Brick Aid Masonry

Phong and his team, Teo and Joe, did a fantastic job on a complicated restoration and repair of a masonry block wall for us. The team persevered and met each challenge and did it professionally and worked long days. At the end, we had a finished wall that we were happy with.

It was a very challenging job for many reasons:

1. LIMITED SPACE - The masonry block wall was 2 storey high plus parapet. There was an iron emergency staircase which was attached to the wall and ran the whole length that had to be repaired. Working around the staircase was a challenge as there was no easy place to build a scaffold. Much of the work was done on top of a 2x12 plank that ran from staircase step to the laneway door frame where the staircase ended. Some of the work were under the staircase which had limited access.

2. OLD BLOCK SIZES NOT AVAILABLE - The masonry blocks in the existing wall were in sizes that are no longer available due to the age of the building. This turned out to be the biggest challenge as many custom cuts had to be made on the new blocks in order to tie to old blocks at an inside corner wall and and outside corner wall, to match the level of the existing wall to support the rooftop floor joists and to fill in between the joists before continuing to build the last 3 rows on top to form the parapet wall above the flat roof top.

4. High winds and rain and no running water were part of the challenges that they had to deal with as the job span 2 weeks to complete due to many challenges.