Vaughan Masonry Contractor · Reformity Inc.Masonry & Brick Repair in Vaughan
Most Vaughan houses are brick or stone, so masonry work here is repointing, step and sill repair and parging on 1970s–90s homes in Thornhill and Woodbridge, and stone and precast repair on newer Maple and Kleinburg builds. The old village cores of Kleinburg-Nashville, Maple, Thornhill and Woodbridge are different: they're Heritage Conservation Districts, where exterior changes need a Heritage Permit on top of any building permit. On a home in one of those districts, we check with the City's heritage staff before any brick, stone or mortar work.
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Retaining wall details — Wall section, drainage and elevation. Click to enlarge.
Landscape & grading plan
Drawn before we build
Drawn before we build in Vaughan.
Section details for retaining walls, steps and repairs. A retaining wall with more than 1 m of exposed height beside public property, a building entrance or property open to the public needs a building permit and a structural design.
Masonry permits in Vaughan
Underpinning and other structural foundation work need a Vaughan building permit, a basement walkout also needs a Development Engineering grading permit first, and exterior work in the four heritage districts needs a Heritage Permit unless the district plan exempts it — Reformity coordinates the engineering, prepares the permit drawings and handles the applications.
- Dimensions to your lot lines
- Materials, sizes and spacing
- Footing and base sections
- Code notes for the inspector
Where Ontario's Building Code requires a BCIN-qualified designer or a professional engineer for permit drawings, that sign-off is part of the drawing set.
How our drawings workCity of Vaughan rules
Masonry rules in Vaughan.
Checked against official municipal and provincial sources. Lots differ, so we confirm the rules for your address at the quote visit.
Heritage districts
Vaughan has four Heritage Conservation Districts: Kleinburg-Nashville, Maple, Thornhill and Woodbridge. New construction, additions, demolitions and exterior changes there need a Heritage Permit in addition to any building permit. Some minor work is exempt, but confirm with City heritage staff first.
City of Vaughan: heritage districtsRetaining walls over 1 m
Under Ontario's Building Code, a retaining wall needs a building permit when its exposed height is over 1 m (3'3") and it's next to public property, access to a building, or private property open to the public. Those walls must be designed to the Code's structural (Part 4) rules.
Ontario Building Code, Div. A 1.3.3.5Underpinning
Underpinning a foundation, including lowering a basement for more headroom, needs a building permit and a professional engineer's design and review. Toronto also requires engineer testing and reports at the first and last construction stages.
City of Toronto: residential underpinning
What we build in Vaughan
Brick, block, and foundations done right.
- Brickwork
- Parging
- Foundation Repairs
- Underpinning
Neighbourhoods
Masonry across Vaughan.
- Woodbridge
- Maple
- Kleinburg
- Thornhill (Vaughan)
- Concord
- Vellore Village
- Patterson
- Sonoma Heights
- Vaughan Mills
- Elder Mills
Vaughan Masonry FAQ
Quick answers.
Yes, for both. Vaughan requires a building permit for all structural alterations to a house, and the City's by-law guide lists underpinning as one. A basement walkout needs a building permit too, with a Development Engineering grading permit issued first, and a professional engineer has to design any walk-up stair retaining wall over 1,000 mm.
Vaughan has four Heritage Conservation Districts: Kleinburg-Nashville, Maple, Thornhill and Woodbridge. New construction, additions, demolitions and exterior changes there need a Heritage Permit in addition to any building permit. Some minor work is exempt, but confirm with City heritage staff first.
Send the form on this page or call 437-241-6287. We reply within one business day, visit your Vaughan property to measure and check the City of Vaughan rules for your lot, and give you a fixed written price.
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Planning masonry in Vaughan?
We'll measure, check the City of Vaughan rules for your lot, draw it up and give you a fixed written price. One business-day reply.