Masonry Contractor in Pharr, TX - Brick, Block and Walks Built to Shed Water

Yes, homes outside the mapped 100-year floodplain can still flood, and in Hidalgo County it happens often because storm water can't drain into the storm system fast enough and ponds in yards and streets. For your masonry, that means we set walks and patios to slope away from the house and make sure new work doesn't dam water against your foundation.

Inside Pharr's city limits, the City of Pharr is your floodplain administrator, and you can call the city at (956) 402-4000 to ask which areas are prone to flooding. If your place sits outside the city limits in the county, that role belongs to the general manager of Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1. When we plan a wall or walk, we look at where water goes on your lot now so the new work doesn't send it toward the house.

Use the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation's license search, which shows whether a person or business holds a current license the department issues, such as for air conditioning work. For plumbing, the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners has a Find a License tool on its site, which matters if your outdoor kitchen will have a sink. We're licensed and fully insured, and I'm glad to answer anything you want to ask before you hire us.

The drainage district is evaluating a proposed project, the South Lateral Drain project, to help reduce flooding risk in the Las Milpas area of Pharr and Hidalgo County. As proposed, it includes drainage ditch improvements and two regional detention ponds that hold storm water and let it out slowly. It's still a proposal, so if you live in Las Milpas we plan your walls and walks around how your lot drains today.

The price comes down to how much brick, block or stone the job takes, how hard it is to match what's already there and how much old work has to come out first. Access matters too, and so does fixing whatever drainage problem caused the damage, because a repair sitting in standing water doesn't hold up. Timing turns mostly on the size of the job and the weather, since mortar shouldn't go into a soaked wall, and I'll give you a figure for your own job when I come out.

Usually it's water and age working together, and on the houses we see here the worst of it tends to be at the bottom of the wall where rain splashes and sits. Old repairs done with mortar harder than the brick make it worse, because then the brick takes the damage instead of the joint. We rake out the soft mortar and repoint with a mix that suits the original, so the joint wears first and the brick stays sound.