Category: Masonry Building Materials

Masonry materials include Brick, Block, Natural Stone and Artificial Cast Stone, as well as Glass Block, Interlocking Pavers and Tile. Stone is described according to usage, shape, sizes, geologic rock, and is further broken down with names that describe the quarry origin or color.

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Re Project

Hillsborough’s slopes are dominated by large homes situated on lots that must be a minimum of half an acre.  The Re Project is a large brick estate that sits on about two acres.  The job was a remodel and new construction of the main house with a conservatory addition, site improvements, a pool house, and detached garage.

Walton & Sons Masonry was contracted to do all the masonry starting with repairs on the existing brick veneer.  The client requested that we match existing brick work over the entire northwest and southwest elevations of the sprawling main residence.

We added brick veneer to the new conservatory addition of the home and to a three-car detached garage, which featured brick arches over the doors.  As this was a full brick veneer application, we included stainless steel lintels, anchors, and fasteners in the installation to insure the material stay securely fastened to the substructure.  The 50/50 blend of Glen Grey Monticello handmade oversize  and Brandywine Handmade Oversize Brick created a beautiful and durable facade.

We constructed three masonry fireplaces that included fireboxes set with firebrick in a Herringbone pattern.  We also installed screen pockets, hearths and brick facing.  For the Living Room and Master Bedroom we installed an over-and-under fireplace.  Stainless steel flues were installed for all three fireplaces.

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Ra Project

Located above 17-Mile Drive, this residence sits on 2.5 acres that look south over Carmel Bay towards Pt. Lobos.  On this project, Walton & Sons Masonry built fireplaces, constructed site walls, and set stone paving.

The site walls are built with an 80/20 blend Chief Cliff and Kennesaw Grey. The Fireplaces have a veneer of Kennesaw Grey and the stone paving is laid with Connecticut Blue Full Range.

Decorative Rock Network in Wallace, Ca, supplied all of the stone materials.

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Custom Dreams Projects

 

Walton & Sons Masonry has done two projects for Custom Dreams of Los Altos.  A family business, Brad, Carla and Mark Blackman are the preeminent, high-performance “green” custom home development company in the region and their homes reflect the company’s “green” building focus.

 

Wildcrest, Los Altos Hills, 2006

This residence sits on two acres in the Los Altos Hills and has views the overlook Los Altos and the Santa Clara Valley.  Kennesaw Mountain Red Stone was used on this job.

 

Nuovo Toscano, Los Altos, 2007

Gentry Magazine presented this estate as the 2008 Custom Dreams Showcase Home in their February 2008 issue.  Nuovo Toscano is a unique estate that was developed near downtown Los Altos by Custom Dreams.

 

Walton Masonry provided the stone landscaping and paving around the pool, the fireplaces and chimney stacks, the stone building veneer and stone patio paving.

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Lu Project

 

Atherton is one of the wealthiest cities in the U.S. with a zip code that rivals Beverly Hills.  Streets lined with majestic oaks and towering cedars offer a serene park like setting for estates secluded behind tall masonry walls.  The Lu Project required stone veneer for a Mediterrean style home located in a prime West Atherton location on a quiet corner lot of about 0.92 acres.

 

Walton & Sons Masonry placed cream colored limestone veneer set in an ashlar pattern on the main house, garage and poolroom.  Six-inch thick limestone was placed to wainscot height.  Above this, four-inch thick limestone was placed up to the soffit of the eve and gable areas.  Special engineering was required to attach the unusually thick and heavy limestone as veneer.  Walton & Sons Masonry manufactured and provided the split tail stainless steel ties required for the job.

 

In addition, we set limestone veneer for the entry and radius walls.  We built four masonry pilasters, low planter walls and placed the veneer and caps.  We also built the chimneys and chimney caps.  In addition, we aided the contractor by providing saw cutting services for concrete core drilling.

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Th Project

Material: Limestone Tumbled Cobblestone Pavers

The Th Project features a residence that is set among large redwood trees in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Woodside.  The property has views of San Mateo and Santa Clara Valley.  The project continued on and off for many years.  Originally we were brought in after the 1989 earthquake to repair the observation tower, which leaned two feet out of vertical.  We brought it back to plumb and repaired the existing stone.

 

Between 1999 and 2002 we returned to remove the existing fireplace in the residence and build a new one up to current building codes.  Our scope of work expanded to landscape masonry around the yard and driveway.  We put veneer on the residence and we also built a new fire pit and spa in the back yard.  Landscape included stairs, landings, walkways, and stone retaining walls.  We set flagstone pavers in a random pattern for two terraces off the main house.  We built entry columns and entry walls veneered with stone.  We paved the driveway with 4”x 4” Natural Limestone Tumbled Cobblestone and 4”x 8” Header Borders.