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Folsom Concrete & Masonry is Citrus Heights' masonry contractor for brick wall installation, concrete flatwork repair, and chimney repair. We have served the Sacramento area since 2015, working on the postwar ranch homes and mid-century single-family properties that fill Citrus Heights neighborhoods on both sides of Sunrise Boulevard and Greenback Lane.
Many Citrus Heights ranch homes from the 1960s and 1970s have original brick garden walls, planter borders, and front-entry features that are now showing 50-plus years of weather and soil movement. Whether you are repairing an existing brick wall or adding a new one, our brick wall installation work is built on a proper footing designed for the clay soil conditions common throughout this city.
Citrus Heights homes built in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s were poured on the expansive clay soils that cover this area of Sacramento County. Decades of seasonal swelling and shrinking put real stress on slab foundations and perimeter walls. We diagnose the specific movement pattern at each property and repair the structure at its source rather than patching visible cracks that will reappear after the next winter.
Most concrete driveways, walkways, and patios in Citrus Heights are original to homes built 40 to 60 years ago - and at that age, cracking from clay soil movement and tree root intrusion is normal, not a sign of unusual damage. We replace cracked sections, re-compact the base, and pour new concrete with proper joint spacing so it lasts instead of cracking within a few seasons.
Mid-century Citrus Heights homes were often built with fireplaces as a standard feature, and those original chimneys are now 50 to 70 years old. Summer heat above 100 degrees dries out and cracks mortar joints, and the heavy winter rains that follow push water into every gap. We repair crowns, repoint mortar joints, and replace damaged caps before the fall so your fireplace is ready for use all season.
Citrus Heights lots are generally modest in size, but properties with any grade change face real pressure from clay soil against retaining walls during wet winters. Older concrete block walls from the 1960s and 1970s are often at or past the end of their useful life. We build replacements with proper drainage designed for the seasonal water movement in this area.
Brick chimneys, brick planters, and block walls on Citrus Heights homes built before 1980 have mortar that is well past its typical 25-to-30-year useful life. Sacramento summer heat and the seasonal wet-dry cycle accelerate mortar breakdown on older masonry. We remove crumbling mortar and pack fresh material matched to the original so the repair holds and blends in.
Citrus Heights is one of the older built-out suburbs in the Sacramento metro, and the age of its housing stock is the single biggest driver of masonry demand here. The city developed almost entirely between the 1950s and 1980s, meaning the bulk of its homes are 40 to 70 years old. Original concrete driveways, brick chimneys, and block garden walls from that era are at or past the point where maintenance is no longer optional. The homes themselves are structurally sound in most cases, but the masonry elements - flatwork, chimneys, walls - wear out on a different timeline than the wood-frame structure, and that timeline has arrived in a lot of Citrus Heights neighborhoods.
The soil compounds every age-related issue. Clay-heavy soil under the Sacramento region swells when the winter rains arrive - Citrus Heights gets roughly 20 inches of annual rainfall, most of it between November and March - and then shrinks and contracts during the long, hot summers where temperatures routinely exceed 100 degrees. That cycle repeats every year and puts relentless pressure on concrete slabs, brick footings, and foundation perimeters. Mature trees in older neighborhoods add another factor: root systems that have had 40 or 50 years to grow under driveways and walkways are a leading cause of cracked and lifted concrete in this city. Understanding the difference between a repair that addresses only the visible damage and one that accounts for the root or soil cause is what separates a fix that lasts from one that fails in two years.
Our crew works throughout Citrus Heights regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect masonry work here. The city's single-family neighborhoods sit on streets that radiate east and west from Sunrise Boulevard and Greenback Lane, and the housing character changes somewhat as you move from the older streets near the Auburn Boulevard corridor toward the newer sections closer to Folsom. We pull permits through the City of Citrus Heights for structural work and know the permit requirements here. Because most of the housing stock is older and similar in construction, we rarely encounter surprises on a Citrus Heights job - the clay soil conditions, the flatwork age, and the chimney construction are predictable once you have seen enough homes here.
Rusch Community Park and the surrounding streets on the city's west side are typical of the older, established neighborhoods we work in most often - single-story ranch houses on modest lots with original concrete flatwork and brick chimneys that have been in service for five decades. The neighborhoods closer to the Folsom border on the eastern end of the city are slightly newer and tend to have fewer clay soil problems but more stucco exteriors that crack around window trim and chimney bases.
We serve the neighboring community of Sacramento to the south, which has a similar mix of postwar housing with aging concrete and masonry. We also work regularly in Fair Oaks, which borders Citrus Heights to the east and shares the same Sacramento County clay soil conditions.
Tell us what you are seeing - cracked driveway, damaged chimney, a brick wall that is leaning - and we schedule an on-site visit, typically within one business day of your call. Most Citrus Heights jobs are straightforward to access, but mention any driveway or side-yard restrictions so we arrive with the right setup.
We assess the masonry, the condition of the base or soil underneath it, and any root or drainage factors that could affect the repair. We explain what we find and give you a written estimate before any work starts. For flatwork on older homes, we tell you upfront if the base needs re-compaction - that affects both cost and longevity, and you should know before committing.
If the work requires a City of Citrus Heights permit, we submit the application and track approval - typically one to two weeks - before the crew begins. We give you a confirmed start date once the permit is cleared. You do not need to manage the permit process yourself.
The crew works to the agreed schedule, cleans up debris before leaving, and walks you through the completed work. For concrete flatwork and mortar work, we give you a written curing timeline - including how long to keep the area dry - so the repair has the best chance of lasting. Most residential jobs in Citrus Heights finish in one to three days.
We serve Citrus Heights homeowners with on-site assessments and written estimates. Call us or request a free estimate online - we respond within one business day.
(279) 235-1871Citrus Heights is a city of about 87,000 to 90,000 residents in northeastern Sacramento County, bordered by Roseville to the north, Folsom to the east, Fair Oaks to the southeast, and Sacramento to the south and west. The city incorporated in 1997, but its neighborhoods were developed decades earlier during Sacramento's postwar suburban expansion. That history makes Citrus Heights one of the more mature residential cities in the region - almost entirely built out, with very little undeveloped land and a housing stock that is overwhelmingly single-family detached homes on modest lots. Most homes are one-story ranch houses, though two-story tract homes from the 1970s and 1980s appear throughout. Sunrise MarketPlace along Sunrise Boulevard serves as the city's main commercial hub, and nearly every resident navigates the Sunrise Boulevard and Greenback Lane corridors daily.
The residential character of the city varies somewhat by neighborhood, but most blocks share a common profile - modest front yards, attached garages, concrete driveways, and homes that have been in the same family for one or two generations. About 55 to 60 percent of housing units are owner-occupied, meaning most of the people who live here have a real stake in maintaining their properties. The areas near Rusch Community Park on the west side of the city tend to have the oldest housing stock, while the eastern sections near the Folsom boundary are slightly newer. We serve Citrus Heights as part of our broader Sacramento region coverage, working alongside our presence in neighboring Orangevale, which shares the same clay soil conditions and similar mid-century housing character.
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Learn MoreFrom aging concrete driveways to 50-year-old brick chimneys, Folsom Concrete & Masonry handles the masonry work that older Citrus Heights homes need. Call us or request a free estimate online.