<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158614740884261701</id><updated>2011-12-17T23:27:51.738-08:00</updated><title type='text'>CheckMate Masonry</title><subtitle type='html'>Custom Masonry, Hardscapes and Outdoor Patio &amp;amp; Fireplace Projects are our specialty. 
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*Tile *Carpet * Brick or *Stone</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>William Cochran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17029685551759389502</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158614740884261701.post-6491286183953299871</id><published>2008-08-08T12:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-08T12:32:52.762-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Outdoor Kitchen</title><content type='html'>These are some pictures of my latest [stone and tile] job. This Project was completed on August 7, 2008. Mr. Dwyer was very please and has discussed his interest in having me back by the end of the summer to install a 360sqft patio in the rear of his property.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gs53.photobucket.com/groups/g68/61G18GI1NY/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_7969_0708.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://gi53.photobucket.com/groups/g68/61G18GI1NY/IMG_7969_0708.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gs53.photobucket.com/groups/g68/61G18GI1NY/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_7971_0710-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://gi53.photobucket.com/groups/g68/61G18GI1NY/IMG_7971_0710-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gs53.photobucket.com/groups/g68/61G18GI1NY/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_7978_0712-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://gi53.photobucket.com/groups/g68/61G18GI1NY/IMG_7978_0712-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gs53.photobucket.com/groups/g68/61G18GI1NY/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_7979_0713-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://gi53.photobucket.com/groups/g68/61G18GI1NY/IMG_7979_0713-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gs53.photobucket.com/groups/g68/61G18GI1NY/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_7980_0714-2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://gi53.photobucket.com/groups/g68/61G18GI1NY/IMG_7980_0714-2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://gs53.photobucket.com/groups/g68/61G18GI1NY/?action=view&amp;amp;current=IMG_7981_0715-1.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://gi53.photobucket.com/groups/g68/61G18GI1NY/IMG_7981_0715-1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7158614740884261701-6491286183953299871?l=checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/feeds/6491286183953299871/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7158614740884261701&amp;postID=6491286183953299871' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/6491286183953299871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/6491286183953299871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/2008/08/outdoor-kitchen.html' title='Outdoor Kitchen'/><author><name>William Cochran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17029685551759389502</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158614740884261701.post-3059515338652710371</id><published>2008-06-20T08:37:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-20T09:19:40.882-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Walkway and Step Replacement</title><content type='html'>Just completed a fairly large job of taking up an entire walkway that went from the road to front steps, around the side of the house. &lt;br /&gt;I also replaced both front and back steps, as well as the iron railing on the front porch. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Finished Front Steps w/ Iron railings&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213996379825299170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvWFR-o3uI/AAAAAAAAABw/E0rOVmsMWBo/s320/IMG_6275_0661.jpg" border="0" /&gt; before the bricks are laid, I outlined the walkway boarders&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvWFLOAU0I/AAAAAAAAABY/pDNKEhcOFN4/s1600-h/IMG_6222_0654.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213996378010702658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvWFLOAU0I/AAAAAAAAABY/pDNKEhcOFN4/s320/IMG_6222_0654.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; completed from above picture&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213995912482256258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvVqE_X9YI/AAAAAAAAABQ/iN4ORWXnVWU/s320/IMG_6276_0662.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;the walkway before from the road..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213996381824213794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvWFZbN4yI/AAAAAAAAABo/gqVKn1GeEtM/s320/021808_02514858.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;completed front walkway&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvWFWDO7mI/AAAAAAAAABg/fyfYWFEJyq8/s1600-h/IMG_6277_0663.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213996380918312546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvWFWDO7mI/AAAAAAAAABg/fyfYWFEJyq8/s320/IMG_6277_0663.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is the back walkway/steps area that I used as my work area until the front was finished&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213995906106965730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvVptPYvuI/AAAAAAAAAA4/gdXh8n5BmnU/s320/IMG_6225_0657.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is the same area ...completed&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvVpNfx2kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/GQLf_lGgg0A/s1600-h/IMG_6282_0667.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213995897585785410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvVpNfx2kI/AAAAAAAAAAw/GQLf_lGgg0A/s320/IMG_6282_0667.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The sidewalk wrapped around the to the side&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213997228088410450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvW2qAUwVI/AAAAAAAAAB4/mm-FpF5-Dw8/s320/IMG_6223_0655.jpg" border="0" /&gt;completed....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvVp0C9nRI/AAAAAAAAABA/b4cizuksHHA/s1600-h/IMG_6280_0666.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213995907933904146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvVp0C9nRI/AAAAAAAAABA/b4cizuksHHA/s320/IMG_6280_0666.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7158614740884261701-3059515338652710371?l=checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/feeds/3059515338652710371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7158614740884261701&amp;postID=3059515338652710371' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/3059515338652710371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/3059515338652710371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/2008/06/walkway-and-step-replacement_20.html' title='Walkway and Step Replacement'/><author><name>William Cochran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17029685551759389502</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SFvWFR-o3uI/AAAAAAAAABw/E0rOVmsMWBo/s72-c/IMG_6275_0661.