Arcana Restoration Group Ltd. is a Toronto-based heritage masonry company offering the highest quality residential and commercial restoration work.

 
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RESTORATION

We offer a suite of services from small repairs and modifications, to complete restoration. No matter the size or scope of the project, everything we do is led by our guiding principles.

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MASONRY CLEANING

Nearly every project we encounter has some degree of masonry cleaning required. We use a specialized Thermatech steam washing system to safely remove paint, carbon and vegetation from brick and stone surfaces. Unlike other systems which can cause irreparable damage to the building envelope, steam cleaning is a non-abrasive method that is consistent with Heritage Conservation & Preservation standards worldwide.

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RENOVATIONS

We also do new-construction masonry, focusing on high quality installations with unique materials that compliment the original home's character.

Our Work

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About Us

Get to know our team of dedicated professionals, what we are about and what our guiding principles are.

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Swipe for a before of our recently completed window and door alteration project on Argyle for some really great clients. - Sasha and Phil battled the rain and some unforeseen obstacles and did a great job on this project. Thanks guys! - #heritagemas
Arcana Restoration achieves impressive results on every project with passion, craftsmanship, specialized heritage experience methods and teamwork. - Specializing in residential, institutional and commercial restoration & renovation, our goal is
Seamless window openings - Jeremy, Julian and Arcana co-owner Brendan are doing an excellent job of creating new window openings in this @johnsonplayfairmasonry job in Trinity Bellwoods - Using reclaimed brick, hand-bolstering the stone sills and pre
We are proud to have been featured in the February 2024 edition of the ACO Port Hope “ACO Matters” newsletter for our work on 81 Walton Street. - The article features interview snippets with Arcana President Daniel Arellano and some inter
Year End Retrospective Post 1: Slab Creek House - We were hired by Alex and Adam, the wonderful team behind @angelinesinn & @houseoffalconer to restore the foundation on their newest project, an 1850s farmhand’s house in wine country. - Ou
Our downtown Port Hope restoration project is now complete. Swipe for before and after shots. - ‘The Queen’s Hotel’ was built in 1870 with later additions in 1876 and 1907. It was likely first painted in the 1920s, meaning a lifeti
Non-abrasive steam cleaning on some pretty Credit Valley sandstone in Leaside for @debloisbuilt. Swipe for before! - Sandstone can be a tricky one to clean as acid-based detergents have the potential to draw out the naturally occurring iron oxides,
Quick sill replacement on a pretty special home on Palmerston today. Brand new custom cut and tooled Cove Red 🇬🇧sandstone to closely match the original. - Excellent installation by @lifetime_problems & @uncle.slam. In house design & CAD dr
Daniel and Sasha had the pleasure of presenting at the Heritage Matters speakers series in Cobourg earlier this week. Thanks to @mina.smirnova_ and the @townofcobourg Heritage Department and ACO for inviting us to speak about heritage masonry! - We w
We recently completed this Victorian facade restoration project in Parkdale for some wonderful clients. - Our scope of work included: non-abrasive paint removal, +200 bricks replaced and full repoint with lime mortar. - Great scaffold setup by @joh
Did some fall maintenance steam cleaning today for one of our favourite clients. We used only steam to protect the flora and fauna and to maintain the subtle patina on the masonry. - This Edwardian home hosts an incredible early 90s @shimsutcliffe r
Cleaned up this pretty Yorkville semi this week. Swipe for before, during and after…and before 😆. - The brick had never been cleaned and had some stubborn carbon soiling from 100+ years of air pollution. Also all of the stone had multiple coa
Our recently completed facade rebuild in Kensington Market. Swipe for before, during and after. - This project was initially supposed to be a paint removal restoration project. After the first day of steam paint removal we discovered that the vast m
Our recently completed project on Crawford Street. Swipe for before and after. - We went all out on this one. Over two months of work and every effort made to make sure this project would be excellent. We sourced period-appropriate reclaimed bricks