We take it down.

Interior strip-outs, selective and structural demolition, full tear-downs, bins and haulage across the Greater Toronto Area. Permits handled, dust contained, site swept before we leave.

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What sets the price

Six things set the number.

No calculator on this site. Every job is priced from a site walk or photos, and these are the things we look at when we walk it.

What comes out01

A kitchen, a basement, a bearing wall or the whole house. Each is its own line, and the square footage of it sets the start.

How it is built02

Plaster and lath, tile on a mortar bed, block, poured concrete or rubble stone. Heavier material means more labour and more bins.

Storeys and access03

Every floor above grade and every hand-carry to the curb adds hours. A driveway beside the door takes them off.

Bin count and tipping04

Bins fill by weight before they look full. Concrete, tile and plaster fill them fastest. The count is a line on the quote.

Permits and surveys05

A full tear-down needs a demolition permit. A building from before 1990 needs a designated-substances survey first. We tell you which applies.

Disconnects06

Gas, hydro and water isolated by licensed trades before the first cut, with Ontario One Call locates on every dig.

A typical strip-out

Three days. Then it is yours again.

Day 1
Contain and disconnect

Dust walls up, floors protected, water and power isolated by a licensed trade. Fixtures, cabinets and finishes out by the afternoon.

Day 2
Strip to the studs

Drywall, ceilings, flooring and insulation out. Bins swapped as they fill so nothing sits in your driveway.

Day 3
Sweep and sign off

Nails pulled, floors swept, a walk-through with photos. Your contractor starts on a clean site the next morning.

Durations shown as typical for a [n] sq ft basement; Kam confirms.

Permits and safety

The plates on every truck.

The documents a municipality, a lender or your neighbour will ask about, on the page and dated.

Ontario WSIB

Clearance certificate

Every person on your site is covered. Without it, an injury becomes your liability.

[WSIB no.]Valid to [date]
Insurance

[$ limit] liability

Covers your property and the ones on either side while we work.

[Insurer]Renews [date]
Demolition permit

Pulled by us

Full tear-downs need a municipal demolition permit and utility disconnects. We file it and book the locates.

[Municipality][n] weeks typical
Pre-1990 buildings

Asbestos survey first

Ontario requires a designated-substances survey before demolition of older buildings. We coordinate the survey and do the abatement ourselves; no suspect material is stripped without the report.

O. Reg. 278/05Abatement by Breaker [licence details]
Utilities

Locates and disconnects

Gas, hydro and water isolated by licensed trades before the first cut. Ontario One Call locates on every dig.

Ontario One Call[n] business days
Crew

More than twenty people

A crew of over twenty, trained for the site they are on, working with our own machines and equipment.

Own equipment[Training details]
Where the rubble goes

Sorted, not dumped.

Bins are sorted on site and at the yard. Clean wood, metal, concrete and drywall each go to their own stream. What is left, the mixed waste, goes to a transfer station.

Concrete and masonry

Crushed

Foundations, slabs and brick go to a crusher and come back as aggregate.

Metal

Sorted for scrap

Ductwork, railings, appliances and studs pulled out and sent to a scrap yard.

Clean wood

Chipped

Framing and sheathing kept out of the mixed bin and chipped.

Drywall

Own stream

Kept separate and sent to a drywall recycler where one accepts it.

Mixed waste

Transfer station

Carpet, laminate, insulation and anything that will not sort goes to transfer.

Asbestos

Never in a bin

Sealed, labelled and manifested to a licensed disposal site on its own truck.

Book a site walk

Pick a morning. We show up.

This monthSite walks · 30 min
Picked: no day yet · no time yet. Pick a day and a time on the left. The written quote follows the walk.
Questions people ask first

For a non-structural strip-out, usually no, but the renovation that follows will need one, and any wall that carries load needs a permit before it comes out. Full tear-downs always need a demolition permit. We tell you which applies at the site walk.

Ontario's designated-substances rules mean a survey for asbestos and similar materials comes first. If the survey finds something, Breaker removes it under O. Reg. 278/05 before demolition continues. We coordinate the survey and do the abatement ourselves.

[n] business days in most of the GTA, same week on nearly every job. We size the bin to the job so you are not paying for air.