Historic brick & stone restoration and the rehabilitation of buildings built before 1940.
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Serving the Greater Ottawa Area & Prescott Russell
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Historic brick & stone restoration and the rehabilitation of buildings built before 1940.
Heritage masonry is not a category of general contracting.
It requires an understanding of how lime mortar systems behave, how locally fired brick ages, how moisture moves through a wall assembly, and why the wrong repair, however well-intentioned, can cause more damage than the problem it was meant to fix. No two buildings are exactly alike, and every repair is tailored precisely to its needs.
Every building I work on is guided by the foundational charters of architectural conservation, the Venice Charter and the Nara Document on Authenticity, together with the Standards and Guidelines for the Conservation of Historic Places in Canada. These are not decorative credentials; they are a working discipline.
To restore a historic building properly is not just a technical obligation. It is the most sustainable thing you can do with a building that is already standing: fewer materials extracted, less energy wasted, no character lost to a shortcut.
A good stone mason aims to make the work look unremarkable. A good repair is invisible, so the building shines in its own right.
Restored Masonry is my heritage restoration business, based in Ontario and working exclusively on historic brick and stone. My apprenticeship led me to heritage chimneys in The Glebe, to restoring rural homes after the Ontario to Québec derecho, and to some of Canada's most significant heritage buildings.
These projects demanded exacting standards of material compatibility, documentation, and craft; the same standards I bring to every project I undertake.
Traditional lime mortars matched to the original in strength, colour, and joint profile.
Piecing-in, dutchman repairs, and consolidation of weathered and damaged stone.
Repair and replacement using period-appropriate, locally fired brick.
Documentation-led rehabilitation of pre-1940 buildings, guided by compatibility.
This year I am grateful to be working under the direction of Dr. Christopher Cooper and joining the Edifice Atelier guild of skilled artisans. An expert for over four decades in the restoration, rehabilitation, and design of historic structures, residential and commercial, across five continents; his mentorship deepens my understanding of the discipline considerably. As an architect, mason, woodworker, artist, writer, and professor, his multidisciplinary approach is central to where my career is headed.
If you own a pre-1940 brick or stone building in need of sympathetic repair, I'd be glad to take a look.
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