Terms — a Written Scope and a Firm Figure
When a figure becomes a commitment, what the ladder can find, how frost sets the schedule, and who is on your roof. Read it once, before the first cold snap.
The scope is written after the look
A range given on the phone comes off the table on the repair page, and it is offered as nothing more than a range. The written scope follows the visit: it names each repair, the part of the stack it belongs to, and a firm figure for it, and once written it should hold. Where a cheaper fix will genuinely last, the scope should say so.
What the ladder finds
Frost decides the schedule
Mortar cures in warmth, so masonry work runs March to November. Shoulder-season jobs are scheduled around frost and fresh work is covered while it cures. A job pushed by weather is rescheduled, not rushed, because mortar laid in the wrong week is mortar laid twice.
The roof, and photos of it
Roof access is part of the scope. Where the pitch or the height calls for staging or a lift, it should be named on the scope with its cost rather than discovered on the day. You should never need to climb; ask for photographs from before, during and after, which are how you see the work.
Closing dates come first
Inspections tied to a sale get first claim on the calendar, so say the closing date on the form. The report is written for the transaction; how it is used in the negotiation is between you and the other party, and the buyer's guide walks through the usual routes.
Six towns
Lexington, Georgetown, Nicholasville, Versailles, Winchester and Richmond. Elsewhere in the Bluegrass, ask on the form; the answer comes ahead of any booking, and no mileage line is found on the scope afterward.
Who is on the roof
This website is the doorbell. The mason who climbs the ladder is the mason who writes the scope and does the work, and the masonry is theirs to stand behind. Ask for proof of insurance before the ladder goes up; anyone working two stories above your lawn should expect the question.
Guides versus the scope
The cost guides, the anatomy of a chimney and the town pages explain how masonry ages in Kentucky weather and what repairs tend to cost here. They are background. The written scope for your stack is the only commitment.
In force from 15 September 2026.