Wilkens Brothers Underpinning

Winkens Brothers completed the underpinning of our 150 year old heritage home last December with great success. They were very knowledgeable and conscientious about doing the job properly, efficiently and safely. The onsite crew led by Stephen, Anthony and Robert worked extremely hard, and did everything possible to keep this project running smoothly and on time. This was particularly admirable considering the changing conditions and many challenges of hand excavating a crawlspace to expose a very unstable and shallow dry-laid field stone and rubble foundation. The crews expertly stabilised and underpinned what most companies would have likely walked away from. As crew-chief, Stephen kept our family updated with the progress and consistently accommodated any changes to the excavation plans that I requested. The crew's professionalism and good nature helped us maintain our sanity as we continued to live in the house that was being transformed just below our feet. You will never meet a more professional, hard working and friendlier group of people to hire than Wilkens Brothers.

Otto and Ernie, from Wilkens Brothers Underpinning, took on the task of completing a huge underpinning job that involved building a new basement under a bungalow. [This job was abandoned by Clifford from Pegasus Underpinning after the city building inspector deemed Clifford's work unsafe. After Clifford took off, I felt hopeless and frustrated, until I found Otto and Ernie.] Their professionalism and skills were immediately apparent. Although this underpinning job was extremely difficult, Otto worked with the engineer to make the building safe. He brought in his team, Steven Troy, Anthony and Robert. They completed the excavation and built 9ft deep basement walls. I was very impressed with Steven's leadership and the entire team's work ethics. Steven always responded to my phone calls and text messages promptly, leaving me at ease with the project. Their customer service was excellent given the fact that there were many unforeseen challenges that came with the property. Wilkens Brothers Underpinning were able to provide solutions for all challenges promptly and met my requests with a positive attitude. Every time I visited the job site I noticed significant progress was being made. Steven, Anthony and Robert are an awesome self-managed team and took a lot of stress away from me. This is the way a truly professional team should function! I highly recommend Wilkens Brothers Underpinning if you want the job done right!

I am a general contractor and have been working with Wilkens Brothers for many years. They just recently completed an underpinning job for me and get did a great job, but they always do a great job! its hard to find trades that are honest and reliable, but these guys are all that.

Underpinning of my 100 year old semi. Otto was transparent, communicative and very fair with any issues we encountered. His crew were exceptionally hard working, very clean and friendly - I can't wait to have them over for the dinner I promised them when the interior is finally done. The end result is very high quality (as recognized by both my finishing contractor and the city inspector). My neighbour underpinned his similar house the year before me using a low cost contractor and crew. I paid a bit more but the speed, quality and ease of interaction was definitely worth it.

Waterproofed and Increased basement height from 6 ft to 8 ft. Excavated new entrance to basement.

Otto Is very responsive and his crew is very reliable and takes pride in their work.

i called them in the winter and arranged for them to come when it was warm enough to do the job. they showed uo one day and started the work. it was finished quickly with no mess or fuss. very pleasant staff and owner