Craftsman setting stone in a freshly built wall
EST. 2010 · LAKE MARTIN

Stone that holds for a hundred winters.

Chacon Masonry builds fireplaces, walls, walkways and chimneys with the same hand-laid technique we've practiced for sixteen years on Lake Martin. No shortcuts. No imitation.

16

Years building

1,400+

Projects completed

100%

Hand-laid, no shortcuts

Our craft

We work with stone the way nature intended it to look.

Every wall begins at our yard. We pick stone by hand — face and weight — because a wall is only as honest as the rock that built it.

Then comes the slow work: dry-set, mortared, pointed and washed. No veneers stapled over plywood. No factory-cut "stack stone" pretending to be the real thing.

What we leave behind has to look like it grew there. And it has to stand long after we're gone.

"If a wall can't outlive the man who built it, he hasn't built a wall — he's built a problem."
— SALVADOR CHACON, 2018

Selected work

Recent builds

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Indoor Fireplace, Lake Martin

INTERIOR · 2023

Indoor Fireplace, Lake Martin

Steppers with Fieldstone

HARDSCAPE · 2022

Steppers with Fieldstone

Flagstone Firepit/Patio

OUTDOOR LIVING · 2026

Flagstone Firepit/Patio

Services

From a single hearth to a half-mile of garden wall.

01

Fireplaces & chimneys

Indoor and outdoor hearths, full chimney rebuilds, liners and crowns.

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02

Stone walls

Dry-stack, mortared and retaining walls in fieldstone, limestone and bluestone.

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03

Patios & walkways

Bluestone, brick and flagstone laid on proper bed, set to last.

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04

Restoration

Repointing, stone replacement and historic restoration.

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05

Outdoor kitchens

Built-in grills, wood-fired ovens, stone counters, and seating walls. We coordinate plumbing, gas and electric.

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06

Custom stonework

Pillars, mailboxes, water features and one-of-a-kind features.

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Portrait of a Chacon craftsman

How we work

A slow trade, done well.

  1. 01

    Site visit

    We walk the site, listen to what you want, and read the land. Free, no obligation.

  2. 02

    Design & estimate

    A clear written proposal with stone selection, scope and a real timeline.

  3. 03

    Build

    Hand-laid, course by course, on a proper footing. Cleaned, pointed and washed.

  4. 04

    Stand back

    Walk the work with you. Then leave you with something that outlives the builder.

From our clients

"Twenty years on, the patio looks better than the day they finished it. That's the only review that matters."

Margaret H.

Alexander City, AL

"Salvador and his crew rebuilt our lakehouse chimney exactly the way it was meant to be. Quiet, careful, immaculate."

David & Anne P.

Eclectic, AL

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