Can a leaning wall be saved?

Sometimes, if it has not gone far and the cause can be fixed. Often it is rebuilt with a proper base and drainage.

What goes behind a retaining wall?

Gravel and a way for water to leave, usually a drain. Soil packed tight against the back of a wall is what pushes it over.

Do you build tall retaining walls?

Call and describe the wall. Height and what sits above it decide how it has to be built, and some walls need an engineer.

Interior stone walls of an old house after cleaning and repointing

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Third Pig Masonry service

Stone and Brick Walls in Winchester, VAWalls built to hold, and to look right

A wall has to hold up, hold back, or hold the eye. Third Pig Masonry builds garden, retaining and feature walls in stone and brick, and repairs the ones that have started to fail.

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What we build

Garden walls and borders, retaining walls along slopes and around patios, seat walls, and feature walls, in stone and in brick. Low garden walls and taller walls that carry real weight are different jobs, and each is built for what it has to do.

Signs it is time to call

A wall that leans or bulges
Cracks running through a wall
Stones that have fallen or come loose
Soil washing out from behind a wall
A slope in the yard that keeps eroding
A raised patio or bed that needs an edge
Water pooling at the foot of a wall
A new garden or feature wall

Why walls fail

Nearly every failed wall is a drainage failure. Water builds up behind the wall, the soil gets heavy, and the wall leans, cracks or falls. A proper base, a gravel backfill and a way for water to leave are what keep a wall straight.

Rebuilding an old wall

A wall that has started to lean can sometimes be fixed. Often it has to come down and go back up with the base and drainage it never had. Where the stone is sound, it goes back up. For entrance walls see stone entranceways and pillars.

Ask about stone and brick walls in Winchester

Call and tell us what you have.

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Related services

Our work

Stone, brick and foundation work

Stone walls and stone houses

Side of a stone house with fieldstone walls and a stone planter wall at the base — Stone house walls

Two story fieldstone house with a covered porch and a stone gable end — Stone house and porch

Stone ringed fire pit surrounded by curved dry stacked stone seat walls and timber benches — Fire pit and seat walls

Three masons raking out old mortar from a stone wall inside an old house — Raking out old mortar

Mason in a protective hood blast cleaning an old stone wall — Blast cleaning old stone

Old interior stone wall after blast cleaning with the blast pot on the floor — Blast cleaned stone wall

Freshly repointed stone walls meeting at a corner inside an old house — Repointed stone alcove

Two crew members haul old boards and siding away from a historic stone house wrapped in scaffolding — Crew at the stone house

Historic fieldstone house under restoration with scaffolding across the front and a new metal roof — Stone house restoration

Fresh concrete porch slab on a fieldstone foundation wall beside a historic stone house — Stone porch foundation

Brick and block restoration

Historic white painted brick building with new brick arches over the windows and scaffolding on one side — Historic brick restoration

Four tall windows on a historic white brick building, each topped with a rebuilt red brick arch — Rebuilt window arches

Scaffolding against a historic white brick facade with rebuilt brick arches over the windows — Arch work on scaffold

Rebuilt brick arch over a boarded window on a historic white painted brick building — Brick arch rebuild

New red brick toothed into an old white painted brick wall below a decorative wreath — Brick wall repair

Red brick rebuilt around a boarded opening and a glass block window on an old white painted brick building — Brick opening repairs

Wall section rebuilt in red brick around a new wood door and a glass block window — Rebuilt brick wall

Painted block barn with a curved green roof and scaffolding set up for repointing — Repointing a block barn

Masons grinding out old mortar joints on a painted block barn wall — Grinding out old joints

Stone foundations

Trench dug along the corner of a log home exposing its stone foundation, with a string line set — Digging out the foundation

Limestone rubble foundation wall in a crawlspace with a loose stone at its base — Crawlspace foundation wall

Crumbling stone foundation under rotted sills and old stair stringers at the base of a log home — Foundation before repair

Stone foundation exposed under a log wall with the floor opened and a rotted sill log at left — Sill and foundation repair

Mason lying on moving blankets in a tight crawlspace, working on the stone foundation by work light — Mason at work in crawlspace

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How it works

What happens when you call

Call or send the form

Tell us what the job is and where it is. A photo helps if you can send one.

We talk through the work

You hear what the wall, chimney or site needs, in plain words, before anything is built.

Estimate, then the work

You get the estimate, and once you say go, the job goes on the schedule.

Service area

Stone and Brick Walls beyond Winchester

Based around Winchester, VA and working across northern Virginia and the West Virginia panhandle.

Winchester, VA Stephens City, VA Berryville, VA Front Royal, VA Middleburg, VA Leesburg, VA Martinsburg, WV Berkeley Springs, WV

FAQ

Stone and Brick Walls questions

Can a leaning wall be saved?
Sometimes, if it has not gone far and the cause can be fixed. Often it is rebuilt with a proper base and drainage.
What goes behind a retaining wall?
Gravel and a way for water to leave, usually a drain. Soil packed tight against the back of a wall is what pushes it over.
Do you build tall retaining walls?
Call and describe the wall. Height and what sits above it decide how it has to be built, and some walls need an engineer.

Need stone and brick walls in Winchester?

Call and talk to a person. If writing is easier, send the form.