Brick and Stone Exteriors in Ontario (2026): Brick Veneer From $30, Stone Veneer Costs, Manufactured vs Natural, Weep Holes, Ledges and Why Stone Falls Off

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Brick and Stone: What Masonry Costs, What Holds It Up, Where the Water Behind It Goes, and Why the Stone on the Front of the House Down the Road Is Falling Off

Brick from $30 a square foot on a ledge; stone from $32 adhered to $65 laid by a mason. The ledge, the weeps, the flashing and the lath are the parts the quote has to name.

Masonry is the finish that outlasts the house if it is done right and the one that costs the most to fix if it is not. Brick needs a ledge to stand on, an air space to drain into, weep holes to drain out of, and flashing to send the water to them. Adhered stone needs lath, a scratch coat, a drainage plane behind it, and a crew that does not skip any of the three on a Friday. These pages give the costs by type and grade, the difference between manufactured, thin natural and full-bed stone, the support each one needs, and the failures I get called to look at.

Price brick or stone Brick costs Stone costs

The numbers

$30brick veneer, supplied and installed, from
$32manufactured stone, mid grade
$50natural thin stone, mid grade
800 mmbetween weep holes, by the code

The guides

Brick veneer cost

From $30 a square foot supplied and installed, what moves it, the ledge and lintels, a front elevation and a whole house priced.

Stone veneer cost

Manufactured, natural thin and full-bed by grade, corners and sills, a front elevation priced.

Manufactured vs natural stone

What each is, how each goes on, weight, cost, and how each looks after fifteen Ontario winters.

Brick vs stone vs siding

The three on the same 2,400 sq ft house: cost, upkeep, resale, and how to mix them without a leak at the joint.

Stone veneer problems

Stone falling off, white stains, cracked mortar, missing lath and scratch coat: what went wrong and what the fix costs.

Brick weep holes and flashing

What the holes at the bottom of the wall are for, the flashing behind them, the air space, and why you never fill them.

Brick support and ledges

The ledge, shelf angles, adding brick to a house with none, and brick on an ICF ledge.

Four rules for masonry

  1. Brick stands on something. A ledge in the foundation or a shelf angle bolted to it; never on the siding and never on hope. Ledges.
  2. The holes at the bottom are supposed to be there. Weep holes every 800 mm over through-wall flashing. Fill them and the wall fills instead. Weeps.
  3. Adhered stone is a stucco job with rocks in it. Membrane, lath, scratch coat, then stone. Skip the scratch coat and it comes off in year twelve. Problems.
  4. Where stone meets siding, there is flashing or there is a leak. The transition is the detail; the materials are the easy part. Mixing them.

Have quotes or plans in hand? Let a builder read them first

For $99, I put your siding, stucco, masonry or eavestrough quotes on one grid, check the wall area against your house, name the product each one actually promised, price the tearoff, wrap, flashing, strapping and rot repair that was left as “extra”, and tell you which one to sign. For a new build or an addition, $249 turns your elevations into a wall-by-wall takeoff of cladding, stone, stucco details, eaves and flashing, with a budget by grade, that three contractors can price the same way.

Exterior quote review, $99 Exterior finish takeoff, $249 Check the quotes yourself first