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158614740884261701.post-2663784207853279780</id><published>2008-06-20T08:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-20T08:38:33.141-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Walkway and Step Replacement</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7158614740884261701-2663784207853279780?l=checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/feeds/2663784207853279780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7158614740884261701&amp;postID=2663784207853279780' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/2663784207853279780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/2663784207853279780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/2008/06/walkway-and-step-replacement.html' title='Walkway and Step Replacement'/><author><name>William Cochran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17029685551759389502</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158614740884261701.post-3564650108483681434</id><published>2008-05-19T17:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-23T07:18:54.753-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bobs Wall</title><content type='html'>Just completed a project tonight for one of my previous customers. A huge Thank You to Bob for allowing me to work my magic.   &lt;a href="http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/2008/04/out-door-brick-fireplaces-are-my.html"&gt;Last summer&lt;/a&gt;, I custom built the fireplace/chimney package. This year the client wanted an additional wall enclosing the patio. as well as adding a few feet to his outdoor fireplace chimney. Check back tomorrow for the finished wall, Jeannie's a big sissy and didn't take any of the finished wall before we left the job site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/Bobs%20Wall%20051908/?action=view&amp;amp;current=052008_0638blog.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/Bobs%20Wall%20051908/052008_0638blog.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/Bobs%20Wall%20051908/?action=view&amp;amp;current=052008_0646blog.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/Bobs%20Wall%20051908/052008_0646blog.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/Bobs%20Wall%20051908/?action=view&amp;amp;current=Project_20080519_0008.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/Bobs%20Wall%20051908/Project_20080519_0008.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/Bobs%20Wall%20051908/?action=view&amp;amp;current=Project_20080519_0011.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/Bobs%20Wall%20051908/Project_20080519_0011.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/Bobs%20Wall%20051908/?action=view&amp;amp;current=Project_20080519_0004copy.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/Bobs%20Wall%20051908/Project_20080519_0004copy.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/2008/04/out-door-brick-fireplaces-are-my.html"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7158614740884261701-3564650108483681434?l=checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/feeds/3564650108483681434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7158614740884261701&amp;postID=3564650108483681434' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/3564650108483681434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/3564650108483681434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/2008/05/bobs-wall.html' title='Bobs Wall'/><author><name>William Cochran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17029685551759389502</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158614740884261701.post-4738742728379105768</id><published>2008-05-06T06:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T07:18:32.479-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GREETINGS</title><content type='html'>Welcome to my blogspot, and thank you for considering CheckMate Masonry for your outdoor project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have 17 years experience now as a patio installer and a brick mason.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are looking to add masonry materials to your back yard, you should contact a masonry specialist...Landscapers cut grass and plant flowers, but if you need a hard-scape in your back yard, then you have taken the first step to getting a professional job at a very low price...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You wouldn't call a plumber to fix your light switch, so why would you call a landscaper to build a masonry wall or lay down a masonry walkway?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Patios and Fireplaces that are featured here were designed by myself and the various homeowners that have requested my services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have personally constructed everything that you see on this site with the help of one other person as labor help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you desire a patio or fireplace or just a small outdoor fire pit, you can be assured that you will dealt with on a personal and professional basis, and we can design your outdoor living space to your standards without the high price of an architect. After all only YOU know what you really want, and you will not find a lower price anywhere!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, Give me a call and turn your back yard into a gathering spot that your neighbors and family will envy..........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just don't tell them that I practically gave it to you!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7158614740884261701-4738742728379105768?l=checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/feeds/4738742728379105768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7158614740884261701&amp;postID=4738742728379105768' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/4738742728379105768'/><link rel='self' 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url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_c-LTqQQgIqg/SBYA9oIApVI/AAAAAAAAAAU/SvZfV3zjZ3U/s72-c/Editorial+Checkmate+photos+044.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158614740884261701.post-7019580507607543963</id><published>2008-04-22T09:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-22T09:53:20.554-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Out Door Brick Fireplaces are my specialty</title><content type='html'>Turning something ordinary...into something extraordinary....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;current=20070708-FIREPLACECHIMNEY_2_IMG_437.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070708-FIREPLACECHIMNEY_2_IMG_437.