Bill Guardino Brick & Stone Pointing Chimney Repairs

We have a beautiful 1940s Brick Cape that has stood the test of 70 years; a few years back in 2009 we hired Bill Guardino to repoint our chimney and one small exterior area. They did show up for two weeks after the scheduled start date; when they did arrive it was Bill and his Son; they did a terrible job that looked like it was a weekend DIY project; the mortar was applied by hand leaving a sloppy appearance and risk of water ingress; per the pictures my wife took and for the FOUR (4) hours they spent here its abundantly clear they did not even grind out or surface any of the existing mortar! I was not happy with the work but he had my money and I had little recourse except to wait until it fails and redo the work....according to my recent call with Bill Guardino I should be happy to have FIVE (5) years out of his work...since I paid 1500 that is $300/year; woohoo I made it SEVEN (7) years at a cost savings of 215/year!!

The Guardino family sold us hook line and sinker...wife said this is a family business for 30 year and our repointing work is guaranteed for "life"....DONT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID!

PICTURES...Shoddy Finger Work next to Real Masonry / Current State / Agreement showing scope, cost, date.

He took an $800 deposit, and five months later hadn't shown up to do the work. He kept calling to say that he was way behind. I finally asked for my money back, and a month later, I finally received it. My neighbor also hired him at the same time I did, and he did finally come sometime in the spring, a year later. He did nice work. If you're okay with possibly waiting a while, I guess this guy would be a good choice.

Cost 2x original estimate, took 3 months when quoted a week, falling apart, ruined my lawn.
Now I need to hire somebody else to fix the substandard work.
Do yourself and your sanity a favor and hire somebody else!

I recently had work done to my home by Bill Guardino Masonry Contractors, the work was Phenomenal. I say that because before he rebuilt my chimney, it used to lean over the roof of my home. He answered all of my questions in great detail, explained the job whenever I requested, he was also very knowledgeable of the wide variety of bricks and genral masonry products. I noticed a previous bad review on this site, witch prompted me to right this one as an EXTREMELY satisfied customer of Bill Guardino's. Thank You again Bill!!!