CAPITOL MASONARY CONSTRUCTION

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It was timely, efficient, and expertly accomplished according to what we had contracted.

Excellent - they showed up on time for the estimate and the first day of work. They worked nearly 11 hours and returned the following work day to wash the walkway and the surrounding driveway areas.

Wow! From the first contact to the final clean up, Mike Cadle and his crew at Capitol Masonry were simply outstanding. Mike set an appointment with me and walked through the project. He offered suggestions and improvements to my original idea, worked with me to set a start date ( I had to coordinate with getting old iron railings removed), and was extremely fexible when the recent extreme cold weather delayed his other jobs - and getting to my job the very first day possible. Capitol was not the cheapest bid (hence the B, however, I got more than what I paid for), but their reputation preceded them, especially their experience dealing with older houses and trickier situations (my house is a 1930s stone house where nothing is plumb or square). Mike has worked with his crew for something like 13 years or more and it absolutely shows. No worries about a contractor talking a good game when providing an estimate, and then being sadly disappointed when the crew is somewhat clueless. These guys knew their stuff, adjusted to issues on the fly, and were great about a homeowner being on site and asking questions etc. They were early to the site every day, polite, knowledgeable and went above and beyond in pointing out little things that could be done to improve the final result. They tore off the old flag stones, removed the underlying sand and gravel, relaid new mortar bed, laid new flag stones and custom fit the steps and sides. They returned the next day to grout the flagstones and begin the tuck pointing of the house. Removing the old mortar between the irregular stones is messy work, but they were fast, and they matched the old mortar color really well (its difficult, if not impossible to get a perfect match, but they came very, very close and it will be indistinguishable after several months, if not sooner). They stayed late the second day, until dark, to finish the extensive tuck pointing job. The crew spotted some additional work that needed doing, and pointed it out to me. I gave them okay and called Mike, leaving him a message that I authorized some work outside of the estimate and that he and I could work out the additional charges. I was unable to talk to Mike because of my work commitment, but when I returned to the site late in the day, the additional work had been done and k*** was very fair regarding the cost of the additional work - and his crew performed it flawlessly. The crew returned the morning of the third day to remove their tools, trash out the old mortar and flagstones and left over materials and broom cleaned everywhere. Later that day they returned to acid wash the flagstone porch and pressure wash. They were meticulous about cleaning up, even giving my rear stone patio a quick and light extra pressure wash down - saving me from my regular spring chore. I've hired a lot of contractors in renovating five old houses over the years and have rarely been thoroughly impressed. MIke Cadle and all the guys at Capital Masonry thoroughly impressed me and I will be hiring Mike and his crew again in the near future for some concrete work .