In my experience, there were seemingly very few brick masons completing projects independently…read more This was absolutely critical to me as I was buying the 1916 home in a booming Southern downtown district. Critical because my lender required masonry work be completed on the exterior part of the fireplace expanding the 20+ feet. f home I wanted. Eric Salazar, owner of Salazar Masonry has a high level of integrity - he did exaxtly what he said he will do when he said he would do it for the price he promised, which since this was unexpected was likewise critical. Salazar Masonry is a quality professional, honest, professional, and courteous.

It is so rare to find a contractor that is reliable and does good work. Eric…read moreand Salazar Masonry fit that bill perfectly. I could not recommend them enough. Wonderful work all around. From quoting the project, starting on time, working long, hot days, finishing early and providing me with every receipt and credit. Eric is thorough! I highly recommend.

I dealt with Adam and Paul - great communication. They produce a high quality concrete product in…read morea timely fashion, and the clean-up afterward was a nice touch. They built a reinforced hot tub pad and stamped concrete patio for us. Would use again!

Came on here on time, professional and polite. No work is done done yet. Value seems ok on the high…read moreend.

Rodrigo was a life saver. We had a screened in blue stone patio project that was doomed from the…read morestart with another contractor. Rodrigo met with us, listened to our concerns and came up with a plan to stop the foundation and corners from crumbling and extend the sides to make a beautiful border around the entire patio. He even understood and respected our concerns about red muddy footprints on the stone so he brought 2 pairs of shoes to change out when walking on it. Rodrigo is a lovely caring person and a master stone mason and we are so thankful we hired him to fix the mess we were in. We have a beautiful blue stone patio because of him.

We used 4 Seasons to replace our old wood steps with brick, and to swap out our concrete front walk…read morewith brick. 4 Seasons economically and skillfully integrated brick into our existing front walk and made it look fantastic. The job took as long as estimated and the crew was on time and efficient and clean.

I had a great experience with Nick Stamathis from AquaGuard. He was personable, sincere,…read moreknowledgeable, and, most importantly, trustworthy. He took the time to show me the cracks in my foundation and clearly explained why my home would benefit from SettleStop Push Piers. I've been a customer of AquaGuard for four years, ever since they encapsulated my crawlspace. I've been very satisfied with both their initial work and the annual servicing since then. In fact, it was during one of these routine visits that the foundation issue was identified. I'm grateful Nick caught the problem early and put together a clear plan to stop the settling before it gets worse. It's reassuring to work with a company that stays proactive and stands behind their service.

I have a long history with Aquaguard. I keep giving them chances and end up wasting my time and…read morebeing sorely disappointed. I had them out several years ago to give me a quote on raising a walkway that had dropped a few inches after some work was done underneath to repipe. They told me that their minimum to come out was $2,500 and that I should look to find some work to justify their effort since the repair I wanted was less than 1/5 of the total $2500 cost. I had nothing else to repair and sent them on their way. A few weeks ago I responded to a facebook ad about a similar type of repair, not realizing that it was Aquaguard. After partially filling out the questionnaire about my needs, the name Aquaguard popped up so I declined to go further. The next day someone from GroundWorks called me and explained that the person who told me about the $2,500 minimum was lying and that they could do the job for much cheaper. He explained that the person just wanted to estimate a larger job, that Groundworks had recently purchased Aquaguard, that they were changing their business practices, and that the person who had given me the previous quote was no longer with the company. (He implied that he was fired). He said that yes they do perform much smaller jobs and wanted to send someone out. Eventually, I said yes. I knew something was wrong when the guy they sent out called me the night before and asked 'Were the decision makers both going to participate?' and 'If I had at least 90 minutes for their inspection and discussion'. I told them yes but I was not about to spend 90 minutes of my time with them. When the estimator arrived he wanted to sell me on their company. I told him I had heard it before and just wanted an estimate. I shared with him the story of my previous appointment. After looking at the problem area he came back and told me that what the first estimator had told me several years ago about a $2500 minimum was correct and that they could not perform the job cost effectively. They wanted $2,500!! For that price I could rip it out and pour new concrete! No thank you! To add to this I had them come our a few years ago to quote a lintel repair at my garage door. They quoted me $11,000. That was almost 40% MORE than I was quoted by the company that invented, manufactured, and offered installation on the repair bracing Aquaguard was proposing. So, I purchased the lintel and installation direct - and it was also a heavier duty one than the one Aquaguard quoted, for over $4,000 less! I do not like their business practices. I guess they incentivize their salespeople based on the number of appointments they set up. But they just wasted both of our time. AND THE LYING! Do not use this company!

