Melrose Mason for Victorian Steps and Chimneys, Just a Short Drive From Everett

Masonry Contractor for Melrose homes

Melrose grew up around the railroad, and its Victorian homes show it. The Melrose Highlands, the oldest and northernmost neighborhood with its own commuter rail stop, along with streets around Downtown and the Grove Street area, are full of late 19th century houses with tall brick chimneys, porches and stone or brick front steps. Many of those chimneys now carry more than a century of weather.

The city's edges are rocky and green. The Middlesex Fells Reservation runs along the west side and Mount Hood rises in the southeast near the Saugus line, so neighborhoods like the East Side, Mount Hood and Wyoming include sloped lots where steps climb from the street and walls hold back yards. Ell Pond sits near the center of the city.

Typical Melrose calls are for Victorian chimneys with loose top courses, porch and front steps that have settled away from the house, and old stone walls that need resetting. We also help owners who are repainting a Victorian handle the masonry at the same time, since the same company does both. Doing the two together avoids painting trim or porch columns that will get splashed with mortar a month later, and it means one schedule instead of two contractors working around each other. Salt on Melrose's hilly streets in winter also makes front steps a frequent repair.