We remove load-bearing walls in two-storey homes and bungalows to create open-concept main floors. The engineered drawings, the building permit, the custom steel beam and every city inspection are handled by one company, so you get a flush ceiling with no posts and no bulkheads, on one accountable quote.
We walk the house, show you comparable finished projects, and confirm what the outcome can actually look like.
Our partner engineer designs the steel to your desired outcome and the house's real conditions, not a generic detail.
We prepare and submit the building permit application with the structural drawings.
Our steel fabricator customizes the beam, including flitch connections and the details that make a flush ceiling possible.
Wall out, beam in, inspections passed, finishes done. You never pay ahead of inspected work.
Bungalow wall removals bring rafter ties that need extending and a tight roof slope right over the point load. We solve both with a custom steel design, so you still get a fully open main floor with no posts and a flush ceiling. We have completed tens of these.
Homeowners hire the cheapest engineer, get drawings with problems nobody flags, then a contractor who builds them anyway: an 8-inch beam that cannot sit flush with a 7.25-inch joist, posts in the middle of the room, bulkheads across the ceiling. Our engineer, steel fabricator and crew work as one team, so the drawings are buildable before demolition starts, and the quote does not change afterward.
Yes. Any structural change needs a building permit with engineered drawings. We prepare and submit it for you. On a recent Toronto project the permit was submitted January 3rd and issued the next day.
It comes down to the direction of the joists, what sits above the wall, and what carries down to the foundation. We confirm it during the free assessment, before anything else happens.
The wall-out, beam-in phase typically runs a few days. Permits, fabrication and finishes set the full timeline, which we map out for you at the assessment.
Usually yes. The structural phase is contained and short, and we plan dust protection and access around your household.
We do. Bringing your own drawings is fine too, but we review them first, because drawings that were priced cheaply often cost more to build.
Free assessment. Pick a time and Alex calls you at the slot you choose.