Dave Helten Masonry Inc

About Dave Helten Masonry Inc

Cheney's grain elevator stands over the flattest kind of Kansas ground, and the stone and brick work Dave Helten Masonry sets into foundations and walls around town holds the morning's first frost longer than the open fields do. The company spends most weeks laying block and stone; in winter the same steady hand goes into clearing the driveways and walks those structures sit behind, working the angles of a property the way it would work a course of brick. Wind off Cheney Lake carries snow sideways more often than it falls straight down here, drifting it into low spots along a drive or against a garage door rather than spreading it evenly. The crew clears with that in mind, working the drift lines rather than just the flat stretches, so a driveway stays open rather than half-cleared. By the time the elevator's morning trucks start rolling grain, the drives and walks along Cheney's streets sit open behind them.