How We Set These Ranges
Reviewed 2026-10-01
Prices
The ranges come from masonry price pages published by Ottawa and Ontario contractors and suppliers, read in September 2026. We show a range only where at least two independent pages gave figures for the same job; two pages repeating the same table counted as one. Pages dated later than the day we read them were left out. We never name a source, and we label every figure as published pricing, not a quote.
That gives ranges for repointing, heritage lime-mortar repointing, spalled brick replacement, natural and manufactured stone veneer, and scaffolding. We found one source or none for brick veneer, brick and stone steps, freestanding garden walls, rebuilding a wall section, mortar analysis and cleaning; those pages and lines say so instead.
The wall estimator
The estimator adds up the areas, or the bricks, you enter for the walls you tick and multiplies the total by the published range for the job. Where the published pages agree on a narrower middle, it shows that band too. Scaffolding appears as its own line once you say the work goes above the first storey. The drawing is a schematic of four walls, not a picture of your house.
The rules
Building Code clauses are quoted from the 2024 Ontario Building Code (O. Reg. 163/24). City rules come from ottawa.ca and the City's by-laws; heritage wording comes from the three heritage conservation district plans we read in full (Centretown and Minto Park, Wilbrod/Laurier, Daly Avenue). Where we found nothing, the pages say to ask the City.
What we left out
No price differences between neighbourhoods, no typical house sizes, no lifespans and no chimney prices (chimney work is covered on ottawafireplaces.com). We are a matching service, not a masonry company, and we do not screen or verify masons.