Parging in Burlington

Burlington's housing runs the full range. Postwar bungalows sit near the lake in Aldershot and Shoreacres, the 1970s to 1990s subdivisions fill in Roseland, Brant Hills and Tyandaga, and newer builds keep going up in Millcroft and Alton Village. What they all share is an exposed strip of foundation at grade, and the parging on it eventually cracks, flakes or lets go, especially on walls that cop the weather off Lake Ontario.

That is the work we do every week. Toronto Parging & Concrete handles parging in Burlington and across Halton Region. We strip off loose and hollow coatings, patch spalled areas and trowel on a fresh parge coat that sheds water instead of trapping it. Quotes are free, most go out the same day, and every job carries our 5-year workmanship warranty.

Parging services we offer in Burlington

Most of the calls we get from Burlington 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 the front steps on your Tyandaga split-level are crumbling or a back patio in Millcroft has settled and cracked, we can handle it on the same visit. Plenty of Burlington customers bundle a parging job with new concrete and knock both off in one go.

Why parge coats fail along the lakeshore and the escarpment

Burlington gets it from both sides. Homes near the lake in Shoreacres, Roseland and Aldershot deal with damp air and wind-driven rain off Lake Ontario, so foundation walls stay wet longer and parge has less chance to dry out between storms. Up in Brant Hills, Tyandaga and Millcroft, the escarpment swings temperatures around, and every freeze-thaw cycle works moisture deeper into any crack it can find. Once water sits behind the coating and freezes, it pops the parge off in sheets.

The age of the house matters too. The postwar bungalows near the lake often have block foundations with layers of old patch work hiding underneath, while newer homes in Alton Village usually carry a thin builder-grade coat that starts letting go within a few winters. Either way, the fix is the same discipline. We remove anything loose or hollow, prep the surface, apply a bonding agent, then trowel on a cement-based parge coat built for wet lakeshore conditions. Done properly, it protects the foundation instead of just dressing it up.

Catch it early and a repair is quick and straightforward. Leave it and the damage spreads, water reaches the concrete or block itself, and every winter widens the gaps. 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 Burlington 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 the whole city, from the QEW corridor down to the waterfront and up the escarpment, and we also serve neighbouring Oakville and Hamilton. Same crew, same warranty, on either side of the city line.

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.