TWIN CITIES MASONRY

Terry gave us a sound estimate, explained thoroughly what he would do and showed up at the promised time. He did the work in less than two days and the results are excellent. He kept expenses consistent with the estimate. We would definitely hire him again.

Terry is great to work with. Other companies would not do the work (or did not follow through with an estimate). Terry was very responsive, gave an estimate on the spot (and added in a couple of things at no charge). He saw the work as straightforward. He and his worker were here first thing in the morning ready to go - organized, considerate and thorough. He came back the next day to clean everything. He is busy so get on his schedule early.

Excellent. Good communication. Good work. Wish we could have gotten work done quicker but busy season and happy to wait for quality work.

Terry, from TC Masonry, was great to deal with. His work and communication were excellent. I would highly recommend TC masonry.

Very professional. Beautiful job

It went extremely well. Visit for estimate was prompt. Terry provided written estimate on the spot. We sent the deposit and he soon called and left a message that someone would be coming to complete the job. They came and did the task.

Terry (the owner) responded right away and gave us a reasonable estimate. He noticed the chimney was not properly capped, so in addition to tuck-pointing he installed a lovely limestone cap to protect the brick. He came back the next day and washed and scrubbed the residual mortar off the brick. Beautiful job. I would definitely hire Twin Cities Masonry again.

Terry, the owner, was always there personally and very hands on. The crew was very hard working and super nice and easy to talk to! Terry and his crew are truly artists. Would definitely recommend them 100%

Overall, very pleased with the work and would recommend and hire again.

The work done met all my expectations, which are always on the high side. I found the owner, Terry Holter, very good to do business with. He knows everything there is to know about masonry work, he is smart, pleasant, hard working, fair and honest. I will use him in the future for all the custom brick and stone work that we need to have done.

Two guys that were mason some other guys was helping them cleaned up.

After contacting a few masons, Twin Cities Masonry was the only one that called back in a timely manner. The owner, Terry came out in June to look at my front stoop. The lower step was disintegrating and coming away from the rest of the stoop. After looking at it, Terry said he could repair it by taking the cap stone off and using rebar and concrete to stabilize it. Then he would replace the the cap stone, replace two ugly cement areas with stone, tuck point and power wash. I was relieved that I didn't have to replace the entire front stoop. Terry put me on the schedule and thought it might be late August as they fit in the small jobs between the bigger jobs. I got a call in mid-July from Terry stating that they could do it that week. One of Terry's crew arrived early on the morning of the job, worked all day, cleaned up and finished by dinner time. Terry came by that evening and reviewed the work and made sure I was satisfied. The finished job looks fantastic. Once repaired and power washed it looked like an entirely new porch/stoop. 

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We couldn't be more pleased with the result of fine work done by Terry Holter and his capable assistants! Terry was professional from first contact to the end of the job. He responded quickly to our request for an estimate, then kept in touch about scheduling--both with us and with our roofers, who would be coming in shortly after his work was complete. He showed up when he said he would, and completed the work on time.
Throughout the process, he was directly involved. His selection of new brick to match our old brick was right on, and when I got nervous about the first chimney being too light in color, he patiently reassured me that it was because he hadn't completed the acid-washing part of the process yet. When that was complete, the brick looked great! On the second chimney, which was to be a roof-up extension of a full chimney (ground up), he offered to reuse the old brick (which was still in great shape) instead of new so that the match would be exact. This involved cleaning the mortar off the old brick in order to secure it with new mortar--more time-consuming than using new brick.
So, we have two beautifully rebuilt chimneys, which do not look like they are new. All mortar joints are even and there is no line of demarcation between old and new sections. I looked at a LOT of rebuilt chimneys before we chose Terry, and nowhere did I see the quality of craftsmanship that we experienced.
One final comment: when Terry first bid our job, he wrote: and quot;I would love to help in keeping your house beautiful.and quot; That care was demonstrated throughout the project and beyond, as he took the time while he was working on the chimneys to survey the house for other spots that are in need of tuck pointing, and offered a reasonable estimate to do that work as well.

Terry and his crew are top notch. They are efficient - took 9 days to take down the 2 and rebuild. Work site was cleaned each day. Terry is an artist and a mason. Go see the chimneys on his list of references to get a sense of the artistry he can add to a house. My 85 year old house got an unplanned refresh with the new chimneys.

Not knowing the full extent of the damage, we first contacted a stucco company (Think Stucco) to repair the stucco at the top of chimney. They came and tested the the structural integrity of the top of the chimney to determine if it was sound enough to re-stucco. They determined that the structural core was too deteriorated for a long lasting stucco life. Think Stucco could have re-stuccoed the chimney and we wouldn't have been the wiser until five to ten years from now. However, due to their honesty and integrity they said that the stucco job alone would not be long lasting due to the underlying poor condition of the structural brick at the top of the chimney. Think Stucco recommended that we contact Twin Cities Masonry. Terry, the owner and prime tradesman of Twin Cities Masonry, responded to us very quickly. He has rebuilt numerous chimney tops in St. Paul and Minneapolis, and quickly determined the extent of work necessary to provide us with a long lasting chimney. . .one better than the original construction! We found Terry to be honest and trustworthy. His work is of the highest quality and with nice attention to detail. He has two crew members that work with him. As a team they they were very efficient and effective. From the start of the demolition to completion only took three days. We are very proud of the end result.

Terry came out last fall, eyeballed our aging chimney, gave us a quote for a standard chimney overhaul/rebuild. We didn't have the budget to do the work until this spring but when I called him he honored the original quote and put us on the project list for the next several weeks. Shortly after that, he called and said he needed to fill a one-day project opening and that ours was a one-day effort, so his crew could come out the next day. They did a great job and cleaned up well after themselves. A seamless, very enjoyable experience. His communication skills are great - very responsive, easy to get ahold of, does what he says he will do, etc.