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;current=20070708-IMG_4386-009-2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070708-IMG_4386-009-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;current=20070708-IMG_4390-013-2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070708-IMG_4390-013-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7158614740884261701-7019580507607543963?l=checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/feeds/7019580507607543963/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7158614740884261701&amp;postID=7019580507607543963' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/7019580507607543963'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/7019580507607543963'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/2008/04/out-door-brick-fireplaces-are-my.html' title='Out Door Brick Fireplaces are my specialty'/><author><name>William Cochran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17029685551759389502</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158614740884261701.post-2629063991503812729</id><published>2008-04-22T09:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-22T09:48:26.280-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Out Door Brick Fireplace in Lewis Center</title><content type='html'>Finished Product...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070604-flyerfoto-2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070604-flyerfoto-2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Custom Built from the ground up&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070501-IMG_3173-029-2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070501-IMG_3173-029-2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070502-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-firepl.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070502-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-firepl.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070503-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-firepl.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070503-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-firepl.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070504-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-fir-8.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070504-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-fir-8.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070504-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-fir-7.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070504-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-fir-7.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This customer also opted to have steps built leading into the home...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070504-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-fir-3.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070504-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-fir-3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and a walkway leading around the house to the garage&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070504-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-fir-2.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070504-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-fir-2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070504-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-firepl.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070504-Vince-Orsatti-Patio-firepl.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this customer also wanted a small brick path leading from the side yard to their driveway&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070604-Editorial-Checkmate-photos.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070604-Editorial-Checkmate-photos.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7158614740884261701-2629063991503812729?l=checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/feeds/2629063991503812729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7158614740884261701&amp;postID=2629063991503812729' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/2629063991503812729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/2629063991503812729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/2008/04/out-door-brick-fireplace-in-lewis.html' title='Out Door Brick Fireplace in Lewis Center'/><author><name>William Cochran</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17029685551759389502</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7158614740884261701.post-580895711812098401</id><published>2008-04-22T09:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-22T09:38:55.921-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Beautiful Brick Patio's</title><content type='html'>Turn your ordinary backyard into a Custom Built Masterpiece. &lt;br /&gt;For this project I built a Custom Brick Patio with 20 foot long steps, complete with walkway that wraps around to the driveway and a built in brick Fire Pit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-033.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-033.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-036.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-036.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also install Iron Railing upon request as seen here. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20061106-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-007.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20061106-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-007.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-006.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-006.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;winding steps that lead to garage door, and on around to the driveway of this home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-010.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-010.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-030.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-030.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-014.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-014.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-039.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-039.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=fireplacehanger.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/fireplacehanger.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://s170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/?action=view&amp;amp;current=20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-045.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img alt="Photobucket" src="http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u255/jeannie1969_photos/2008/CheckMate%20Ablum/20070104-Jerrys-Brick-Patio-045.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7158614740884261701-580895711812098401?l=checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/feeds/580895711812098401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7158614740884261701&amp;postID=580895711812098401' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/580895711812098401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7158614740884261701/posts/default/580895711812098401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://checkmatemasonry.blogspot.com/2008/04/beautiful-brick-patios.html' title='Beautiful Brick Patio&apos;s'/><author><name>William 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