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PMN Pomona Masonry has served San Dimas homeowners with walkway construction, retaining walls, chimney repair, and brick work since 2017. Whether your home sits on a flat lot near the 57 freeway or on a sloped property closer to San Dimas Canyon, we respond within one business day and know what foothill homes in this city need.
San Dimas ranch-style homes from the 1960s and 1970s often have original concrete walkways that have cracked, settled, or heaved from decades of clay soil movement and summer heat. Our walkway construction service replaces or rebuilds those paths using materials and construction methods that hold up to the foothill conditions here, including proper base compaction and edge restraints.
Properties near San Dimas Canyon and the northern foothills frequently have sloped lots with older block or timber retaining walls that have shifted as the clay soil beneath them expanded and contracted over the years. A new masonry retaining wall with drainage built in solves the drainage problem at the same time it restores the stability of the slope.
San Dimas homes built in the 1950s and 1960s still have their original brick chimneys in many cases. After 60 or more years of San Gabriel Valley summers and the occasional light frost, mortar joints on these chimneys have often crumbled enough to allow water infiltration - a problem that gets worse quickly once rain starts finding its way into the structure.
Older San Dimas homes with brick planters, mailbox pillars, garden walls, and porch columns frequently show cracking and spalling after years of exposure to intense sun and the soil movement that comes with clay-heavy ground. Catching those repairs early prevents what starts as a cosmetic issue from becoming a structural one.
Tuckpointing - repointing deteriorated mortar joints between brick or block without disturbing the masonry units themselves - is the right solution for San Dimas homes where the brick is still sound but the mortar is crumbling. It is significantly less expensive than rebuilding and restores the waterproof barrier that keeps wet winter rain from penetrating older masonry walls.
The concrete driveways on many San Dimas homes are original to the 1960s or 1970s construction and show the effects of decades of clay soil movement and UV exposure. Paver surfaces installed over a properly prepared base flex with minor soil movement better than poured concrete slabs, reducing the chance of cracking that leads to another full replacement in 10 or 15 years.
San Dimas sits at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, where the flat valley floor meets the canyon foothills. Homes in the southern part of the city, near Via Verde and the 57 freeway, are mostly on flat lots with ranch-style construction from the 1960s and 1970s. Homes in the northern parts, near San Dimas Canyon, are on steeper terrain with more exposure to wind and fire risk. Most of the city's housing stock is 40 to 75 years old - an age range where concrete flatwork, original brick chimneys, and masonry walls commonly need professional attention for the first time or for overdue repairs.
Expansive clay soils under most San Dimas properties cause seasonal movement that puts stress on everything from driveways to garden walls to foundations. Summer heat regularly pushes above 95 degrees Fahrenheit, accelerating the breakdown of mortar and caulk. The wet winter season - most of the city's roughly 16 inches of annual rainfall arrives between November and March - then drives moisture into every gap that summer opened up. A masonry contractor who understands this cycle builds and repairs differently than one who does not account for it.
Our crew works throughout San Dimas regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect masonry work here. Permits for structural masonry, retaining walls, and chimney rebuilds in San Dimas are processed through the City of San Dimas Community Development Department. We identify permit requirements at the assessment stage and handle the application and inspection coordination so the homeowner does not have to navigate that process.
San Dimas is easy to reach from our Pomona base - the 57 freeway connects the two cities directly, and most neighborhoods are within a 15-minute drive. The city is oriented around Via Verde in the south, Arrow Highway through the middle corridor, and San Dimas Canyon Road running north toward the mountains. We work across all of these neighborhoods and are just as familiar with the flat older tracts near the freeway as we are with the hillside lots closer to the canyon. We also regularly serve homeowners in adjacent La Verne, which borders San Dimas to the west and has a very similar housing age and clay soil profile.
San Dimas has a high owner-occupancy rate and many long-term residents - people who have lived in the same home for 20 or 30 years and have a real stake in keeping it in good condition. Those homeowners tend to ask good questions, want to understand the repair approach, and care about how long the work will last. That suits us well, because we build and repair masonry to last.
Reach us by phone or through the contact form. We respond within one business day and can typically schedule a site visit in San Dimas within the same week.
We inspect the site in person, assess soil and drainage conditions where relevant, and provide a written, line-item estimate before any commitment is made. No cost and no obligation.
We handle permit applications where required and complete the work with the crew and materials specified in the estimate. Homeowners do not need to be present for most masonry work, though we are happy to walk through the project at any stage.
We clean the work area thoroughly when the job is done, remove all debris, and walk the finished work with the homeowner before closing out the project.
PMN Pomona Masonry serves all of San Dimas. Call or send a message and we will get back to you within one business day.
San Dimas is a city of about 34,000 people in the eastern San Gabriel Valley, sitting where the valley floor meets the San Gabriel Mountains. It is bordered by La Verne to the west, Glendora to the east, and the mountains to the north. The city is perhaps best known outside the region for Raging Waters, one of California's largest water parks, which sits near Via Verde in the southern part of the city. San Dimas Canyon in the north gives residents direct access to mountain trails and a regional park that have been part of local life for generations.
The housing stock in San Dimas is predominantly single-family ranch homes built between the 1950s and 1980s, with larger lots than many neighboring cities. About two-thirds of homes are owner-occupied, and many residents have lived in the city for decades. The northern neighborhoods near the foothills tend to have more varied terrain - sloped lots, terraced yards, and older retaining structures - while the southern and central parts of the city are flatter and more uniform in character. Nearby West Covina to the south and east shares some of the same postwar housing character, though San Dimas sits notably closer to the mountains and has the canyon terrain that sets it apart.
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Learn MoreFrom walkway construction to chimney repair and retaining walls, PMN Pomona Masonry serves all of San Dimas. Call today and we will schedule a site visit within the week.