We have the Work ethic Your grandparents Swear Doesn’t Exist Anymore — plus Better Equipment

Bringing Back Great Service — One Patio at a Time.

At The Works, we believe great service isn’t complicated.

Show up when you say you will, work hard, do the job right, and care about the people you’re doing it for.

That’s the old-school approach your parents and grandparents swear our generation doesn’t have — and it’s the standard we hold ourselves to every day.

But we pair that work ethic with next-gen, commercial-grade equipment built specifically for Vancouver patios.

So you get the kind of results hard work and the right tools can deliver.

No shortcuts, no cut corners, just honest effort and a patio you’re proud to step onto again.

hard work runs through our veins

My very first job was janitorial work at 12 years old.

While most kids were outside playing, I was inside emptying bins, wiping surfaces, and cleaning toilets — but that wasn’t where I learned what real work felt like.

That started way earlier.

I grew up in a Ukrainian family where “clean” wasn’t a chore; it was a way of life.

My grandma is the kind of woman who’d come to your house and quietly start washing your walls. My mom had us doing dishes, dusting, and vacuuming by age six.

So while clean is cultural for us, hard work runs in my blood.

At 21 — 135 lbs, no experience, never held a wrench — I somehow got hired on the Alberta drilling rigs.

Three years in brutal -35°C winters, six-week stretches with zero days off… that’ll teach you what “work ethic” actually means.

After putting myself through university, then launching a startup while working nights and weekends just to keep the lights on.

Hard work isn’t something I “value.” It’s the only gear I have.

Which is exactly why I named this company The Works.