Brick and block
- Repointing failed joints
- Brick replacement and patching
- Cracked and bowed sections
- Window and door sill repair
- Step and porch masonry
Masonry, chimney repair and parging.
FOUR40 repairs brickwork, repoints mortar joints, rebuilds and crowns chimneys, and parges foundation walls across the GTA. Free on-site estimates.
Based in
Whitchurch-Stouffville
Estimates
Free & on-site
Before we start
Written scope
On site
Same crew throughout
What's included
Mortar is meant to fail before the brick does.
Masonry repair is water management in a different form. Failed joints, a cracked chimney crown and broken parging all do the same thing: let water into an assembly that was designed to shed it.
Chimneys
- Crown repair and replacement
- Repointing above the roofline
- Flashing checked
- Rebuilds where the top courses have failed
- Caps
The crown is where chimneys usually fail, and you cannot see it from the ground.
Parging and stucco
- Foundation parging
- Cracked and failed parging removed
- Stucco patching
- Colour and texture matched as closely as possible
What it costs
What moves the number.
Typical range
Ask for a figure
We publish real numbers rather than "it depends" — but only once they're ours to publish. Our written ranges are being finalised; call and we'll give you one over the phone in a minute. What moves the number:
- How much of the wall is affected, and how high up
- Access — scaffolding or a lift changes the number quickly
- Whether brick can be matched or has to be sourced
- Chimney work above the roofline versus below
- How much of the failure is cosmetic versus structural
- Season, since mortar has temperature limits
Working with us
Five steps, no surprises.
01
Site visit
We measure, check drainage and grade, and talk through what you actually want. Free, and no pressure to sign anything.
02
Written quote
Scope, materials, base depth and price in writing. You'll know exactly what's included before a shovel moves.
03
Schedule & locates
Ontario One Call locates booked, materials ordered, start date confirmed. A realistic window, not an optimistic one.
04
Build
Excavation, base, compaction, install. Site cleaned at the end of each day — you still have to live there.
05
Walkthrough
We walk it together before final payment. Anything on your list gets fixed, then we're back if settling shows up.
Questions
Questions, answered.
What is repointing?
Raking out failed mortar joints to a sound depth and refilling them. It is what keeps water out of a brick wall. Mortar is designed to be the sacrificial part — it fails before the brick does, and replacing it periodically is normal maintenance rather than a defect.
My chimney looks fine from the ground. Does that mean anything?
Not much. Chimneys take weather from every side and the crown at the top is where they usually fail first — and it is invisible from the ground. Water getting into a chimney shows up as staining on an interior ceiling long after the damage started.
What is parging?
A cement coating over exposed foundation wall, between grade and siding. It is protective as well as cosmetic, and when it cracks and falls away it lets water at the block behind it. It is also one of the fastest, most visible improvements to the front of a house.
Can you match existing brick?
Often closely, rarely perfectly — brick colour shifts with age and production runs change. Where a repair would be conspicuous, taking brick from a hidden elevation to patch the visible one usually gives a better result.
Service area
Across the GTA, based in Stouffville.
Close enough to come back if something needs attention — which matters more than it sounds.
MarkhamStouffvilleRichmond HillAuroraNewmarketVaughanUxbridgePickeringAjaxScarboroughNorth YorkKing City
Elsewhere in the GTA? Call and ask — we travel for the right project.
Related
Other things we build.
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