Where we work · Toronto, City of Toronto

Demolition contractor in Toronto

Toronto demolition is a permit and a parking plan before it is a machine. The lot is 25 feet wide, the neighbour's wall is 30 inches from yours, and the bin has to sit on the street or in a laneway. We plan the route for the rubble before we plan the first cut.

Toronto in detail

Toronto, on the ground.

Most of our Toronto work is inside houses: kitchens, basements, whole floors down to the studs ahead of a renovation. The tear-downs are the century semis and postwar bungalows making way for a new build, plus garages coming out so a laneway house can go in.

Toronto Building issues the demolition permit. For a house, the City's residential demolition control process asks what replaces it, so a builder with a building permit in hand moves faster than an owner who is still deciding. [Kam confirms typical Toronto permit timing.]

Bin availability

Bins next day

Bins from 10 to 40 yards dropped in Toronto. [Kam confirms lead time for Toronto.]

Permit office

the City of Toronto

Toronto Building issues the permit, and residential tear-downs go through the City's demolition control process, so having the replacement building permit ready shortens the wait. [Link to the Toronto demolition permit page and typical processing time.]

Yard distance

[n] km from the yard

[Kam confirms travel time from the yard to Toronto.]

Questions from Toronto

Yes, with a street occupation permit from the City of Toronto. On a driveway or in a laneway you skip the permit. [Kam confirms who applies and how far ahead.]

Yes. Toronto Building issues it, and residential demolitions go through the City's demolition control process, which looks at what replaces the house. We file it and book the utility disconnects.

The party wall stays. We cut the roof and framing back to it, brace it, and leave the wall weather-tight for the builder. Photos of the wall before and after go in the closeout.