Masonry Contractor in Mendota Heights
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Mendota Heights is one of the smallest cities we build a page for, with 4,906 homes. A quarter of them, 1,258, were built between 1940 and 1969, and the rest went up later.
It is also one of the smallest cities we cover, and it sits on a piece of ground that is genuinely unlike anywhere else on our list.
What Comes Up In A City This Size
Chimney crowns
On the older quarter and the newer three quarters alike. It is the most common single call we take here.
Brick veneer on the post-war housing
The 1,258 homes from between 1940 and 1969 have the same ties as every other post-war house, and they are the same age.
Front steps and stoops on sloped, wooded lots
Mendota Heights has a lot of uneven ground, and entries on made-up ground move.
Retaining walls
Common here for the same reason. Natural stone we rebuild; modular block we do not touch.
Fireplaces and interior stone
A larger share of our work here than in most cities, and it is not weather-dependent, so it is not governed by the season the way exterior work is.
What We Do In Mendota Heights
A small city, so this is a short list, and it is the list that actually applies here rather than everything we do.
Crowns and raincaps
The most common job in Mendota Heights by a distance. Cast in place with slope and overhang where the concrete has broken up, sealed where it has not.
Brick veneer and lintel work on the post-war quarter
For the 1,258 homes built between 1940 and 1969.
Front steps, stoops and entryway masonry
Set on footings taken to depth, which on sloped ground matters more than it does on a flat lot.
Natural stone retaining walls
Repaired and rebuilt using the stone that is there. No modular block systems.
Fireplaces, firebox rebuilds and interior stone
Interior work, so it is not held up by the exterior season.
Chimney repair and rebuild
The published rule applies, and on this city's housing it usually lands on repair.
A City That Sits On Shale
Across most of this metro, the top of the rock is limestone, dolomite, or sandstone. Under Mendota Heights it is Decorah Shale, which Dakota County states underlies parts of Mendota, Mendota Heights and West St. Paul.
For a mason, that is worth knowing for one reason. Shale is not a building stone. It is soft, and it splits along its bedding, and no quarry in this metro has ever cut it for a wall. So, unlike in Minneapolis, where the rock underfoot ended up in the foundations, there was never a local stone here for a builder to use, even if the era had called for it.
What the city has instead is post-war and modern construction: block and poured concrete below grade, brick veneer above it, and chimneys of every decade since the 1950s.
Fewer than a hundred Mendota Heights homes predate 1940. If yours is one of them, it is genuinely unusual for this city, and worth mentioning when you call.
What It Costs
There is no travel charge and no minimum job size, which, in a city of under five thousand homes, is worth saying plainly.
Crown work is the most requested service in Mendota Heights: around $5,500 for a full rebuild, and considerably less when a seal will do. A chimney repair on a single-story house starts at about $3,500. Brick replacement starts at $1,500.
Steps, retaining walls, and interior stone get a number at the visit. On sloped, wooded lots, the variation is too wide for a published range to tell you anything useful.
Every one of those figures depends on square footage and on what we find when we look. They are rough guides to help you decide whether to call, not quotes. The exact number comes after the visit, and the visit is free.
What Customers Say
With 4,906 homes in the city, it is not surprising that no review names Mendota Heights. The live Google feed goes here rather than an invented local job.
Google review, September 2025Tell us what is going on with your masonry
Tell us what you are seeing and attach photos if you have them. Sam comes out himself, and you get the options priced in writing. No charge either way, and no service call fee.
Common Questions In Mendota Heights
There is rock, but it is shale, which nobody builds with. Here, the top of the rock is shale, which Dakota County says underlies parts of Mendota, Mendota Heights, and West St. Paul, and it means there was never a local building stone here the way there was in Minneapolis.
The crown, at some point, and possibly the lintels. The brick front is a veneer hung on the frame, and the ties in it are now sixty years old, which is when they start to matter.
Yes, and there is no minimum. There is no travel charge and no fee for the estimate.
Yes. Interior work is not subject to the freeze, unlike exterior mortar.
No. We build and repair in natural stone only. It is worth saying on the phone rather than after a visit, and we will point you at somebody who does them.
No, and no service call fee either way. Sam does it himself.
Get A Free Estimate In Mendota Heights
A photograph of the chimney from the ground is the most useful single thing for most Mendota Heights jobs.
Tell us roughly when the house was built. In a city this size, that narrows it quickly.
Call (612) 509-0718 · One of the nearest cities we cover · Free estimate, no service call fee