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"Chuy did an excellent job repairing my outdoor fireplace. He was on time, clean and very polite. Would highly recommend Chuy's Tuckpointing. Larry Frankfort, Illinois 05-09-2022"

"Service call went very well. Anthony D. and Brandon arrived promptly and were very courteous. I explained to Anthony what services were requested and discussed quote recd ( including discount) for services from office. Anthony assessed fireplace and explained what needed to be done and then he went up on roof. Anthony explained about issues with chimney stack and he shared pictures which were very helpful for me to see what needed to be done. I requested photos of before and after work done on chimney stack be sent to me, Anthony said they would be sent. I'm very pleased with Anthony's communication about recommendations for fireplace and chimney and for his work done on the chimney. I am very pleased with Brandon's work on the interior fireplace. I would highly recommend this company and team Anthony and Brandon!"

"Ben and Chase did an excellent job in cleaning our three fireplaces. They were extremely thorough, gave great explanations of what they were doing, highlighted different areas that still needed attention that we could do either that day or wait in the future. Very easy to deal with. Great job guys."

"Look No Further ~ I am a first time home buyer rehabbing my kitchen, the most important room in the house. From start to finish New Stone Design was the easiest, most convenient, professional company I worked with. From choosing the quartz and granite with Angelica to pricing with Greg to measuring with Merik to the installers I knew I was in good hands. I was never stressed and always knew they had my best interest. The quality of my Quartz and Granite to the expertise of the installers is unsurpassed. I highly recommend New Stone Design to EVERYONE'S needs."

"Affordable Tuckpointing Pros did a great job fixing our chimney issues at a good price. They are very nice and I would hire them again.
My only suggestion is that they bring brick samples to the customer rather than expecting them to drive to a brickyard to pick from thousands of options. If they had brought the brick samples to my house in October, we could have made the decision and had all the work done by early Dec.
Details of job:
The bricks at the top of the chimney were crumbling so they came out and looked in the chimney and examined the outside (Oct. 11).  They provided me with a great option to fix the immediate problems rather than replacing the entire chimney.  No high pressure sales which I appreciated.  I received the quote the same day via email.  The only inconvenient thing that happened was matching the bricks and this held up getting the job done by 2 months.  They sent me a couple pictures, but then said the one that looked to be the best match wasn't available. So they told me to go to a brick yard (which had very limited daytime/weekday hours) to try to match the brick. The one near my house didn't have many options.  The big brick yard was very far away.  I tried the one nearby but even that place had too many bricks and no samples of the style from the pictures that Affordable emailed to me.  WIthout samples from my chimney, it was not possible for them to show me options at the brickyard.  The Affordable folks did finally bring 3-4 samples to my house and we made a decision in 5 seconds when we put them next to the brick on the fireplace. 
We had to wait a couple weeks for the bricks and an open time for the workers, but they got the first phase of the job done in 1.5 days in mid Dec.  They had to leave 2x4 boards around the cement crown for a couple weeks for it to set before they could finish the job of putting the chimney caps on.  Because of terrible winter weather, they were not able to come and finish that until March.
The chimney looks great.


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"From the very first appointment, I found her to be either late or call and reschedule at the last minute. On at least a couple of occasions, I had told her I wanted to be present when she came to the house. She did not and just came by one day and planted the 2 replacements. The ball stuck out of the ground on both bushes and in spite of my best efforts, did not make it. .
I gave up trying to get Maria to come and replace them and finally used another service to get them replaced at a cost of approx. $280. I mentioned this to Maria in an email and she promised to reimburse me $100. That was almost 2 months ago and my email reminders to her have gone unanswered since then. I even mentioned that I would be submitting a review and that too did not work
I do not like giving bad reviews because I know how difficult it is for small businesses to succeed but in this case, I feel like it is justified - at least in my particular case.
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"CMM installed a garage heater for me. Chuck came out and did a free estimate which I received the next day. The price was good ($800 cheaper than other estimate) and included gas and electrical hook up and venting. Jeff came and installed unit. Everything went smooth and he left everything neat and clean. Very happy and would recommend to others."

"Great, I have not had any issues whatsoever, now six years later I can confidently say, great job, no leaks or water seeping through now."

"Pryor Construction was previously owned by a neighbor of ours, and following a competitive bidding process in 2006, we contracted with them for nearly $300,000 of work on a major kitchen and bath renovation for the back portion of our 100 year old home. In general, their work was excellent, and together with the oversight of our architect, the addition integrated nicely with the original century old woodwork. Although like any major project there were points of disagreement as to the results of his work, we were ultimately able to reach reasonable accommodations for remediations. That is until a few years ago when we noticed cracks in the bottom concrete step off of our back porch, which they constructed. While this is the newest concrete installation it was unlike anything we experienced with any of the other concrete installed at this house which we have owned for over twenty-five years. We patched it and hoped that would be the end of it. One year later the crack extended across the entire step, both horizontally and vertically. Upon further inspection we realized that the poured concrete step contained clay bricks evidently as a filler, and it is said that their inclusion resulted in the premature failure. We notified Pryor Construction of apparent substandard construction practice, but never heard back from them. Two years later, and the deterioration of the step continued such that we had to undertake a more comprehensive remediation. In the course of demolishing the existing concrete work, we came to realize that the steps did not contain a random brick or two, but clay bricks were an integral part of the concrete work. Full sized bricks were present throughout the concrete, not broken up to even imitate an aggregate, but complete bricks were used in lieu of concrete, which I believe is more expensive than brick. When we presented Pryor Construction with an invoice for the cost of the remediation efforts including over 1,500 pounds of concrete, and related costs of labor and materials for demolition and reconstruction, the prior owner Pete Pryor,denied that his work was substandard and refused to pay our costs. Note that no bricks were part of this extensive renovation, so they had to have been brought in specifically as a filler for the concrete step. It seems that Pete Pryor sold the business several years ago, and is evidently no longer affiliated with the company. The current management of Pryor Construction simply refused to respond to my communications. It may be practical and financially advantageous to obfuscate responsibility for such items as a: an unevenly laid plank floor; or a prematurely rotting section of a porch, in order to negotiate a cost of full remediation. The hiding/substituting of brick for concrete, is simply a fact that is irrefutable. Based upon the opinion of disinterested experts, this is a substandard construction practice, which led to the the premature failure of the concrete step. The fact that Pryor Construction then failed to immediately take responsibility for at best an obvious breakdown in their internal quality control procedures, while continuing to hold himself out as the “ Renovator of choice” who “PROVIDE QUALITY WORKMANSHIP”, is really alarming and and in my opinion is a false claim. Although our architect provided construction management oversight, even the best can miss things in areas where construction practices are presumed to be standard and straightforward. Given the length of time since the work was done and for the deterioration of the steps to become noticeable, I doubt if it is covered by any form warranty, so I can not pursue any additional steps for compensation. My suggestion is that existing and potential clients of Pryor Construction question current management as to what might have happened in this case, so they are well informed of the risks they are undertaking, and the level of oversight which may be required."

"We contracted 41 North Builders after our architect received bids from four other companies. They were the lowest bid, and after meeting John, he was very flexible and allowed us to buy our own finishes to save money. We made alot of changes along the way, which probably pushed back some of the work. John was great at keeping us informed of the progress (as we couldn't be on-site), and overall, we were very happy with the end-result. I would highly recommend 41 North Builders for small or large jobs."