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Chimney Repair in Newmarket

Newmarket splits its chimney problems in two: century brick around the Main Street heritage district, and subdivision stacks from the 80s and 90s hitting middle age. We handle both, with a 2-year workmanship warranty on each.

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[IMAGE: brickaid-chimney-newmarket-hero.jpg — chimney repointing on a century red-brick home near Main Street Newmarket, 4:3]
Two towns in one

A heritage main street, ringed by subdivisions coming due.

Walk Main Street south of Davis Drive and you’re looking at some of York Region’s best-preserved Victorian brick — homes whose chimneys deserve lime-based mortar and a mason who has handled century masonry before. Drive ten minutes in any direction and you’re in Stonehaven, Summerhill or Glenway, where houses from the 80s and 90s building push are now 30 to 40 years old: precisely the age when builder crowns crack and production mortar starts letting go.

Our Aurora & Newmarket masonry team covers both jobs with the same care — the broader trade work lives on our Aurora masonry contractor page — and the chimney standard is the one we set on our Toronto chimney repair and rebuild service: matched materials, full-depth joints, written warranty.

What's included

  • Free on-site inspection and written quote
  • Heritage repointing with lime-appropriate mortar
  • Subdivision crown replacement, done to full spec
  • Brick replacement matched by colour and era
  • Partial and full rebuilds from the roofline up
  • Stainless rain caps and flashing repair
  • 2-year workmanship warranty, in writing

What we find on Newmarket rooflines

Different eras, different failures — the water is the constant.

01

Century joints cut with the wrong mortar

Plenty of homes near Main Street were “fixed” decades ago with hard cement over soft lime joints. The patch holds; the brick around it cracks. Undoing that properly is half our heritage work.

02

Builder crowns from the 80s and 90s

Subdivision chimneys often got a thin mortar wash instead of a real cast crown. Thirty years on, the cracks run edge to edge and every rain drains into the stack.

03

White staining after winter

Efflorescence — that chalky bloom on the brick each spring — means the chimney is soaking up water faster than it can dry. On old and new stacks alike, it’s the early warning worth acting on.

Our Work

Recent stacks, done properly

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Twin chimneys rebuilt as a matched set
Twin chimneys brought back as a matched set
Chimney crown built to outlast the roof
A crown that will outlast the shingles under it
Chimney teardown and rebuild in matched brick
Teardown to sound brick, then back up in matched courses
Where we work

Chimney repair across Newmarket and Aurora

We work the whole town, from the heritage blocks off Main Street to the newest phases past Leslie, and Aurora is the same trip for us. Holland Landing and Sharon homeowners: you’re inside the service area too, not an exception to it.

Main Street DistrictStonehavenSummerhillGlenwayAuroraHolland LandingSharon

Newmarket chimney questions, answered

It changes the materials, not the difficulty. Like-for-like repair with matched brick and appropriate mortar is the standard on designated properties near Main Street, and it’s how we work by default. If your plans go beyond repair, the Town’s heritage staff can confirm whether approvals apply.
Small repairs — repointing a few courses, recasting a crown — sit well below rebuild money. A full rebuild above the roofline generally comes in between $5,000 and $10,000, with height and brick sourcing setting the range. Quotes are free and itemized on-site.
It’s exactly the right age, unfortunately. The late-80s building push cut corners on crowns and caps, and 35 winters is about what those shortcuts are good for. The repair is straightforward when it’s caught before water reaches the flue.
Late spring through fall is ideal, since mortar cures best above 5°C. Newmarket books up by midsummer, so if you spotted damage over the winter, calling in April beats calling in August.
Yes — East Gwillimbury is minutes past Green Lane, and we quote there on the same free, on-site basis as Newmarket proper.
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One crew, one quote, one warranty across all of it.

Century brick or subdivision crown — let’s get it looked at.

Free on-site quote anywhere in Newmarket, Aurora or East Gwillimbury, and a 2-year workmanship warranty on the repair.