P Stones Contracting

P Stones Contracting, run by Patrick Stones out of Braintree, is a masonry outfit whose real specialty is repointing brick and brownstone on older Boston-area buildings, not general remodeling. Its BuildZoom permit history runs to 159 jobs, and the pattern is unmistakable: cutting out and repointing failing mortar joints on row houses and brownstones, often triggered by water getting into the brick. Recent work includes a full-building repointing job at 25 Melrose St in Boston (2023, $162,500) prompted by major water leaks through the brick and brownstone, a $158,000 job cutting and repointing the rear and spot-pointing the front of a building on W Newton St (2024), and an emergency repointing of a leaking building front in Brookline (2023, $64,000). Earlier jobs at 514 Massachusetts Ave (2021) and 31 E Concord St (2023) combined repointing with patching window sills and lintels to match the existing profile. The company has also rebuilt failed front steps (2021), repointed interior walls and replaced block work around metal joists in Dorchester (2024), and removed a failed brick basement floor to pour new concrete in Boston (2020). The one homeowner review on file, from 2015, describes exterior brick-and-mortar steps and a walkway removed and replaced, with the customer saying the quality and craftsmanship surpassed expectations and calling the whole process - from planning through the final walkthrough - professional and accommodating. BuildZoom lists an active Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration (#144922) for the company, though that wasn't confirmed against the state registry here. For brick repointing, brownstone repair or masonry steps, the permit record shows real, recent experience on demanding older-building work - confirm current licensing and get a written scope for a job of this kind.