Masonry contractor in Abbeville, LA - brick and block work built for wet ground

The cost comes down to the size of the job, how much has to come out before we build and the material you choose, so I price it after I've seen it. Pointing a handful of bad joints costs far less than rebuilding a wall, and a job on low, wet ground can need extra base and drainage work you won't see once we're done. Call (337) 216-1882 and I'll come out and write the estimate myself.

Yes. The City of Abbeville requires a culvert permit any time you cover a ditch, and you can apply online or at the Permit Department at City Hall. This comes up most when a new paver driveway or walkway has to cross the ditch along the street, and we check with the city before work starts and take care of any permit the job calls for.

You apply to the city's Permit Department, which reviews and approves your construction drawings before it issues the permit, and the application includes a copy of the state contractor license of whoever is building it. Once work starts, the city's guideline calls for foundation, plumbing, open-wall, electrical, roof, mechanical and fuel gas, and final inspections, and the city turns on final power, water and sewer after it has them. The foundation is the part we build, so we have it ready and open for its inspection before anything covers it.

State law makes the residential code mandatory for new construction, rebuilding, additions to homes already built to that code, and extensive alterations, which are remodels where all the work areas together cover more than half the home. A brick repair or a new walkway isn't usually a remodel that size, but a big renovation can be. If yours is close, we'll go over it at the estimate and check with the city before work starts.

Yes, the city says incentives are available for restoring and rehabilitating historic property in Abbeville, and the city's historic preservation page is where to check what applies to yours. Under the city's permit guideline, projects in the Main Street historic district also need approval from Planning & Zoning. For the masonry, we repair and repoint to match the old brick and mortar, which is what a restoration calls for.

Most cracks we see here come from the ground moving under the wall, because soft, wet soil lets a footing settle unevenly. A thin crack that isn't growing can usually be pointed and left alone, but one that keeps widening or steps up the mortar joints in a zigzag means the foundation needs a look first. I'll tell you which one you have, even when the answer is a small repair.