Brick Restoration Toronto

Brick restoration in Toronto is an extremely important subject. Most homeowners find that some portion of their house has a section of brick exposed to the harsh elements of Southern Ontario.

Brick walls are battered each year in the colder stretches of the late and early months and are often in need of restoration. It is hard to know exactly how far to go when restoring the average brick wall. Should you rebuild the entire thing? Should you do a small patch job? The answer is hard to be sure of, but we will do our best to help answer it.

Brick Replacement

Brick replacement is exactly what it sounds like. When a brick becomes so deteriorated that it is no longer structurally sound and perhaps creating a larger problem on a wall, the brick can be removed and a new one can be put there in it’s stead. This can be easy, or extremely difficult.

If a brick is “newer”, under around 50 years old, it can be harder to remove from the wall and replacing bricks can be more tedious and therefore more costly. If is older and softer, bricks can be taken out in no time at all. Sometimes the bricks are cut out of the wall with plunge blades on a tool called the Arbortech, or it can be chiseled out with a hand held jackhammer.

The masonry company that you request an estimate from would judge on site the degree of difficulty in taking out the bricks.

Parging Bricks

Parging bricks is a “band-aid” solution. It is a coat of reinforced mortar that is intended to hold deteriorating bricks together for a short amount of time until the problem has to be properly addressed. Parging is not a structural solution for deteriorating masonry and should always be considered a temporary solution.

Accessing The Work Area

If the bricks that need to be restored are near the ground, the work is made much more easy. If scaffolding or ladders are required, the scope of work is greatly increased due to the added labour needed and at the level of safety now required to perform the restorative work safely.

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The easiest course of action, if you have deteriorating brick that you think needs to be restored, is to contact us at Wilkens Masonry and have us come take a look, free of charge. We will give you detailed insight into the process of the work and exactly what is needed and why. Visit our website and fill out our form. In the meantime, check out or reviews on HOMESTARS and GOOGLE.