Burnaby Masonry Co. provides expert brick masonry in Vancouver, BC. Full-service brick masonry — new brickwork, repairs, facades, and features built and maintained by skilled bricklayers. Call us for a free quote — we're based in Burnaby and serve Vancouver regularly.
Brick Masonry in Vancouver: what to know
Vancouver has some of the most varied brick in BC — from soft Edwardian brick in Strathcona to post-war solid-brick bungalows in the East Village. We work on all of it with the right mortar and technique for the era.
Brick masonry covers everything we do with brick — new brickwork, repairs, facades, columns, chimneys, garden walls, and features. We're bricklayers first, and brick is the material we've built the most of across Burnaby and Metro Vancouver. Whether you need a new brick wall laid from scratch, a failing brick chimney rebuilt, or existing brickwork repaired and repointed, we do it right: proper footing, matched mortar, and joints tooled clean. Full-service brick masonry, one crew, one quote.
What's included in our brick masonry service
- New brick walls, facades, columns, and piers
- Brick repair: cracked, spalled, loose, and failing brick replaced
- Brick repointing with mortar matched to your wall's age and profile
- Chimney brickwork — repairs, crowns, and above-roofline rebuilds
- Heritage brick repair with soft lime mortar on older homes
- Brick garden walls, planters, steps, and entries
- Brick matching on repairs so the work disappears into the existing wall
- Full site clean-up and debris haul-away
When Vancouver homeowners call us for brick masonry
New brickwork on a home or addition
Planning a new brick wall, facade, or feature? We lay it properly — right footing, bond pattern, and joint profile.
Failing mortar or crumbling brick
Crumbling joints and spalling brick let water in fast. The earlier we catch it, the simpler the fix.
Chimney work
Chimneys are the hardest-worked brick on any house. Crown repairs, repointing, and rebuilds are all in our scope.
Heritage homes with soft brick
Old brick needs lime mortar, not modern Portland. We work on pre-1940 homes across New Westminster, East Vancouver, and Burnaby all the time.
Vancouver properties: what we see
Vancouver has the widest range of masonry in BC. The East Side — Strathcona, Grandview-Woodland, Mount Pleasant, Commercial Drive — is dense with pre-1940 wood-frame homes built with soft lime-mortar brick chimneys, and the original brick on many of them has never been touched since it was laid. The West Side runs toward post-war concrete block and newer stone veneer on high-end renovations. Kitsilano has a large number of heritage character homes where sympathetic repair is the brief. Point Grey and Shaughnessy have custom homes where the standard for stone and brick work is higher than almost anywhere else in the region.
We work throughout Vancouver — including Strathcona, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant, Commercial Drive — and we know how the terrain, housing stock, and climate vary across the city. Every quote reflects what we actually see on site.
How we do brick masonry in Vancouver
- 1
Assess the brick and mortar
We look at what type of brick you have, how the mortar is holding, and what the job actually needs — repair, repoint, or new build.
- 2
Match the mortar
On older homes we match lime mortar to the original. On newer work we specify the right Portland blend for strength and colour.
- 3
Build or repair
New brick goes up level and plumb on a proper footing. Repairs cut out only what's failed and replace it with a match.
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Tool and clean
Joints get tooled to a clean profile that sheds water. The face gets washed down and the site cleared before we leave.
Why choose Burnaby Masonry for brick masonry in Vancouver
Bricklayers, not generalists
Brick is what we do most. We've laid and repaired it on hundreds of Burnaby and Metro Vancouver properties.
Right mortar for the age of the wall
Soft brick gets soft mortar. Using hard modern mix on old brick causes spalling — we've seen it, and we don't do it.
New and repair under one roof
We handle both new brickwork and repairs, so one trade handles everything from the footing to the finished joint.
Heritage experience
Pre-1940 character homes across the Lower Mainland are a big part of our work. Lime mortar, matched brick, invisible repairs.
