English Stone · Twin Cities · Built for Minnesota
Stone, set by hand,
across the Twin Cities.
Patios, walls, firepits, pergolas. Built for Minnesota winters, from Lake Minnetonka to the St. Croix.
Patios, walls, firepits, pergolas. Built for Minnesota winters, from Lake Minnetonka to the St. Croix.
Patios, retaining walls, hearths, pergolas, and veneer, all laid by the same crew to the same standard.
Fieldstone, bluestone, and large-format paver patios laid on engineered base, with joint lines drawn by eye rather than by shortcut.
Dry-stack, mortared, and engineered block walls that step with the land and hold their line through every thaw.
Wood-burning hearths, gas firepits, and full chimney builds set in basalt, limestone, or reclaimed brick, detailed for the long evening.
Cedar beams, steel frames, and full outdoor rooms, stitched into the patio with matching stone and proper footings.
Full-home veneer, chimney restoration, and tuckpointing on houses built a century before us, finished to the joint.
From the first walk of the yard to the return visit a season later, the same two names run every job. Each step has its own rhythm.
Joel meets you in the yard. You walk the slope, name the trees worth keeping, and talk about how the evening light falls.
We translate the visit into a plan you can read. Material, elevation, joint pattern, and the number. Revisions happen on paper.
Our crews cut, set, and finish. Jack is on the site. You see progress every day the weather allows, and a clean yard every night.
Final walk-through with Joel. Written warranty, a handshake, and a clean yard. We leave it better than we found it.
A season later, Joel returns. We walk the yard through a Minnesota winter, a spring thaw, a summer growth. The work is checked on calendar time.
Natural stone, paver, block, concrete, and wood. We pull samples from the yard, lay them on the gravel, and let you see them in your own light before anything is ordered.
One project, told long-form, with the homeowner's name, the lake, and the photos. The way Dwell would cover it if they covered masonry.
Every stone was pulled from the yard, set by hand, and sorted by face before a single joint was mortared. The hearth sits on its own footing, the wall steps with the grade, and the whole build was walked by Joel at closing.
Featured Build vol. I is the first of a rolling series. One yard per volume, with the homeowner's name, the town, and the stone we chose.
Every one of them asks for Joel by name.
Joel and his team at English Stone were fantastic. From the initial consultation to the final walkthrough, they were professional, communicative, and truly invested in bringing our vision to life. The craftsmanship on our new patio and retaining wall is outstanding.
We hired English Stone for a full backyard transformation and could not be happier. Joel was patient, creative, and honest throughout the entire process. The quality of the stonework is exceptional and the crew was respectful of our home every single day.
Joel at English Stone is a true professional. He took the time to understand exactly what we wanted and delivered beyond our expectations. Our new outdoor fireplace is the centerpiece of our backyard and we are already planning the next project with him.
Jack Eickhof builds the company and stands on every site. Joel Forsberg owns your estimate, your drawing, and your walkthrough. Our own crews cut, set, and finish. The stone never leaves the team. Licensed and insured on both sides of the river, warrantied in writing.
The work has to survive a Minnesota year. The frost line. The freeze-thaw. A foot of snow on a three-course wall in January. Every base, every joint, every capstone is detailed for the place it stands.
Over-dug to the frost line. Geotextile, then open-graded base aggregate, then crushed and compacted in lifts. The surface gets set once.
Polymeric sand where the frost will hit it, mortar where the weight will ride on it. Every joint detailed for the freeze-thaw that takes it apart on a cheaper job.
Pinned, mortared, and pitched to drain. Water running off the wall is the thing that saves it. The cap does the saving.
Joel will walk it with you within the week.
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