For masonry contractors

A homeowner needs a masonry job.You get the confirmed appointment.

You’re laying block with mortar on your hands on a stone veneer and a walkway. Across town a homeowner wants a masonry job that's a real ticket, and they’re working down a list of every mason they can find.That call comes to Maria: she screens it in masonry language and drops the masonry job onto your calendar, address and time already set.

Get booked $99/yr

$99/year plus your per-booked-job price. Confirmation and contact details by email and text.

The masonry jobs homeowners call us about

Every one is a masonry job you could never chase from laying block with mortar on your hands. Maria screens them and books the ones inside your service area:

01leaning, bulging, or failing brick/block wall
02chimney repair — spalling brick, bad crown, cap/flashing leaks
03water intrusion / efflorescence on the brick
04settling foundation cracks in block or stone
05step / porch / stoop rebuild
06retaining wall failure or bulge
07loose or fallen brick veneer / missing ties
08fireplace & firebox repair
09new patio, walkway, or paver install
10stone or brick veneer addition
11sealing & waterproofing brick
12cracked or crumbling mortar joints needing tuckpointing/repointing

Maria speaks masonry

She can tell a buttering the brick from a screeding the bed joint, knows what head joint vs bed joint and course / coursing mean, and doesn’t stall when a caller rattles off wythe or soldier course. So the homeowner on the other end gets qualified, not fumbled — and while you’re laying block with mortar on your hands, she’s booking jobs.

Words she knows

buttering the brickscreeding the bed jointhead joint vs bed jointcourse / coursingwythesoldier courserowlocksoap (thin brick)weeping / weepraking the jointsstruck joint / concave jointtooling the jointslippagesnapping a lineleads / building the leadsspallingefflorescence (efflo)tuckpointing / repointingcorbelingbond beam

Names she'll hear

EaCo ChemLaticreteDewaltHiltiHusqvarnaMarshalltownBon ToolWernerQuikreteSakreteType S / Type N (Argos, Lehigh, Holcim cement)SPEC MIXLafargeMortar NetBelgardPavestoneOldcastle / EchelonGlen-Gery

Masonry parts

veneer anchorschimney crownflue liner / clay tilechimney cap & damperhearth & firebox brick (firebrick)step flashingair barrier / weather-resistive membranewall ties / brick ties (corrugated, adjustable)weep holes / weep ventsthrough-wall flashinglintels (steel angle iron)rebar / dowelsladder & truss joint reinforcement (Dur-O-Wal)control joints / expansion joints

Products & tools

efflorescence removerexpansion joint backer roddiamond bladestuckpoint mortarType N mortarType S mortarType M mortarmasonry sandPortland cementlimemortar color / pigment (SGS, Solomon)bonding agent (Acryl 60)muriatic acidSure Klean 600 (ProSoCo)masonry water repellent / silane-siloxane sealer (SureKlean Weather Seal, Saver Systems CrownCoat)grout / fine & coarse groutgrout pump / grout bagplumb bobspeed squarebrick trowel (Marshalltown)mason's line & line blockstuckpointing tools / jointer / sled runnerbrick hammermason's level (48")story polemortar mixer / mud mixer (Stone, Multiquip)mud pan / mortar boardbrick saw / masonry wet saw (MK, Husqvarna)angle grinder w/ diamond bladetuckpoint grindermortar mixing drill & paddlewheelbarrow

These are the masonry trade’s own vocabulary — not brands Maria Bookings is affiliated with.

From first call to booked masonry job

01
A homeowner reaches Maria
Someone in your area needs a masonry job. The call comes to us, so nothing lands on you while you're laying block with mortar on your hands.
02
Maria screens the masonry job
The masonry questions that matter: what's wrong, the address, how soon.
03
Books it onto your calendar
A confirmed masonry job appointment inside your service area, texted to you and the homeowner.
04
You show up and quote
A confirmed time for a stone veneer and a walkway. You pay only on a booked job.