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Ottawa's Brick &Â Stone Specialist
Phone: 613-859-5090
Parging & Foundation Repair
Repair Foundation Cracks, Parging Damage and Protect Your Foundation Above Grade
Parging acts as a "skin" to protect your exposed foundation from the elements. Properly parged walls not only shield your foundation for years, its adds aesthetic beauty and value to your home.
New Parging & Repair
The purpose of parging is to act as a sacrificial layer that needs to be repaired/re-applied when it fails to continue providing adequate protection to your foundation.
Road salt, water damage and movement in your home's foundation can cause parging to degrade and shear off your foundation walls.
To learn more, check out our blog post on the 5 Common Causes for Parging to Fail.
Stone Foundation Repair
The foundation of your home acts as the anchor holding your home up, keeping it together and bearing its load.
Keeping your foundation in optimal condition is essential for the structural integrity of your home.
We offer stone repointing and rebuilding above grade foundation services to maintain its heritage and soundness.
The Kavanagh Masonry Difference
Our main goal is for your parging to last as long as possible before it requires repairs.
On bare concrete walls, a two coat parging process is highly recommended for maximum longevity and protection. It also helps the parging cure more evenly which prevents a blotchy final appearance.
The slower parging is able to cure, the stronger it will be. In the hotter months, we cover new parging with wet burlap for up to three days to ensure it cures as slow as possible ensuring a good bond and maximum strength.
Both of these processes are skipped by many contractors to save time and money.
Foundation Crack & Corner Repair
It is common for foundation movements in a home to cause cracks to form.
Cracks left unadressed invite moisture build up and can cause it to get worse every year leading to major repairs.
Foundation cracks that have deteriorated can be repaired using rapid setting concrete, or with an expoxy, depending on the size and depth of the crack.
Should your foundation continue to move and crack again, is it necessary to continue repairing it to keep water from getting in and making it worse.
Foundation corners commonly shear off and split if exposed to lots of water or damage caused by lintel expansion.
We rebuild corners using rapid setting concrete or by forming and pouring traditional concrete.
For more information on Parging, check out our Blog post titled, "Everything You Need to Know About Parging" for the definitive guide.
