Wilkens Masonry and Heddington Ave

A Job Well Done – Chimney Repair and Wall Tuckpointing

My 1940s era house’s chimney and partial side wall were in bad shape. Especially. the mortar on our chimney was cracking and missing from the joints. It was a potential safety hazard. 

Two months ago, partial work was performed on the side wall, but it was very badly done by another contractor. 

Then, I contacted Wilkens Contracting Inc. Jake promptly responded back and came to review the job that I wanted done. The job involved scaffolding setup, chimney repair/tuckpointing; re-grinding down and clean out the old mortar joints and tuckpointing the side wall; parging a basement window sill, etc. I had several companies give me quotes, but I chose Jake as he came across as trustworthy, professional and a good communicator. His rate was competitive.

Jake and his team workers, Cameron and Clark were extremely competent and courteous. They did a great job tuckpointing bricks and matching the mortar to the existing colour. Communication was open and honest. The actual project was done professionally and properly, no short cuts. Every step was explained to me in detail. The team was very professional, kept me in the loop on what they were doing and were courteous and respectful of my and my neighbours’ properties! Clean up was perfect. This time I had no headache or problem with the project.

All in all, a pleasant undertaking. Professional work & excellent service. Best experience we had with trades in years. We highly recommend Wilkens Contracting Inc.!!

Thank you so much!

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At Wilkens masonry, our estimates are always free. We serve the Toronto and Hamilton areas. We will come by and give you an honest assessment coupled with a fair price for the services we deliver. Also, if the scope of work is something we don’t cover, we can always point you in the right direction of a company that can service your needs.

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Wilkens Masonry and O’Connor Dr

I Hired Wilkens to partially teardown a chimney that was in a bad state of repair that was becoming a safety concern. Wilkens showed great professionalism and customer care from the first phone call with Jake. He visited the same day to review and in detail chatted about our options. This helped us understand fully what to expect. Jake provided a quote the next day ($2990), Other chimney contractors provided a quote which was slightly higher than Wilkens. We had already decided to go with Wilkens because of there customer care and good reviews.
I was then contacted by Frank to arrange a day for the work. Frank and Mike showed up on tine and explained what was going to happen, they worked all day and kept us up to date on the progress and completed the job on time and cleaned up the jobsite. Very professional. After the job was complete we noticed the top of the shorter chimney did not have a drip edge as the work order had said prepare the chimney for complete demolition. We contacted Wilkens and straight away was contacted by Jake saying he would return the following day to install the drip edge. He did this plus also opened up the back of the chimney to remove some brick debris that had fallen down the chimney onto the gas fire casing, This was not part of the quote and no additional charge was expected. This showed to us that Wilkens and Jake were not happy until the customer was completely satisfied even though they were not responsible for the debris. The chimney looks great and is now safe. Also great follow up from Wilkens making sure everything was good. I 100% recommend Wilkens for any work on your chimney, Very Professional, great customer service but most of all great work.

Steve, Google Review

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Give us a Call for a Free Estimate!

At Wilkens masonry, our estimates are always free. We serve the Toronto and Hamilton areas. We will come by and give you an honest assessment coupled with a fair price for the services we deliver. Also, if the scope of work is something we don’t cover, we can always point you in the right direction of a company that can service your needs.

Check us out on Homestars and Google! You can also Contact us now for a free, no-obligation consultation or call us at 416 425 8055.

Wilkens Masonry and Gilmore ave

Jake Wilkens did fantastic work rebuilding some deterioration and pointing we needed on a century-old West Toronto house. We got him back to replace an old patch job that was done poorly. Just stellar work, perfectly matched colour and texture for the bricks and pointing. Real pros!

Paul

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Give us a Call for a Free Estimate!

At Wilkens masonry, our estimates are always free. We serve the Toronto and Hamilton areas. We will come by and give you an honest assessment coupled with a fair price for the services we deliver. Also, if the scope of work is something we don’t cover, we can always point you in the right direction of a company that can service your needs.

Check us out on Homestars and Google! You can also Contact us now for a free, no-obligation consultation or call us at 416 425 8055.

Wilkens Masonry and Heather Road

Allan was great! He was promptly here at 7:30am (wow)! and worked non-stop to get our chimney restored and our bricks fixed at the back of the house. He was very polite and respectful while using our neighbours property to access the chimney. He kept me apprised of everyting he was doing and ensured that I was happy with the end result. I really appreciated all the work he did! Thanks for following up.

Christina

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Give us a Call for a Free Estimate!

At Wilkens masonry, our estimates are always free. We serve the Toronto and Hamilton areas. We will come by and give you an honest assessment coupled with a fair price for the services we deliver. Also, if the scope of work is something we don’t cover, we can always point you in the right direction of a company that can service your needs.

Check us out on Homestars and Google! You can also Contact us now for a free, no-obligation consultation or call us at 416 425 8055.

I would highly recommend your services. The crew arrived on time, was polite, efficient and cleaned up thoroughly. Thank you for the excellent service!

Leslie Grimshaw

The job was extremely well done.

Bill was very helpful in explaining what might have happened with our water
intrusion.

We have used Wilkens since late 1990’s and will continue!

You are great!

Thanks, Bruce

Allan was awesome!!!! He showed up on time and was very professional. I would use him again in a heartbeat!

I’m not sure the quality of the work, but only time will tell.

Thanks,
Steve

We are very happy with the work Allan did. We were also pleased with the way he kept us informed as the job progressed. He’s very personable and was a pleasure to have around.

Thanks,
R

Good Morning:

From what we can see of the chimney from the ground, we are a little afraid of climbing up there, it looks great.

Jake did a fantastic job.

If we ever need any brickwork done in the future, we will be sure to contact your firm.

Thank you so much.

Yours truly,

Doug

I am very satisfied with the work Jake did.

Thanks Donna