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Monroe, Indiana  ·  Adams County

Masonry and hardscape
in Monroe.

Patios, walkways, retaining walls, steps and drainage — built for ground that freezes.

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30+Years of experience
100+Jobs completed
In masonry and stonework, by the people who build it.
Free on-site estimateNo charge for the visit, no obligation after it.
Written scope and priceBefore anyone touches the ground.
Our own crewsThe people who quote the job are the people setting the stone.
One-year workmanship warranty

Recent work

Granite steps with laid stone risers, landing on matched granite at the front doorsThe Bard ResidenceCape Cod · September 2026 Orange marking paint across the lawn beside the driveway, showing the new edgeThe Perez DrivewayCranston, RI · Now building Walking the stone wall of the house at the start of the job in Cream Ridge, New JerseyCream Ridge, NJNow building
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Finished work

Curved driveway edged in granite, through a landscaped lawn Paver patio with a round fieldstone seat wall Paver patio with a circle inlay and a stone outdoor kitchen Raised round stone patio behind a yellow house Curved fieldstone wall above hydrangeas Fieldstone entrance wall and pillar with a lantern Stone pool deck Paver driveway apron at dusk
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What we build in Monroe

Patios

Concrete paver, bluestone, flagstone or brick, set on a base built for the ground it sits in.

Walkways

Front walks, garden paths and steps — the run people use every day and notice when it moves.

Retaining walls

Block or natural stone, drained behind and footed below the frost line.

Driveways

Paver and cobblestone, edged and restrained so the border holds its line.

Steps and landings

Granite, bluestone and built treads, set solid and pitched to shed.

Stone veneer

Foundations, columns, chimneys and facades in natural and manufactured stone.

Drainage

The part nobody sees and the reason the rest of it is still straight in twenty years.

What decides whether it lasts here

Every wall and patio we have taken apart failed for one of these five reasons. They are the same in Monroe as anywhere else in Indiana, and they are most of what separates a job that looks right at twenty years from one that does not make five.

  1. A base that was built, not just levelled

    Compacted gravel, deep enough for the ground it sits in. Every course above copies the first one, and so does every mistake in it.

  2. Below the frost line

    Indiana ground freezes in winter. A footing poured above the frost line lifts with it, and the wall on top of it cracks — not that winter, usually the third one.

  3. Somewhere for the water to go

    Saturated soil expands about nine percent when it freezes, against something that cannot move. Clean stone, fabric, and a pipe run out to daylight.

  4. Joints shaped, not just filled

    A tooled joint sheds water off the face of the stone. A joint struck flush holds it there, and held water is what freezes.

  5. A cap that sheds

    The top takes the weather and everything anyone sets on it. Pitched away, set solid, joints tight.

Adams County by the numbers

Monroe is in Adams County, where 71% of the 8,610 homes on record were built before 1980.

Homes on record

8,610

Built before 1980

71%

6,114 homes

Sold in 24 months

624

To August 2026 · 7% of homes

Median sale price

$180,000

24 months to August 2026

How old are the homes in Adams County?

The median year built on record in Adams County is 1961, and 6,114 of its 8,610 homes on record, 71%, were built before 1980.

How many homes in Adams County have sold recently?

In public property records, 624 homes in Adams County sold in the 24 months to August 2026, 7% of the homes on record.

What do homes in Adams County sell for?

The median sale price of a home in Adams County was $180,000 across 624 sales in the 24 months to August 2026.

What hardscape work does PHAÖRA do in Monroe?

PHAÖRA builds patios, paver driveways, retaining walls, walkways and steps, stone veneer and drainage in Monroe. The on-site estimate is free.

Source: Indiana Department of Local Government Finance real property and sales disclosure records; updated October 2026.

Working in Monroe

Monroe is Adams County, Indiana, between Decatur and Berne, and we cover it alongside both.

Frost depth is on your building department’s own table, not a number from the state. We build to the depth it gives, and we ask before we dig.

One-year workmanship warranty

If something we built moves, cracks or fails in the first year because of how it was built, we come back and fix it. No argument, no invoice.

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