Jwb Masonry Construction Inc.

Most of the mortar was gone from the front steps and the bricks were damaged. JWB matched the existing brick, reset the stone steps and repaired the mortar joints — "Looks great," that May 2015 customer wrote, and that job is the clearest picture of what this company does. JWB Masonry Construction is a family-run restoration and new-construction masonry shop in Rumford, Rhode Island, working both sides of the Massachusetts line. The company says it has been at it since 1988 under owner James Berry, its BBB page carries an A+, and the BBB profile lists a single employee — this is a small crew, not a company with several trucks out. The written history is short and dated: eight reviews from 2013 to 2020, on Angi. They describe stonework and the man doing it. A July 2014 customer praised new brick steps and called Jim Berry reliable and honest; a May 2013 reviewer who had hired him twice said he is more like an artist about his work and the materials he picks. In June 2014 a homeowner said the crew did extra work that was never in the contract and still finished quickly, and a May 2017 customer — who had their roofer inspect the finished job — called the price fair and the timing good. One thing to weigh. In August 2020 a customer said the workmanship was good but the company's communication response time needed to improve; JWB answered that review directly. Four years earlier, a June 2016 customer said phone calls were returned promptly and the crew came back quickly to do the work. Licence numbers here come from the company and its directory profiles: the site cites MA Reg-118186 and RI Reg-1535, BuildZoom lists a Massachusetts home improvement contractor licence #118186, and Houzz lists licence number 1535. For brick and stone steps, tuckpointing and repairs that have to match old masonry, this is the kind of small shop that work suits. Since the accounts run 2013 to 2020, ask for a recent job nearby you can look at, get the scope in writing, and plan to chase the phone a little.