Chimney Repair in Scarborough
Most Scarborough chimneys went up in the 1950s and 60s, and seventy winters off the lake have done their work. We repoint, repair and rebuild them properly, with a 2-year workmanship warranty on every job.
Seventy-year-old chimneys, and weather straight off the lake.
Scarborough's housing stock is postwar to its bones: brick bungalows and side-splits built in one great wave through the 1950s and 60s. The chimneys on those roofs are original, which means the mortar is now sixty to seventy years old and past the end of its working life. Add the wind and lake-effect freeze-thaw that hits everything from Birch Cliff up to Agincourt, and washed-out joints, spalled brick and cracked crowns are less a surprise than a schedule.
Brick Aid Masonry repairs and rebuilds chimneys across Scarborough, from a crown-and-repoint job that buys another twenty years to a full rebuild from the roofline up. Same crew, same standard and same warranty as our Toronto chimney repair service, and if the rest of the house needs masonry attention, our Scarborough masonry team handles that too.
What's included
- Free on-site chimney inspection with photos
- Chimney repointing for washed-out mortar joints
- Crown repair, replacement and flue caps
- Partial and full chimney rebuilds
- Brick colour-matched to postwar clay stock
- Capping or decommissioning for unused chimneys
- 2-year workmanship warranty, in writing
What a failing Scarborough chimney looks like
On a 1950s bungalow, these three show up in roughly this order.
Sandy streaks below the joints
Original postwar mortar washes out grain by grain. Pale streaks on the brick and grit in the eavestrough mean the joints are emptying.
Flaking brick faces
Once water gets behind the face of the brick, lake-effect freeze cycles pop it off in sheets. Spalling spreads fast on an exposed east-end roofline.
A crown you can see daylight through
Seventy-year-old concrete crowns crack and lift. From the ground it looks fine; from the roof it's an open funnel into the stack.
Recent chimney rebuilds
Chimney repair across Scarborough
From the Bluffs to Steeles, we work the whole district. The closer you are to the lake, the harder the freeze-thaw hits, and Birch Cliff and Guildwood chimneys tend to need attention a few years before their inland neighbours.
Scarborough chimney questions, answered
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One crew, one quote, one warranty across all of it.
Seventy winters is enough. Let's look at it.
Free on-site quote anywhere in Scarborough, photos of what we find, and a 2-year workmanship warranty on the fix.