We had such a good experience with Cherokee Stone Center. Amazing quality and great prices!read more

Mario and his crew did a great job of starting our patio and was diligent at his work when present…read more However, he never finished my chimney cap and it's going on 2 yrs. after countless phone calls and stopping by his work, still not finish. He keeps saying he will finish it but never follow up. I referred him to two friends and unfortunately, he's good at getting about 98% of the work done but terrible at finishing the job. They can't seem to get a hold of Mario to come back also. I will probably have to finish the chimney cap on my fireplace myself unfortunately. Nice guy but sometimes takes on more then he can handle. If you hire him just make sure you don't pay in full unless the work is complete or you will never see Mario again.

When Skip replaced my front concrete porch he added some type of colorant which wound up drying to…read morean uneven mess. There was also an area by the front door that was an uneven concrete mess with big gaps between the brick and concrete. He came out to attempt to fix these issues . He advised me that I should just have the concrete painted to cover up the uneven color, which will result in more money out of pocket for me, to cover up shoddy work He claims he "fixed" the uneven area by the door. It now looks worse, with different color, texture and a raised area. I have had painters in to look at painting the concrete. They have expressed concern that the "fix" in the front will likely look worse when painted, much like a big drywall patch would look if not smoothed and sanded. I reached out to Skip about trying to rectify this problem area and he just said "Sorry". Claims he did all could do. I'm now stuck with additional expenditures to attempt to correct a giant eyesore in the middle of my entry

I had an excellent experience working with Skip and his crew this past week. I had several areas…read morearound my house where the mortal was missing from the brick. They repointed the brick and patch it up with new mortal. They even match the color of previous mortal. i am keeping Skip's card for next time I need work around my house. I will recommend him to family and friends.

I cannot say enough good things about my experience with AB Cement. Tony gave a fair quote on my…read moredriveway replacement in Atlanta and was able to start work right away, When I ran into some permit problems (my fault), Tony adjusted his schedule and made sure the job was completed. Workmanship was excellent - they know their craft! Don't hesitate to call them!

Tony and his crew did a fantastic job rebuilding my front retaining wall and rebuilding my front…read morewalk-up stairs. These guys are a straight forward honest group. Highly recommend.

I can't speak for others who hired Venator to do other types of work which may be totally different…read morethan the work I required. I hired Venator to install a 4" channel drain that was to replace an original 28 year old 1" drain that was no longer adequate to collect heavy rains and move it away from my patio. While Venator's proposal seemed to be promising to provide a much needed improvement, the end results were a big disappointment. A concrete opening had to be cut in order to receive the new Spee-D Channel drain along a 25' section of my concrete patio, but they cut the opening too small. They proceeded to trim the Spee-D Channel on the bottom to make it fit into the undersized opening, which compromised the integrity of the plastic channel and wasted time focusing on the retrofitting process. All they had to do was to cut an additional 2-3" strip from the concrete and the drain would have dropped into place as the instructions suggested. After numerous attempts to inform the owner, who refused to visit the site to inspect the work, he insisted the job was being done by "Industry Standards". His main communication was via Text. I kept him informed of the shoddy workmanship with the hopes he would come by to see for himself. That was not on his agenda, even after expressing my dissatisfaction with the job as it was proceeding. I was not given a dedicated day for the work to be done. It seemed like my job was fitted in after the workers finished on a previous job. The two workers showed up at 6pm on day one and worked until 8:30pm. Not being able to finish, they had to return the next day at 3pm and worked until 8pm. The two worked hard doing their job but it seemed like this was an exploration, not a familiar experience for them. The left photo is what the installation should look like if done correctly and the right photo is what was installed, after having to cut the bottom flange on the channel drain to force it into the opening in the ground. Unfortunately, you never know what results you will get from a vendor until the job is completed. I am sorry I hired Venator for this job and I do not recommend him for this type of work.

Owner never delivered the estimate despite multiple follow ups and more grace than most would offer…read more(4-5 reminders). A costly mistake, not just for this job, but for the tens, if not hundreds of thousands in future work that could have followed. They say 80% of success is simply showing up. Unfortunately, showing up to look at a project means little if you disappear when it's time to follow through. It's hard to succeed at anything in life when you only give 20%.

Great experience! Very efficient and quality work, transformed my stairs in a very short amount of…read moretime. Will was very professional and a pleasure to work with. I look forward to working with them again

They were amazing and delivered high quality results. They were true to pricing and easy to…read moreschedule. Very professional.