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A masonry contractor in Tujunga works in arroyo stone country. City Planning describes arroyo stone as locally sourced, rounded river stones, collected here from washes and streams. Bolton Hall was built of rocks from the local hillsides and the Tujunga Wash, and dedicated in August 1913. Masons like George Harris trained on that job, then built stone houses through the late 1910s and 1920s. Many Craftsman homes in the area carry arroyo stone foundations, porch piers and chimneys. Our job here is to keep that stone standing and match it in new work.
Tujunga sits between the Verdugo Hills and the San Gabriel Mountains, and plenty of homes here sit on sloped lots. We repair river rock and fieldstone walls, matched to the original stone and mortar. We also lay new river rock and fieldstone work for garden walls, planters and veneer. On a slope we build retaining walls that terrace a steep yard. Block and brick walls, steps, paver and concrete driveways and fire pits are part of the work too. Every job starts with a free quote, given on site and in writing.
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Often it can. We start by finding what failed: water behind the wall, tree roots or a footing that gave way. Stone wall restoration matched to the original then rebuilds only the failed part. The old stone goes back in wherever it survives. New mortar is matched to the old in color and joint shape. On one failed historic river rock wall, we rebuilt with roughly 95 percent of the original stone. Another customer had us restore a very old stone wall and repoint its stone paths at a circa 1930 property.
Some stone buildings here are city landmarks. The city declared Bolton Hall Historic-Cultural Monument No. 2 in 1962. Blarney Castle, the most monumental of the cubic stone houses unique to Tujunga, is a designated monument too. Work on a designated monument goes to City Planning's Office of Historic Resources. Its staff review and approve the work before alteration permits are issued. That review follows the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. On any old stone wall, we keep what survives and match what we add.
Tujunga was its own city from 1925 until it joined Los Angeles in 1932. City of LA rules have applied ever since. Bolton Hall even housed the city's Department of Building and Safety after the annexation. The retaining wall line is 4 feet, from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall. A wall that size or shorter needs no permit, unless it supports sloping earth or a surcharge. On ground steeper than 1 in 5, a 20 percent slope, a retaining wall of any height needs a permit. Our guide covers why water pushes on hillside walls.
Fence heights follow LADBS bulletin P/ZC 2023-002. On a lot in a Hillside Area, side and rear yard fences stop at 6 feet. The 8 foot allowance only covers lots at least 40 feet wide outside a Hillside Area. A solid masonry or concrete fence over 3.5 feet also needs a building permit. So a solid 6 foot block wall along a side or rear yard is a permit job. LADBS plan check wants its footing designed for expansive soil, unless a soils report says otherwise. The permit is handled as part of the job, with paperwork filed for the homeowner where the city allows it.
Tujunga's old stonework sets the pattern for anything new. McGroarty Park, a 1920s neighborhood park in Tujunga, has arroyo stone features throughout, stone walls among them. Sunland Park has arroyo stone retaining walls of its own. We build new garden walls, planters and veneer in rounded river stone that matches the old work. On a Craftsman house, a new pier or low wall can pick up the arroyo stone already on the porch. Steps and walks that climb the grade can take a stone border to tie them in.
A visit starts with the stone already on the lot. We look at the size, color and roundness of the rock and how the old mortar joints were finished. In the late 1910s and 1920s, Tujunga's lack of building rules encouraged residents to help build their own stone homes. So we check how an old wall was built before we plan anything against it. If a wall has started to move, fixing a retaining wall that bows or cracks may come first. The free written quote then sets out the scope and any permit the work needs.
Communities & areas we serve around Tujunga: Sunland, Shadow Hills, Lake View Terrace, Haines Canyon, Commerce Avenue, Foothill Boulevard, Tujunga Canyon Boulevard, Verdugo Hills.
Tujunga ZIP codes served: 91042.
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This was a great company to work with. Francisco communicates in detail verbally and in writing. He also does excellent work and has a great staff. He also left my place clean daily before they left. They show up on time and get the job done as projected.
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Camberos Masonry provided services recently involving repairing/restoring a very old natural stone wall as well as repairing mortar joints/cracks in natural stone pathways at a circa 1930 property. We found the crew to be hard working, diligent, reliable, creative problem solvers.
Francisco came on time to give me a very fair price to extend a brick patio, replace some flagstone and repair a low brick wall. His workers were efficient and did an excellent job … I highly recommend him.
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