Elmhurst runs the gamut from 1920s brick bungalows to the commercial storefronts lining York Road, and we build for both. Whether it's a block foundation on a bungalow addition or a full commercial facade, our in-house crew handles the coursing and the code compliance the same way every time.
Elmhurst asks for two different skill sets in the same zip code — bungalow-belt brick matching on one block and commercial CMU shells on the next. We run both under one in-house crew, so the standard never drops between a residential addition and a York Road storefront.
Elmhurst runs the gamut from 1920s brick bungalows to the commercial storefronts lining York Road, and we build for both. Whether it's a block foundation on a bungalow addition or a full commercial facade, our in-house crew handles the coursing and the code compliance the same way every time.
Elmhurst mixes tight bungalow-belt residential lots with commercial buildings along York Road, and each brings its own masonry risk. On the bungalows, a mismatched brick course on an addition stands out immediately against the original 1930s coursing. On commercial builds, a CMU block wall that doesn't hit the engineer's spec fails inspection and stalls the tenant buildout.
Elmhurst work spans residential brick matching and commercial block construction, and we cover both without handing either off to a sub. One crew, every service below, on any lot in town.
Bungalow addition or York Road shell, the same five steps carry every Elmhurst job from zoning check to sign-off.
Before we order block, we check the plan against Elmhurst zoning and setbacks — tight on bungalow-belt lots and York Road parcels alike.
A footprint that clips a setback gets caught in permitting, not on site. We'd rather catch it on paper.
For additions to 1920s-1950s bungalows and Cape Cods, we pull brick and mortar samples to match the original coursing before we scope the job.
Bungalow brick runs are distinctive — a mismatched addition shows from the sidewalk.
Bungalow-belt streets leave little room for staging block and stone, so we plan delivery timing and lay-down space before crews arrive.
Tight lots punish sloppy staging — a blocked driveway becomes the neighbor's problem fast.
Our own crew runs CMU block, brick, stone, and veneer — on bungalow additions and York Road commercial buildings, same masons throughout.
Commercial and residential masonry get split among subs at most companies. We keep it one crew, one standard.
We check the finished work against the permit set and DuPage County's checklist before calling any job closed.
A failed inspection stalls the whole schedule; we'd rather find the issue ourselves first.
On a bungalow addition, a bad brick match is visible from the street forever. On a York Road commercial building, a CMU wall that misses spec fails inspection and stalls the tenant buildout. Elmhurst punishes shortcuts on both sides of town.
Typical rework cost when a commercial CMU wall fails DuPage County inspection
Before a mismatched bungalow brick addition starts to visibly weather differently
AMS passes every DuPage County inspection on the first visit
A brick order picked from a catalog swatch instead of an on-site sample rarely reads right next to a 1930s bungalow's weathered original coursing.
Block laid without following the structural engineer's schedule to the letter is one of the fastest ways to fail a commercial inspection on York Road.
Bungalow-belt lots don't leave room for error — pallets and mixers staged carelessly damage driveways, parkways, and neighbor relations fast.
Companies that sub out commercial work while keeping residential in-house end up with two different quality levels under one name.
Commercial CMU work follows the engineer's schedule to the letter — no interpreting, no shortcuts, no failed re-inspections.
The masons on your bungalow addition are the same ones on a York Road storefront the following week — no separate "commercial sub."
We pull physical samples against your home's original 1920s-1950s brick before we scope an addition — not a catalog swatch guess.
Setback rules on tight bungalow lots and commercial code on York Road are both second nature to our crew before we break ground.
"AMS pulled three brick samples before pricing our bungalow addition even started — the new wall seam disappeared into the original coursing."
Sandra Kowalczyk
Elmhurst, IL · Western Suburbs
CMU block, commercial brick and stone, and masonry veneer projects completed across Elmhurst — from Wilder Park area additions to storefronts on York Road.
100+ projects completed across Illinois
If new brick or mortar doesn't match your bungalow's original coursing in color and texture, we redo it — no charge, no argument. That's our standard on every Elmhurst project, residential or commercial.
Straight answers on bungalow additions, commercial block work, and everything in between — before you pick up the phone.
One crew handles bungalow additions and commercial storefronts alike — across DuPage County, the Western Suburbs, and the rest of the Chicago metro.
