A new driveway is easy to buy. The hard part is finding someone who will repair the one you already have — and who will take the small job. Rafael Torres works brick, block, stone, slate, interlocking pavers and concrete, repaired or built new, as a mason whose father and grandfather were masons before him.
This list is copied off their own services page. Nothing was added to make the grid look fuller.
Loose bricks replaced, cracked grout replaced and color matched, sunken paving stones re-leveled. In their words: restoring damaged masonry “back into its original form.”
New driveways in concrete or interlocking pavers, and re-leveling the paving stones when roots or settlement have pushed an existing one out of true.
Flagstone, brick and paver work around the house — the entry paths, back patios and porches that get walked on every day.
Block and stone retaining walls built to hold a slope, plus repairs to walls and brick fences that have cracked.
Flatwork and structural concrete, including the reinforced footings that keep a walkway or border from moving again.
Listed on their own services page right alongside the driveways, patios and slabs — and alongside repairs.
Rafael Torres Masonry says this about itself, and it is worth quoting straight:
“Rafael Torres has been doing masonry since 1979. He is a third generation mason whose father and grandfather also had the Knowledge and skill of brick making. Now Rafael only focuses on laying it.”
The company is registered with the California Contractors State License Board as license #979139, classification C-29 masonry, current and active, with a $25,000 contractor’s bond on file. That number is printed on their own website too — it has been there to check the whole time.
What the reviews describe is a particular kind of care. Steven S. had his entry pavers repaired and wrote that you “can’t tell that any work was done.” Tiffany C. had cracked grout in a flagstone patio color matched. Vlado H. had a brick walkway rebuilt over a new rebar-reinforced footing. Twenty-eight people have reviewed this business and every single one gave five stars.
Quoted as published, trimmed only where the source page itself cuts the text off.
“Repaired my entry pavers. Great work. Can’t tell that any work was done. Was on time and very courteous. I would definitely recommend!”
“Rafael fixed my flagstone patio when the grout cracked and started falling out. He did a great job color matching and I would highly recommend him! He also made time for this very small job,…”
“Rafael and team did an amazing job on redoing our beloved brick walkway. The scope of the work included; - Added concrete footing reinforced with rebar to about 14' of border. - Cut roots in main…”
Rating and reviews as published on Yelp: 5.0 across 28 reviews, all 28 of them five-star.
In their own words: “We serve the Bay Area Peninsula for both residential and commercial needs.”
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