How do Ottawa masons price stone wall repair on an old house?

Stone wall repair has too few published prices to quote a range, so get written quotes from two or three masons and compare what each one includes.

What drives the number on a stone wall job:

• How much of the wall needs attention: loose or missing stones, failed mortar joints, cracked or spalled faces, or sections where the wall has shifted
• The type of stone and whether matching material is available locally or needs to be sourced
• How the wall is accessed: ground-level work costs less than upper sections that need a ladder or scaffolding, which can add about $500 to $3,000 on its own (published Ontario contractor pricing, 2025-26; your quote will differ)
• Whether the mortar joints need to be recut and repointed across a wide area or only at specific points
• Disposal of removed material

A fair written quote for this kind of work should spell out the scope clearly: which sections of wall are included, how the mason will cut out old mortar and what they will use to control dust on site, what mortar type and colour match is proposed, where replacement stone comes from and how it will be matched to the existing, whether scaffolding or a lift is included or quoted separately, and what cleanup and debris removal covers.

One question worth asking each mason before you decide: can you show me a comparable stone wall repair you completed, and how did you source matching stone for it?