Paving and masonry in Essex County
Piedmont, cut through by the Watchung ridge. Home ground, and the county we know best.
Working in Essex County
Essex County is home. We are based in Montclair, so most of this county is a short drive and a same week estimate rather than a scheduling exercise. It is also the county whose ground we know best, and that matters more than it sounds: the Watchung ridge runs right through the middle of it, so a driveway in Montclair or West Orange is often a drainage problem before it is a paving problem.
Housing here runs old. Large parts of Montclair, Glen Ridge, Maplewood and South Orange were built before the Second World War, which means narrow driveways, original stone steps and stoops that have taken eighty or more winters, and front walks that were never built for the loads they carry now. Repair and matching existing material comes up far more often here than it does in postwar suburbs.
What we are called for most in Essex County
Towns we cover in Essex County
Montclair, Bloomfield, West Orange, Livingston, Millburn, Maplewood, Nutley, Verona, Glen Ridge, Cedar Grove, South Orange, Caldwell, and the rest of the county.
We have a page for each of our closest towns in Essex County: Montclair, Verona, Glen Ridge, Bloomfield, Nutley, Cedar Grove, West Orange, Livingston, Millburn and Short Hills, Maplewood, South Orange.
Questions we get asked here
Do you charge for an estimate in Essex County?
No. Estimates are free anywhere we work, and in Essex County they are usually quick to arrange because we are based in Montclair.
Why do so many Essex County driveways have drainage problems?
The Watchung ridge runs through the middle of the county, so a large number of properties sit on a slope. Water arrives from uphill whether or not the driveway was graded to deal with it, and on an older driveway it usually was not.
Can you match the stonework on an older Essex County house?
Usually closely. Much of Montclair, Glen Ridge, Maplewood and South Orange is pre war, and the original stone has weathered for decades, so an exact match is rare. We will show you the nearest option before anything is ordered.
Around Essex County
Essex County sits in the middle of everything we do. Morris County, Bergen County, Passaic County, Union County all border it or sit a short run away, and we move between them constantly. If you are on a county line and unsure which page applies to you, it makes no practical difference: the drive is the same and so is the price.
If you already know what you need, the service pages go into the detail: paving and driveways, masonry and hardscape, or what actually drives the price if you are comparing quotes from several contractors.
Estimates in Essex County
Estimates are free and done in person. Being based here means we can usually look at a job in Essex County within the same week.
Got a job in Essex County?
Call (973) 489-3642 and we will tell you what it actually needs.