Vernon Medas in Toronto

During heavy rain, the front porch of our 70 year old house would allow water to pour into our furnace room beneath. We sought a permanent fix that didn't involve having a complete overhaul/rebuild of the front porch and the cost that involves. Otto's Masonry sent Brian Knowles out to scope out the job and provide an estimate. The suggested fix was to have a "blue-skin" membrane installed over the porch slab, something we were not familiar with. The estimate was provided in Aug 2016 but we didn't have the work completed until the spring of 2017. The original estimate was honoured. The job was a little tricky as it involved removing the existing flagstone in order to apply the blue-skin membrane on the slab and then resetting the flagstone, like a jigsaw puzzle. Conroy and his son did the work and were great; prompt, hardworking and courteous. Conroy and Jr. were able to effectively problem-solve when other minor issues arose, the pride taken in their work is evident. Most importantly, the blue-skin fix worked beautifully!! The work was completed in early spring 2017, just before the significantly wet spring/summer that we had.....and our furnace room remained dry. I wouldn't hesitate to use Otto's Masonry again; they are reasonably priced, complete the work they promise to do efficiently & competently, answer the phone/respond to emails promptly and in general left a very positive impression from start to finish.

I decided to have metal roofing installed. I realised that the 3 original acrylic skylights, around 30 yrs old, should probably be replaced before having the roof done. I contacted Andy'Skylights among a few other companies. By far, Andy was the most pleasant to deal with and very patient. He took the time to answer all my questions, explaining in detail how the job would be completed and why it would be done in a certain way. I wanted to replace the acrylic with glass skylights, with one of the 3 a massive 8 ft long and to make another one a venting skylight. Andy said the long skylight was no problem although other companies said " nobody makes them that long in glass". Since the roofing material was going to be metal, Andy wanted to ensure that the roofing company would be installing the material correctly and even gave me specific questions to ask the roofing company, a test of sorts, to confirm that the roofing company knew their stuff. Andy's insight into the roofing material was an added bonus that helped me feel confident that I had chosen the right roofing company too! But what made my experience with Andy truly fantastic was the fact he agreed to come back once the roofers started, to flash the skylights properly and to ensure the roofers knew how to integrate the flashing and the metal roofing. Due to other unrelated reno work that had to be completed first, it was almost 6 weeks by the time we were ready for Andy to come back. In fact, Andy followed up with me to see where things were at! He then advised he would set aside 2 days on his calendar to coordinate with the roofers and to complete the flashing. Andy is a true PROFESSIONAL who takes immense PRIDE in the work he does and stands behind it. He is very KNOWLEDGEABLE and comes fully prepared to meet you, also providing a copy of his insurance liability policy and WSIB certificate for you to keep on hand. Andy takes pictures of the work in progress so you can see, step by step, what he's done & most importantly, how it's being done because frankly, not many people could get up on their roof to see for themselves. Andy's pricing is in line with other reputable skylight companies, you may get lower quotes, but buyer beware! I would recommend Andy'Skylights in a heartbeat for anyone interested in installing or replacing skylights and who want to ensure that the job is DONE WELL, ON TIME and ON BUDGET. Thank you Andy!