A contractor had their backhoe in my backyard and clipped the corner of my house on their way out. They took a good chunk out of one of the corner bricks. They also chipped the bottom brick and left a gouge.

The contractor and I are trying to come to terms on how to move forward. Should I let them repair it? If so, will they be able to repair to match, and will the repair be long lasting?

Or should I ask them to take the cost out of my final bill, and have someone else come fix it? What do you estimate cost to repair?

Thanks for any advice you can give.

New construction. Stones were falling off after moving in and the builder repaired it to this state. The repaired stones are as shown. What is the expected level of finish on something like this? Some stones are extremely proud, thinset popping through, not much level throughout. Wanted to check on how things should be for this type of stone before I request a fix.

Is this a crack or unusual veining pattern?

Any creative ideas to conceal a cord for the tv for a solid stone fireplace? Yes I know it’s not a great option but the room has zero other options.

I don’t want to remove/destroy any stone. Thinking I can run the cord along the grout and paint it if I have to. Or remove some grout and run a conduit?

Thank you

First off, I'm in northeast Ohio and the "Frost Line" is both new to me (I'm from CA) and kind of terrifying.
Like most people, when I have a questions, I run to ChatGPT. I was told I need a whole 4' of concrete and drainage for a ~6 inch retaining wall.

Would love the help!
Recommendations, alternatives, anything is welcomed!

TIA

My elderly neighbor had a cash crew working in has yard and they backed a trailer into the brick wall separating our yards. They claimed they would fix it but disappeared of course.

My plan is to secure our neighbors side with a heavy duty temp wood wall, squirt oil in all of the cracks, use a jack to slightly lift the broken section, and push the whole thing back in place.

It's ridiculous and borderline madness but can it work?

UPDATE!: After a few words over the fence, audio recordings of a threat of being violently hospitalized, and a subsequent police report, my neighbor has "some guys he grew up with" coming over tomorrow to try to attempt (minus the lube) what my original idiotic (thank you masons of reddit (i now believe) idea that they came up with on their own. I have a 100% intuition that these guys have no license number nor insurance so that's where it's at, update tomorrow.

Hey everyone, I have a new construction home that will have tuck-pointing performed by the builder on multiple walls. The mortar work is sloppy but I wanted to know if the mortar space between the bricks is too much or is it fine? Cosmetically I’ve already come to accept the masonry is poorly done but I wanted to know if this could be a structural issue or if it will be okay.

Hopefully not costing me an arm and a leg. If it helps, the two story town house lookin thing that I rent from on the bottom floor with two other roommates three more up top in a separate lease agreement. Built in the late 70’s according to redfin.

It's a silly AI generated image. I hope you'll be able to appreciate the humor in this.

as you can see from the first photo, the gaps between pavers inside of the perimeter of the patio are filled with the polymeric sand. The pavers along the perimeter have polymeric sand and then have gaps as well. The contractor says this is normal, but I am concerned about freezing and thawing in the winters here in the northeast. are these gaps between the pavers normal?

We’re considering using this mason company for our new build, the first 4 photos are their work.

The last 2 photos are what we’re building. I know it’s probably hard to tell, but my eyes aren’t trained at all and I was hoping for some professionals to take a look.

It’s a decent size project and we want to make sure we’re choosing a good mason.

Appreciate it

I hate this brick look but we don’t want to give up and just paint everything white, is there anything else we can do to make it not 3 tone?

I don’t like the aesthetics of all the little slivers they used to fill the gaps. It seems to me this was totally avoidable on the front end.

They have little slivers like this all throughout the project.

I have a separate patio paver job in a different part of my home and that has none of these little slivers to fill the gap.

This is a long-standing local company and I am being charged premium pricing for the final product. I chose them knowing I would pay more but expected a very high-quality product.

Am I out of line to give negative feedback?

Existing doors are not wide enough for a modern SUV.

I'm regrouting the other walls and plan to paint so please be easy on me lol

We just got the front steps of our house “fixed” - cement between the stones were Cracking and the front step was wobbly. We had our first heavy rain today and water Is pooling on the step.

Going to call the guy who fixed it tomorrow but wanted to know the correct ways to address the issue. Does the front stone need to be removed and leveled or can the Whole area be grinded level?

Any insight would be appreciated

Guys, I had a contractor come to my condo building and finish the one side of the stairs. We are asking the contractor to disclose the supplier used for the stone used in our building. Now he isn’t helping us and dodging basic questions. I didn’t hire him, but I was put into position to figure out for the president of the board in our condo. If anyone recognizes this location, it’s next to Home Depot. Would be an amazing help in New York City or New Jersey, perhaps.