Suddenly, after 30 years, the bricks on the center pillar of the garage started leaning out, ready to fall. I got a few quotes and A&A was not cheap, but they pointed out the problem was the lack of a solid footing (others were just going to put the bricks back up on the same base). They came, took bricks down, put in 3 layers of concrete bricks and faced with cement so it looks like the other 2 garage corner bases. put bricks back up and tinted the motor so it matched the rest of the house, and fixed (replaced) 2 bricks elsewhere on house that were crumbling. Their mason Derek did a fine job, and was extremely courteous and made sure everything was done to perfection. He even but in several strong ties to secure the new bricks to the frame wall, so combined with the concrete base this should never happen again. A job well done.