Working in Wilmington
Wilmington properties come with Wilmington problems. City lots are narrow, access runs through side yards and alleys, and a great deal of the housing stock predates any thought of positive drainage away from a foundation. We quote with material staging and haul-out already accounted for, because on a row-home block that is half the labor.
North of the city line the work changes character. Brandywine Hundred lots are larger, the grade rolls, and 1950s and 60s construction has settled into soggy low corners that were never piped. Retaining walls, regrading, and patios on sloped rear yards are the jobs we are called for most in 19803 and 19810.
The older brick and stone housing here also means veneer and repointing work reads naturally rather than looking applied. When we build a patio behind a 1920s Wilmington home we will usually push toward bluestone or clay brick over concrete pavers, because it sits correctly against the architecture.
