Stonebridge Decks & Masonry
Smithtown, NY 11787Smithtown and the towns around it
(631)555-0188Built on a base that drains. Everything else follows.
Clay brick walkway
Work we do
Stone and brick outside the house, and the deck that goes with it. If it is on this ticket, we do it start to finish — base, drainage, and the part you see.
Patios & walkways
Pavers, bluestone, and brick, laid on a base that has somewhere to send water. The pattern is your call; the base is ours.
- Paver and bluestone patios
- Blue slate and brick walkways
- Pool surrounds and outdoor kitchens
- Repairs to patios that have heaved or settled
Steps, stoops & walls
The front steps set the whole house. Retaining walls hold back more than dirt — they hold back water, and are built for it.
- Stoops and front entry steps
- Retaining and garden walls
- Basement entrances
- Stone and brick driveways
Brick, stone & chimney repair
Repointing, replacing spalled brick, resetting stone that has moved. Fixing the reason it moved, not just the stone.
- Repointing and brick replacement
- Chimney repair
- Loose or sunken stone reset
- Small jobs — we take them
Decks
New decks, deck renovation, and above-ground pool decks. Carpentry from the same crew that does the stone, so the two meet cleanly.
- New decks and railings
- Deck renovation and re-decking
- Above-ground pool decks
- Stairs and landings
Lay out your patio
Pick a pattern and a material, put in a rough size, and see it laid to scale. It is the first conversation we have on every job — you can have it here first.
Why patios heave
Every heaved patio and sunken step on Long Island failed underground first. Drag a winter across two patios and watch where the water goes.
October. Ground unfrozen. Both patios flat.
Typical Northeast frost depth and base depths, exaggerated so you can see it. Your soil and drainage vary. Water that freezes expands; a base that drains has nothing in it to freeze.
The work
Set like an ashlar wall: three sizes, no repeating look. Captions read like a ticket — what it is, what it is made of.
“The patio still sits dead level after two winters.”Example review
“Cleaned up every evening. You could not tell they had been there.”Example review
Read your masonry
Five things homeowners notice, what each usually means, and how soon it wants attention. None of them is an emergency this afternoon. All of them get more expensive every winter.
A paver rocks underfoot
Base has washed out or settled under that spot. Usually a drainage problem, not a paver problem.
This seasonWhite bloom on brick
Efflorescence: water moving through the masonry and leaving salts behind. Harmless itself; the water isn’t.
Find where the water comes fromStair-step crack in a wall
The footing or the soil under it moved. Measure it, and measure it again in spring.
Watch it, then callSunken walkway edge
Edge restraint gave up, or the base stops short of the edge. The middle is fine; the edge is falling off it.
Before next winterLeaning retaining wall
Water behind the wall with nowhere to go. Drainage, not strength, is what failed.
Sooner rather than laterHow wide is the crack?
Hold a coin to it. A dime is about 1/16 inch thick; a quarter about 1/16 more. Match it here.
Where we work
Based in Smithtown. Laid out like a wall, because that is what we would do with it.
Get in touch
Call and describe the job. We will come look at it, measure, and tell you what the base needs before we talk about the stone.
- Based inSmithtown, NY 11787
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