Masonry Contractors in Shepherdsville, KY

Shepherdsville sits 20 miles south of downtown Louisville on I-65, and masonry contractors in Shepherdsville see a mix of very old and very new work. The town was founded on December 11, 1793, on the banks of the Salt River, and it has been the Bullitt County seat since the county formed in 1796. Construction of the Kentucky Turnpike, now I-65, in the 1950s set off suburban growth, and it has not stopped: the population rose 26.5 percent from 11,222 in 2010 to 14,201 in 2020. We build and repair retaining walls, brick and stone, chimneys, block walls and steps throughout the city.

A salt-making town on a river

Before it was Shepherdsville, the area was called Bullitt's Lick, after salt licks surveyor Thomas Bullitt found in 1773. It became home to Kentucky's first commercial salt works, which ran until the 1830s. Adam Shepherd bought 900 acres and built a mill and store by the river, and the town grew around them. Older houses and buildings near the river and the courthouse carry that history, and some have stone foundations and soft brick that need patient, compatible repairs.

Building near the Salt River

Lots near the Salt River and its low ground stay wetter than lots on the ridges. On those properties, masonry work has to plan for water: foundation repairs that let walls dry, retaining walls with drainage stone and outlets, and steps and stoops set on a firm base that will not wash out. Where a project sits in a mapped floodplain, we check the county's requirements before designing anything new.

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Newer subdivisions off I-65

Much of Shepherdsville's housing is recent, and newer homes have their own masonry patterns. We see stone veneer installed without enough drainage at the bottom, landscape walls built without a buried base course, mailbox columns cracking from frost and brick stoops sinking where backfill settled. Those problems tend to appear in the first five to fifteen years and get worse each winter. Catching them early keeps the repair small.

Permits in Bullitt County

In Bullitt County, residential projects start with zoning compliance from Bullitt County Planning and Zoning, and cities such as Mount Washington then issue their own building permits. We confirm the current process in Shepherdsville before scheduling a large retaining wall, porch or addition, so the project does not stall partway through.

Old brick near the courthouse

Shepherdsville's older blocks near the courthouse and river have houses and commercial buildings built long before the I-65 era. Brick from those decades is usually softer than modern brick, so we repoint it with a softer, lime-rich mortar and match the joint profile instead of smearing new mortar over the face. On stone foundations, we reset loose stones and repoint by hand. These methods take a little longer, but they keep old walls from shedding their faces, which is the kind of damage that cannot be undone with mortar later.

What we do in Shepherdsville

• Retaining walls with real drainage and footings
• Brick repair and tuckpointing
• Stone and veneer repair and installs
• Chimney crowns, caps and rebuilds
• Brick and block construction, columns and garden walls
• Masonry steps and porches

Call (502) 443-8557 to book a visit in Shepherdsville.