Chimney Repair in Etobicoke
Kingsway and Sunnylea chimneys are pushing ninety years old, and they deserve better than a mismatched patch. We repoint and rebuild Etobicoke's clay brick so the repair disappears, with a 2-year workmanship warranty.
Some of the GTA's best brick is on Etobicoke rooftops.
Etobicoke was built in eras you can read from the street: 1930s and 40s clay brick through the Kingsway, Sunnylea and Humber Valley, lakeshore bungalows in Mimico, New Toronto and Long Branch, and postwar streets filling in everywhere between. Chimneys that old have usually been repointed once already, and the question is whether the last person used the right mortar. Hard modern mortar on soft old clay brick destroys the brick, and we see the results weekly.
We repair Etobicoke chimneys with mortar matched to the original in strength and colour, and brick sourced to blend with what's already there. Same crew and standard as our Toronto chimney repair service, and for everything else in brick and stone there's our Etobicoke masonry contractor page.
What's included
- Free inspection and written quote with photos
- Repointing with mortar matched to old clay brick
- Reclaimed and colour-matched brick sourcing
- Crown repair, replacement and flue caps
- Partial and full rebuilds, character kept intact
- Lakeshore-grade sealing on exposed stacks
- 2-year workmanship warranty on every job
A chimney repair you can't find afterwards.
On a 1990s house, brick matching is a catalogue lookup. On a 1938 Kingsway home it's a craft: the original clay brick has a colour range, a texture and a weathered face that new production brick doesn't ship with. We pull samples, source reclaimed or blended brick, and match the mortar joint profile the original mason used.
The difference shows from the curb. A patch in the wrong brick marks your roofline forever; a matched repair just looks like the chimney always did.
What eighty-year-old chimneys do when they're tired
Three patterns we see across Etobicoke's older streets.
Soft, powdery joints
Original lime-rich mortar eventually gives up its bind. If joints crumble under a fingertip, the chimney is holding together on habit.
Faces popped by bad repairs
Hard mortar from an old repair forces moisture out through the brick instead of the joint, and the brick face shears off. Fixable, but it needs the right mortar this time.
Step cracking near the roofline
Diagonal cracks following the joints mean the stack is moving. On a tall pre-war chimney, that's a call-us-this-week problem.
Chimney repair across Etobicoke
From the Kingsway down to the lakeshore and out to Rexdale, we cover all of Etobicoke. Lakeshore chimneys in Mimico and Long Branch take the worst of the weather and are worth checking first.
Etobicoke chimney questions, answered
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Ninety years of character. Don't let a bad patch end it.
Free on-site quote anywhere in Etobicoke, matched materials, and a 2-year workmanship warranty on the work.