Serving Aliso Viejo, CA and surrounding areas. (949) 749-0948
Premier Aliso Viejo Concrete & Masonry serves Tustin with brick repair, concrete block walls, retaining wall construction, and masonry restoration - whether your home is a Victorian in Old Town or a newer build in Tustin Legacy. We respond within 1 business day.
Old Town Tustin has some of the oldest brick structures in Orange County, with homes and buildings dating to the 1880s and 1890s. Our brick repair work accounts for the softer brick and older mortar profiles found in these historic properties, replacing damaged units with matched material so repairs blend in rather than stand out.
Mortar joints in Tustin's older 1950s and 1960s tract homes are reaching the end of their service life, and deteriorating joints let water in during winter storms. Tuckpointing restores the weathertight joint before water has a chance to soften the brick behind it.
Block walls between properties are standard throughout Tustin's residential neighborhoods, and many of the walls built in the 1950s and 1960s are now cracking or leaning from clay soil movement. We install replacement walls with proper footings that account for Tustin's soil conditions.
Tustin Legacy has hilly terrain in some areas where retaining walls hold back slopes between homes. Properly built retaining walls with drainage channels behind them prevent soil from loading onto the wall during wet winters and reduce the pressure that causes leaning over time.
Postwar tract homes from the 1950s and 1960s in Tustin often have brick or block features - planters, entry columns, and low garden walls - that have been weathering for 60 or more years. Restoration at this stage is far less costly than full replacement, and it preserves the original character of these homes.
Tustin's expansive clay soils are one of the leading causes of foundation movement in Orange County. Homes near Old Town that were built in the early to mid 1900s on older foundation systems are particularly susceptible to differential settlement as the soils shift through wet and dry cycles each year.
Tustin is one of the more age-diverse cities in Orange County when it comes to housing. Old Town has some of the oldest homes in the county - Victorians and Craftsman bungalows built between the 1880s and 1920s - that sit alongside postwar tract homes from the 1950s and 1960s, and then the much newer Tustin Legacy development on the former Marine Corps base that produced thousands of homes from the 2000s through the 2010s. Each of these housing generations needs different masonry care. The oldest homes require lime-based mortars and careful matching of older soft brick profiles. The mid-century homes have concrete block walls and stucco that have been settling and cracking for 50 to 60 years. Newer Tustin Legacy homes are approaching the age where flatwork and exterior masonry features need their first round of serious attention.
The soil throughout Tustin is dominated by the same expansive clay found across much of inland Orange County. This clay swells when it absorbs the winter rains and then contracts during the long, dry summer. That cyclical movement is behind most of the cracked driveways, leaning block walls, and uneven concrete flatwork you see in Tustin's older neighborhoods. The summer heat - regularly in the 90s with intense UV - also dries out mortar joints faster than in cooler areas, so joints that were fine five years ago may now be the entry point for winter water damage. Santa Ana winds add another layer: the same older block walls that have been slowly weakening from soil movement can fail entirely in a strong wind event.
Our crew works throughout Tustin regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect masonry work here. The variation between Tustin's housing stock - from Old Town Victorians to Tustin Legacy townhomes - means we rarely run two jobs the same way. Old Town structures near El Camino Real often require coordination with the Tustin historic preservation program before exterior masonry work can proceed, and we are familiar with that review process.
Tustin sits in the middle of Orange County with easy access via the 5 and 55 freeways, so we can get to jobs across the city without long travel times. The Tustin Marketplace area, Old Town along El Camino Real, and the Tustin Legacy neighborhoods near the former blimp hangars are all areas we know well from regular jobs. We pull permits through the City of Tustin Building Division for all work that requires them.
We also serve the adjacent communities that share Tustin's housing profile. If your property is in Irvine or near Laguna Beach, we cover those areas as well.
Contact us by phone or through the form and we will reply within 1 business day. Letting us know whether you are in Old Town, a postwar neighborhood, or Tustin Legacy helps us bring the right assessment approach.
We visit the property, evaluate the masonry condition, check soil and drainage factors, and give you a written quote at no charge. For Old Town properties, we note whether historic review will be required before flagging the timeline.
We handle city permit applications for all work that requires them and confirm your start date only after permits are in hand. You stay informed through the process without having to manage it yourself.
We complete the work on schedule and walk you through the finished result before leaving. The site is cleaned up and you get a clear picture of exactly what was done and why.
We serve Old Town Tustin, the postwar neighborhoods, and Tustin Legacy. No obligation - just a clear written quote.
(949) 749-0948Tustin is a mid-size city of about 80,000 people in the heart of Orange County, bordered by Santa Ana, Irvine, and Orange. The city has one of the most historically layered housing stocks in the county. Old Town Tustin - the original downtown core along El Camino Real - has Victorian and Craftsman homes dating to the late 1800s, some of which are protected as part of the city's historic preservation program. These neighborhoods have tree-lined streets, character architecture, and buildings that require specialized material knowledge when repairs are needed. The central and eastern parts of the city are dominated by postwar ranch homes and tract houses built through the 1950s and 1970s on concrete slab foundations with stucco exteriors.
The newer Tustin Legacy development in the southern part of the city occupies land that was formerly the Marine Corps Air Station Tustin - the two enormous wooden blimp hangars from that era are still visible from across the Tustin plain. Tustin Legacy homes, built mostly from the 2000s onward, are larger and newer but are reaching the age where masonry flatwork and exterior block walls need their first significant attention. Nearby, Rancho Santa Margarita and Mission Viejo share similar master-planned housing profiles from the same era, and we serve both.
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Learn MoreFrom historic Old Town brick to newer Tustin Legacy block walls, we handle it all. Call today for your free estimate before the rainy season hits.
