You hired a mason, not a mystery. Here is how a commission runs from the morning we arrive to the evening we hand you the certificate.
Before the first day.
- Utilities are marked. Before any digging, underground lines are located through the 811 “call before you dig” system. You’ll see paint and flags in the yard — that’s normal.
- Access is agreed. Where the stone is staged, where trucks and machines enter, which gates stay closed for pets.
- Approvals are in hand. Any HOA approval or county permit the project needs.
Protecting your property.
Machines and pallets of stone are heavy. We lay protection over lawns and drives on the way in, keep material off planting beds, and stage it where it does the least harm. Anything we disturb outside the work area, we put back.
The noisy days and the quiet ones.
- Excavation — the loudest part: machines, hauling and compacting. Usually the first days.
- The base — forms, reinforcement and concrete. A pour day is busy; then the concrete cures.
- Setting stone — the longest stretch, and the quietest. The sound you’ll hear most is the wet saw.
- Joints and cleanup — joints packed and tooled, the stone cleaned, the site restored.
Weather decides some days.
Mortar and concrete need dry weather above freezing to cure. If rain or a hard frost is coming, we may stop early or not start that day. It’s the right call — masonry set in the wrong weather fails, and we’d rather lose a day than a patio.
Every evening, a clean site.
Tools put away, stone stacked, walkways clear, and anything unsafe taped off. You should be able to walk your yard after we leave.
The last day.
Edgar walks the finished work with you, explains how to care for the stone through its first season, and hands you the Certificate of Commission — your warranty in writing, entered in our register. Read the Edgar Warranty.
