Bechard Masonry

Mike is a professional who is passionate about chimney repair. Our chimney has been crumbling and required a full tear down. Mike was wonderful to work with from start to finish. He is fair and honest in his quoting and pricing process. His work is top notch and beautiful. We have received so many compliments about his work. I will be recommending to any family and friends in need of chimney repair. (Picture shows the plastic wrap that will be removed shortly)

He rebuilt part of our chimney, and new cap in 2007. Now, in 2017, I have had to have all of it redone! It crumbled! The job was done by a crew from out of the country, (which did not matter to me), except for the fact, they were not trained properly to do the work. Bottom line is, it was done incorrectly!!

I received an estimate on my chimney after having some stucco fall off due to deteriorating brick behind the stucco on my 1929 home.  My options were to repair the brick either only as far as the water had damaged it, or to do a full tear down and rebuild of the chimney.  I opted to go with the full tear down and rebuild

The work started on my house a couple weeks after deciding which repair to do.  I shared with Mike my design ideas prior to the work starting and he pointed out some additional details that would make my chimney really stand out.  Since the job was a rather major job, he ended up working with his former business partner at Bjugstad Masonry, who also happened to be named Mike. 

The Mike's (as they became known as at my home) were incredibly professional.  They were always both at my house between 6:30-7:00 AM daily and would typically stay until between 5:00-6:00 PM.  They would get everything ready so when 8:00 hit, if they had to make noise, they were ready to go.  They always cleaned up at the end of the day as if they were never there and also took very good care of my home when weather hit during the project. 

As they were going through the rebuild of the chimney, they were very easy to talk with about design ideas as either they would think of something that would look nice, or if I had something specific that I wanted to see.  They rolled with EVERY idea I tossed at them and gave me their ideas that would make my idea stand out even more.  Adding to the detail, I had a chimulator installed for one of my fireplaces and they noticed that one chimney cap was stainless steel and the other was black.  They insisted that they match and searched the town for another stainless chimney cap to match my chimulator.  Who would have known that it would be tough to find a plain stainless chimney cap?!?

I am so incredibly happy with the work these guys did.  Their attention to detail, explanation of the process, and willingness to do extras that I would ask for were incredible.  These guys are true artists and amazingly hard workers!  I would recommend them for any masonry job and already have been referring them.  This has to have been the best construction experience that I have ever had while owning a home.  They made my old home a true focal point on the block.