the crew were very hard working and pleasant. Also, they were quite neat. It was extremely hot but they worked through it. The only glitch was when they started placing stones. I had picked out an example from the intranet done by a Mason in northern Ontario and taped it on the patio. What they were choosing were bigger and sharper and less patterned than what we wanted. We sat down and went over this with Mark and he was very responsive and adapted their work to our plan. I watched the entire process and if there was a stone color or shape that looked out of place I told them. It was obviously very important that we had studied this and knew what we wanted, including pictures. Putting down random shape and varied color flagstones is like designing and implementing a piece of art. They can't read your mind.
     Mark was here working with the crew most of the time and was always available by cell phone. 

Do: Be prepared and know what you want. Be there for the job so you work along with them on the design.