Shane Oake Brick Mason

I posted a 10/10 review for a repair Shane did at my mom's house back in 2016. I was up on her roof this weekend inspecting the shingles and of course took a moment to check out the chimney to see how Shane's work was holding up. The pictures speak for themselves - 2016 vs. today. This is no surprise to me, but I had to take a moment to post another quick review. If you want to know what your job will look like years from now, here's your proof. Shane, thanks again.

70 year old chimney was restored. New top design. Cover added to keep animals out. I was very impressed with the safety precautions taken to ensure worker safety. Very tidy and good clean up afterwards. Cost was shared with neighbour.

If your chimney is in need of ANY repair, including course repair, and if a company (in this case 2 companies) say to you over the phone “we don’t do course repairs as there is no value and it is better to rebuild (and quotes $12,000 to $15,000)”, immediately say “No, thank you!” and call Shane. A true Mason will not say that. A Mason will take the time to come out, inspect the structure of the chimney and speak to what really needs to be done and discuss the situation. This is the case with Shane Oake and team.

Our chimney ONLY required the top 3 courses to be rebuilt, the resetting of the flue tile, the addition of a New concrete cap and the repointing of every chimney joint - bottom to top. Our chimney is not only the best looking chimney on the street, BUT most importantly structurally sound, weather and water proof! Shane and team (thank you Neil and Juan), ensured every detail was looked after from set up, to repair and clean up.

See the before and after photos.

Our chimney was falling apart and was in desperate need of repair. We had no idea who to call. Luckily for us a previous contractor who had done work for us highly recommended Shane. So we called him, he came out the next day, assessed the job, explained what needed to be done and provided us with a more than fare quote. The guy's a true pleasure to work with, not only is he well spoken, well presented and knows his trade, but he even diagnosed the roofing issue with our "new" roof that even the roofer couldn't and then came by to make sure the roofer fixed it correctly, good thing too, as Shane had to tell him how. Now that's great service. We highly recommend Shane and will call on him again in the future

K Park
Scarborough On

The winter was hard on my foundation and I needed to repair cracks and parging sections that broke away.

Shane worked on my next door neighbour's house and she was very happy with his work.

I know why. He's very professional, honest, and does fantastic work. The job ended up being bigger than we expected and Shane was awesome, he came up with a reasonable solution that was not very expensive. He takes his work very seriously and it shows. Without a doubt, Shane's my go to foundation guy from now on.

Plus he's a really nice guy!

My mother's chimney (in Mississauga) was in desperate need of repair. Holes had developed and squirrels had moved in. I had used Shane twice before - I have already posted a review from the first job. I knew Shane didn't get out to Mississauga too much, so I started the quote process and sent a note to Shane as well, just in case. I already had a couple of quotes before I connected with Shane, but once he gave me his estimate and said he could do the job, it was a no-brainer. On top of that, he had a better - and ultimately cheaper - solution than what I'd received up to that point. (Others just wanted to take the chimney down altogether and have me replace the hot water tank with a direct-vent). Living at least 40 minutes away, I could not afford any hassle, so when he said he could do the job, it was a huge relief and I immediately signed up. As with both times before, great job done right plus all the other good stuff - on time, courteous, clean. He was a life-saver on this one and remains no.1 in my mason rolodex.

Shane and his crew have done 2 jobs for me and both times he delivered exactly what I needed, what he promised, plus a little extra too. Shane always communicated with me very quickly and kept me posted on progress and any unexpected roadblocks. I doubled checked with my general contractor friend on Shane's quotes and on both occasions he said "he's very reasonable." I will contact Shane the next time I need masonry work done for my home.

I found Shane through a referral and I am so glad I did! He answers all my emails promptly. He was able to come on short notice and quickly finish the job. We thought we had to replace our entire sill but Shane was able to patch it up nicely. He did an amazing job. My husband is really picky when it comes to contractors and he was really impressed with Shane's work. I would highly recommend him to anyone!
Thanks again for the quick repair!

Shane was prompt in responding to me and investigating the work required. He offered me good advice such as recommending that I use vintage bricks to better match the existing bricks. Shane was great at communicating and told me when he would be providing me the estimate and starting the work. Once he was into the job, he found he needed to replace more bricks and did so without additional cost to me. He was quick at completing the job and cleaned up after he was done. The results were wonderful and the bricks matched well.

I contacted Shane Oake last year, after my neighbour pointed out a sizeable crack that was running down from the second story bedroom. I was told that I could patch up the work by going to Home Depot and purchasing a pre-mix however I didn't want to take any chances and immediately went on Home Stars looking for someone that was in trade of brick repairs/masonry. My first initial search brought me to Shane Oake, whom already had received great reviews from previous clients. I called Shane who was extremely professional and polite. He was in my area working on a site statd that he could come to my house to complete a quick assessment. Shane came within the hour and did a thorough examination of my house from all four sides and provided me a rough estimate. He was very detailed in his assessment and went further to explain why the crscks occurred and the optioms presented to myself. He outlined that the cost would also include any further cracks that were not readily visible as well as any minor touch ups. I was completely impressed with his professionalism as well as his honesty. I immediately booked Shane and he and his Team did suck an amazing job, I was more than satisfied. It was a complete make over of the initial damaged to the restoration of both my brick and mortar that literally was unnoticeable. Shane took pictures and showed me the before and after results. What a great job! There were cracks that I could not see that Shane had identified as he was working that he fixed as well. I very highly recommend Shane Oake for all and any Masonry work that you require. You will not be disappointed. Thank you Shane