Parging in Ajax

Ajax grew fast, and the housing shows it. Postwar pockets near the lake and Rotary Park, the big 1970s through 1990s subdivisions in South Ajax and the Village, and newer builds pushing up through Nottingham and the north end. Different decades, same trouble spot: the exposed band of foundation between the grade and the brick. That strip takes the brunt of every Durham winter, and eventually the parging on it cracks, bubbles or shears off in pieces.

That is the work we do. Toronto Parging & Concrete is in Ajax regularly, repairing and recoating foundations, patching spalled block and leaving the base of the house clean and protected again. Quotes are free, most go out the same day, and every job carries our 5-year workmanship warranty.

Parging services we offer in Ajax

Most of the calls we get from Ajax fall into a few buckets:

• Foundation parging. A fresh cement parge coat over the exposed concrete or block at the base of your home.
• Parging repair. Patching cracks, flaking and hollow spots before water gets in behind them.
• Basement parging. Smoothing and sealing interior or exterior basement walls.
• Concrete work. New concrete patios, steps and walkways, poured and finished properly.

Parging is the bulk of what we do, and concrete comes second. If your back patio is settling or your front steps are starting to crumble, we can handle that on the same visit. A lot of Ajax homeowners pair a parging job with new concrete and get both done at once.

Why parge coats fail along the lakeshore

Homes close to the lake in Ajax deal with damp air for much of the year, and moisture is what kills a parge coat. Water works into any hairline crack, freezes on a cold night, expands and forces the coating off the wall. Around Carruthers Creek and the low-lying streets in South Ajax, water tends to sit near foundations after heavy rain, which makes things worse. A downspout that dumps at the wall does the same damage on any street in town.

The age of the house matters too. The postwar homes near the lakeside often have block foundations with layers of old patch jobs on them, while the 1970s-90s subdivision houses and newer north-end builds usually carry a thin builder-grade coat over poured concrete. Either way the fix is the same discipline. We knock off anything loose or hollow, prep the surface, apply a bonding agent, then trowel on a cement-based parge coat made for our winters. Done right, it shields the foundation rather than just tidying it up.

Catch it early and a repair is quick and straightforward. Leave it and the damage spreads, water reaches the concrete itself, and winter widens every gap it finds. If you can see bare foundation, bubbling or white staining at the base of your wall, it is time to have someone look at it.

Why Ajax homeowners choose us

No pressure, no surprises. We treat your home like our own, we show up when we say we will, and we leave the site clean when we go. That approach has earned us a 5.0 rating on Google, and we work hard to keep it.

• 5-year workmanship warranty on every job
• Free quotes, most sent the same day
• 100% satisfaction guarantee

We cover all of Ajax, from the Rotary Park area up to the newer streets near Salem, and we also serve neighbouring Pickering and Whitby. Same crew, same warranty, anywhere along this stretch of Durham.

Getting started is simple. Send a few details and photos through the form below and we will come back with a firm quote, usually the same day. You can see how a typical job runs in our process overview, and there is more about who we are and how we work on our homepage.