About Us

Company Overview Why Masonry? Our Facility

Company Overview                          Back to Top

    Block-Lite is family owned and family operated. We are located in Flagstaff, AZ and have been part of the community since 1956.
    The company was purchased by the Ross family on April 1,1995, coming into the business with over 30 years of experience. Chris Ross is the president of the company; he has over 37 years of production experience. Nancy Ross was an office manager and bookkeeper in the construction field and she brought her expertise to Block-Lite.
    Chris and Nancy have two children who are both married. Their son Ryan Ross is in production and helps out in all other departments as needed. Ryan has been working at the family business over 6 years full-time and part-time before that. Christy Maycumber their daughter is a teacher for FUSD, and works part-time when needed. She helps out with the bookkeeping and counter sales.
    Curtis Knott is the production manager, he has been with Block-Lite for over 9 years. David Mizer is Block-Lite's salesman and has been in the masonry field for 14 years. David has been with Blocklite for over 9 years and also has his CDL so can help drive when needed.
     Because of the knowledge we bring to this industry, we guarantee quality products. Block-Lite is very family oriented and we apply these family values to our employees and our customers.

Why Masonry?                               Back to Top

    Every time you build a wood-frame house you use about 41 trees. With today's shrinking timber resources and heightened environmental concerns, that means lower quality lumber, sharply higher housing prices and an uncertain future.
    As a result, builders and homeowners are turning to masonry. Masonry is long-lasting and durable, resistant to the ravages of fire and wind and forever free of rot, rust, and termites. And it's so versatile, it's able to take on virtually any shape, color and texture.
     One of the products we use in producing a cinder block is fly ash. Fly ash is a by-product of burning coal and has some of the same chemistry as cement. Fly ash has been around for several years. In fact, the Egyptians used fly ash in the pyramids.
    Not only will your homes and businesses last forever with masonry, but so will retaining walls, pavers, landscaping and other masonry projects. Romans made roads with tightly fitting joint cobble stones, which remain today and they are over 2000 years old! This road is similar to what a road of pavers would be today.

Our Facility                                      Back to Top

    Most of our raw materials are purchased locally and some we receive from the Verde Valley. We acquire all our cement from Salt River Materials Group which is located in Clarkdale. We feel the material that we receive from our material suppliers is very consistent, which means that we can consistently make a better product. A high quality product is Block-lite's top priority, along with service.


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    We offer our recycled goods to various projects going on. We have donated several tons for fill on highway projects around Flagstaff.
    Our Machinery is state of the art and highly maintained to provide a high quality light block, medium block or normal weight block to our customers. Customer satisfaction is very important to Block-lite and will always be a goal we aim for. All of Block-lite's staff strive with their expertise and knowledge to meet this goal.