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Is your property suffering from soil erosion? Retaining walls are a crucial solution for controlling erosion and stabilizing landscapes. This article explores the role of retaining walls in erosion control, their benefits for soil stabilization, and how they manage stormwater runoff. We’ll discuss common signs of erosion, cost factors in

Chimneys play a crucial role in Canadian homes, especially during the harsh winter season. A well-functioning chimney ensures efficient heating and prevents potential safety hazards. However, issues like icy buildup, cracks in bricks, damaged caps, or chimney crowns, and water leaks might indicate your chimney requires repair. It’s essential to

Toronto is a city much like Boston and Chicago when it comes to architecture. Renowned for its old churches, 100+ year old heritage homes and charming High Park/ Leaside neighborhoods. But with a majority of the real estate economy engrossed in providing tiny characterless condos in the down town core-

A lot of time customers will call us with failed concrete wondering if there is a solution that doesn’t involve re-doing the entire thing. The answer unfortunately is a grey area. From a more permanent and warrantied standpoint- your most fruitful action that is long lasting is to have the

Often when our estimator visits a home in need of some relaying or re-pointing of stone work he is asked “why did it fall apart”. It is…

Very often our clients will ask us at what point they need to address their masonry issues or brickwork. The answer is simple: any time…

Otto’s Masonry has been around and doing masonry repairs for over forty years in Toronto. Very often our clients will ask us if we can do…

In this day and age owning a home with character and quality seems to be second or third in line to “owning a home and paying a good…

If you are a homeowner in Toronto you’ve probably figured out there are a ton of masonry companies around. It can be hard to know which…