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Serving Liberty Lake, WA and surrounding areas. (509) 241-9340
Liberty Lake Concrete & Masonry serves Cheney homeowners with stone masonry, chimney repair, and foundation work, bringing crews who know the Palouse elevation climate and the housing stock near Eastern Washington University since 2017.
Cheney homeowners in newer subdivisions on the outskirts of town increasingly use stone masonry for retaining walls, fireplace surrounds, and exterior accents that stand up to the Palouse climate better than wood or vinyl finishes. Our stone masonry work is built to handle the hard freeze winters at Cheney's elevation, with proper footings and drainage to prevent frost heaving.
A large portion of Cheney's housing stock was built between the 1940s and 1970s, and those homes are now 50 to 80 years old. Older basements in Cheney are prone to moisture intrusion every spring when snowmelt saturates the Palouse soil around the foundation. Horizontal cracks, bowing walls, and stair-step joint failures are the most common signs that a foundation needs attention.
Cheney winters are colder than Spokane proper because of the city's elevation on the Palouse plateau, and chimneys on mid-century homes near the EWU campus take a particularly hard beating from repeated hard freezes. Crown cracking, spalling brick, and failed mortar joints on these chimneys are routine repair calls every spring.
Homes and rental properties near the Eastern Washington University campus often have original mortar joints that have never been repointed. Tuckpointing restores the joint line and seals brick veneer against the moisture that the Palouse climate drives into masonry every fall and winter. It is one of the most cost-effective ways to extend the life of older brick on a Cheney property.
Cheney properties on the edges of town often have sloped yards that require retaining walls to manage soil on lots that grade away from the house. Walls in this climate need footing depths that clear Cheney's frost line and drainage systems that handle both snowmelt and heavy spring rain before pressure builds against the wall face.
Older rental and owner-occupied homes near downtown Cheney often have brick veneer that has seen decades of freeze-thaw cycling without maintenance. Spalling and cracked brick on these properties allows water behind the wythe, which accelerates deterioration in Cheney's cold winters. Replacing damaged units and repointing the surrounding joints stops that cycle.
Cheney sits at roughly 2,400 feet elevation on the Palouse plateau, which puts it at a higher elevation than Spokane and consistently gives it colder, snowier winters. Average annual snowfall runs between 40 and 50 inches, and hard freezes from November through March are the norm. That freeze-thaw cycle is one of the most damaging forces masonry faces. Water gets into small cracks in block walls, mortar joints, and concrete foundations, freezes, expands, and makes those cracks bigger - season after season. A masonry contractor who has not worked in this specific climate may underestimate the footing depth or drainage requirements that Cheney conditions demand.
Cheney's housing is a mix of older mid-century homes near the city core and the Eastern Washington University campus, and newer subdivisions on the outskirts built since the 1990s. The older homes frequently have deferred masonry maintenance and original mortar that has never been repointed. The newer homes are newer, but they face the same climate and need properly installed footings and drainage on any masonry structure that contacts the ground. Property owners near EWU also deal with a mix of owner-occupied and rental properties where maintenance schedules vary widely, making it common to find masonry problems that have been left unaddressed for years.
Our crew works throughout Cheney regularly, and we understand the local conditions that affect masonry contractor work here. Permit-required projects go through the City of Cheney building department, and we handle that paperwork as part of every project that needs it. Cheney is not a large city, but structural masonry work - foundation repairs, retaining walls over height, and attached masonry construction - still requires permits, and having that record matters when you sell the home.
The Eastern Washington University campus shapes Cheney's layout and property mix in ways that affect the masonry work we do here. Homes near the university tend to be older and have more deferred maintenance than properties in the newer subdivisions west of town. Interstate 90 connects Cheney to Spokane quickly, but Cheney is its own city with its own permit office, its own housing stock, and its own set of winter conditions that we plan for specifically on every job. The area near Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge to the south has properties with larger lots and more extensive retaining and stone work needs.
We also serve homeowners in Medical Lake to the north, where a similar small-town housing profile and cold winters create comparable masonry repair needs. One call reaches our team for work across the entire area.
Reach out by phone or through the contact form. We respond within one business day. You do not need to know what the problem is - describe what you are seeing and we handle the rest.
We come to your Cheney home, inspect the work area, and give you a written estimate with full cost details. No obligation and no vague price ranges - you see the full number before deciding whether to move forward.
Once you approve the estimate, we schedule the job and pull any required permits before we start. The crew works cleanly and keeps the site tidy at the end of each day. You do not need to be home for every phase of the work.
When the job is complete, we walk through the finished work with you so you can see everything that was done. The site is cleaned up and we answer any questions before we leave.
We serve all of Cheney, from the neighborhoods near EWU to the newer subdivisions on the west side of town. One call, one team.
(509) 241-9340Cheney is a city of about 12,000 people in Spokane County, situated roughly 16 miles west of Spokane along Interstate 90 on the edge of the Palouse - a region of rolling wheat fields and open plateau land. The city is best known as the home of Eastern Washington University, which has been here since 1882 and is the city's largest employer and the main reason most people in the region know the name Cheney. The university shapes the city's housing market significantly - roughly half of occupied housing units are renter-occupied, mostly students, while the other half are long-term owner-occupied homes belonging to faculty, local workers, and families who chose Cheney specifically because it offers a quieter, more affordable alternative to Spokane.
Cheney's housing stock ranges from older mid-century ranch homes and small two-stories near downtown and the campus to newer subdivisions built since the 1990s on the city's outskirts. A large portion of the in-town homes were built between the 1940s and 1970s and are now 50 to 80 years old - an age where masonry maintenance becomes a regular part of homeownership in a climate as demanding as the Palouse. South of town, the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge provides a well-known natural landmark that residents use regularly for hiking and wildlife watching. We also serve neighboring Post Falls, ID to the east, where a growing residential base and similar climate create comparable masonry needs.
Restore your foundation's strength and stop structural damage before it spreads.
Learn MoreBuild strong retaining walls that control erosion and define your landscape.
Learn MoreAdd a custom masonry fireplace that anchors your living space with warmth.
Learn MoreTransform exterior or interior surfaces with elegant natural stone veneer.
Learn MoreConstruct durable concrete block walls for residential and commercial needs.
Learn MoreInstall solid block wall foundations engineered for lasting structural support.
Learn MoreDesign and build a custom outdoor kitchen built to entertain and endure.
Learn MoreCreate inviting walkways using brick, stone, or pavers for lasting first impressions.
Learn MoreLay custom brick walls that combine timeless style with structural integrity.
Learn MoreRepoint brick mortar joints to prevent water intrusion and extend wall life.
Learn MoreCheney winters are hard on masonry - every season without repairs adds to the cost of fixing it. Call us or submit a request and we will respond within one business day.