Show the craft, in brick and in stone.
A homeowner has a garden wall to rebuild and a stone gable to mend. They search for someone who works with brick and with stone. They want to see walls that look good up close. Then they want an easy way to describe the job.
Work to show off
Each slot below is a place for your own photos.
- Walls for new buildsPhoto slot
- Garden and boundary wallsPhoto slot
- Brick repairs and repointingPhoto slot
- Stone walls and repairsPhoto slot
- Arches and lintelsPhoto slot
- Piers and gate postsPhoto slot
- Retaining wallsPhoto slot
- Garden features in stonePhoto slot
- Matching old brickworkPhoto slot
- Porches and small brick additionsPhoto slot
What people want to know
Does the finish look right?
Brick and stone are judged by eye, up close. Close-up photos of joints, corners and courses let a customer see the care that went into the wall.
Can you match old work?
Repairs and extensions often need new brick to sit beside old. Photos of mends that blend in, and a line on how you match colour and bond, answer this worry.
Do you take small jobs?
Some customers need a whole house and others need a few bricks replaced. Say what size of job you take on, and nobody is left guessing.
How does a customer describe the job?
Most people do not know the words for what they need. A form with simple choices, such as repair, new wall or garden feature, helps them start.
Proof that wins the quote
Close-up photos
Tight photos of joints, corners and edges, taken in side light, show craft that a wide photo hides.
Whole-wall photos
A step-back photo of the finished wall, in its setting, shows how it sits with the house or garden.
Mended walls
An old wall and the same wall after repair, side by side. The mend should be hard to find.
Notes from customers
Short notes from people who live with your walls, set beside the right photos, just as they wrote them.
Registrations and memberships
Masons sometimes hold a registration or a membership. Should you hold one, it gets a clear spot of its own on the page. We add nothing that you have not told us.
The pages we build
- Home
A close photo of fine brick or stone work, a line on what you build and a button to describe a job.
- Brickwork
Walls, arches and features in brick, shown close up and from a step back.
- Stonework
Stone walls and repairs shown the same way, with a line on the stone used.
- Repairs and matching
How you mend old walls so new work sits in. Before and after photos do most of the talking.
- About the mason
The person at the wall, with a photo and a few lines about the work you like best.
- Describe your job
A form with simple choices for the type of job, the material and the size of the wall.
Planning ahead
Mortar likes mild, dry weather, so much of the work happens from spring to autumn. Cold snaps and heavy rain slow things down. Winter is a good time for a customer to plan and ask about a wall, so keep the page fresh for them.
Deposits and final payments
A wall job is often short and paid in full at the end. A larger build is paid in parts. Either way, a card machine on site lets a customer pay as soon as the wall is done, and you leave with the job closed.
The terms, in full
- Card machine £25 + VAT a month, paid to our payment provider.
- Website, domain, hosting and one business mailbox included while you keep the machine.
- Minimum term as set by the payment provider's agreement: 3 months for a sole trader, 18 months for a limited company.
- Extra mailboxes £25 a year.
- Stop the machine and we offer to keep the website live at £20 a month.
Quick answers
Should the photos be close or wide?
Both. A close photo shows the joints and corners, and a wide photo shows how the wall sits in its place. We pair them on the page.
Can the site show brick and stone apart?
Yes. Each material can have its own page, so a visitor with a stone cottage does not scroll past garden walls to find what they need.
What if repairs are part of the work?
Then repairs get a page of their own. A customer with a crumbling wall wants to see mends, not new builds.
Can the site list the materials you use?
If you wish. A short list of the stone and brick you like to work with helps customers picture the finish. We take the list from you.
Must the site show prices?
No. Walls vary too much for one price, so many masons ask for a look first. We leave out numbers unless you give them to us.
How do new jobs get on the page?
Send photos and a line when a wall is done. We pick the right gallery, add them and keep the older work below.
See your website before you decide.
Tell us about your business. We build the website first, free, and show you. Then we compare your card rate and you decide.
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