American Made Masonry LLC

American Made Masonry is a family-owned masonry company based in Burlington, run by owner Jim Linskey. It holds an active Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor license (173582), verified directly against the state registry, and has been BBB accredited since 2013 with an A+ grade. The company handles brick, block, stone and concrete work — patios, walkways, steps, retaining walls, chimneys and fireplaces — plus waterproofing services like French drains, sump pumps and foundation sealing. Reviewers describe Jim as personally involved from estimate to completion, with repeat customers common: one family has used the company three times over ten years, another has hired Jim for projects across two generations, and a 2025 reviewer describes a patio he built twelve years earlier that still hasn't settled. Recent jobs described include a 2026 repair of a 250-year-old basement wall, a stone wall and circular walkway built in late 2025, and a 2025 concrete garage floor pour completed over two days. A 2025 reviewer describes Jim stepping in after another contractor left a garage slab too out-of-level for the doors to be installed, solving it with pavers instead of a full re-pour. Older written accounts include two negative reports. A 2021 Angi review states its author's original 2-star review from 2016, about mortar issues on a brick house, had since been taken down from the platform. A separate 2019 Angi review describes mortar between replaced brick steps and a flagstone walkway disintegrating within a couple of years, with the company attributing it to the customer's use of rock salt. For masonry, patio or foundation waterproofing work in the Burlington area, the large majority of reviewers across 2018 through 2026 describe durable results and responsive service from Jim directly; ask specifically about mortar mix and aftercare (like rock salt use) for any winter-exposed brick or stone work.