Toronto, Ontario

Commercial and industrial drywall contractor in Toronto

Office fit-outs, condominium suites and amenity floors, base building corridors and rated walls across the downtown core, midtown and the inner suburbs. Priced from drawings, self performed by our own crews.

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What we build in Toronto

Toronto is the densest market we work in, and the drywall scope changes with the building. Downtown it is tenant fit-outs in office towers, base building corridors and washrooms, and suites and amenity floors in new condominium towers. Along the waterfront, King West and Liberty Village it is retail and restaurant build-outs at grade. In the inner suburbs it is medical suites, schools and light industrial.

Office and tenant fit-outs in multi tenant towers, from the Financial District to midtown
Condominium suites, corridors, party rooms and amenity floors
Base building washrooms, lobbies, shaft walls and rated corridors
Retail, restaurant and quick service build-outs, including hoarding
Medical, dental and professional suites
Rated separations and demising walls in mixed use buildings

We work as a subcontractor. The general contractor or property manager sends drawings, we return a bid by partition type, and our own crews do the steel stud framing, boarding, taping and ceilings.

Building downtown: the rules that shape the schedule

Most downtown drywall work happens inside a building that is occupied, secured and managed. The studs and the board are the easy part. The schedule is set by the building and by the City.

What we confirm before pricing a downtown Toronto fit-out
Item	What it means for the drywall schedule
Noise hours	The City's noise bylaw allows construction noise from 7 am to 7 pm on weekdays and 9 am to 7 pm on Saturdays, and none on Sundays or statutory holidays. Many towers are stricter than that.
Freight elevator	Booked windows for deliveries and debris, and elevator sized loads instead of full lifts
Deliveries	Curb space downtown is booked, and a boom truck can need a street occupation permit
Protection and hoarding	The landlord's standard for corridor protection, dust walls and negative air
Security	Contractor sign-in, badge lists and escort rules that add time to every shift

None of this is unusual. It just has to be in the bid. We price the after hours portion openly and plan deliveries in elevator sized loads so the work does not stall on a missed booking.

Older Toronto buildings

A large share of Toronto's commercial and residential stock predates drywall. Lath and plaster, terracotta block partitions and out of plumb brick are normal in the older core, in Cabbagetown, the Annex and the older stretches of Queen and Dundas.

A new steel stud wall or strapping in front of the old wall so the finished surface is straight
Furring and levelling where the existing wall stays
Matching existing plaster thickness at reveals and returns
Rated assemblies rebuilt to a listed system where a renovation has opened a separation

We walk these sites before bidding, because the drawings rarely show what is behind the finish.

Working with Toronto general contractors

We are a subcontractor. General contractors, developers, property managers and condominium corporations send drawings and we return a bid that lists every partition type by tag, the finish level per area and our exclusions in plain language.

Two million dollar commercial general liability, certificate on request
WSIB coverage in good standing
Non-union open shop
Five years and more of commercial and industrial work across the GTA
Framing, boarding, taping, finishing and ceilings self performed under one contract

Richmond Hill to downtown is a normal daily run for our crews. We are on site for the start of the shift, and short return visits for deficiencies are easy to schedule.

Getting a number

Send the drawing set, the wall schedule and the landlord's construction rules if you have them. We come back with a bid by partition type, the finish level assumed for each area, and the after hours portion priced separately so you can see it. For the full scope, see commercial drywall and office fit-outs.

Toronto homeowners and builders: our residential drywall page covers renovations, basements and repairs.

FAQ

Toronto drywall questions

What general contractors and property managers ask before awarding the work.

Do you work in downtown Toronto office towers with restricted hours?

Yes. Most of our downtown work is in occupied towers. We work to the landlord's rules and the City's noise bylaw, schedule the noisy work into the permitted hours or after hours where the building requires it, and price those hours in the bid rather than adding them later.

Do you work in occupied Toronto condominium buildings?

Yes. Suite renovations, corridor and lobby refreshes and amenity spaces are all normal scope. We follow the corporation's rules on elevator bookings, work hours and floor protection, and the common areas are cleaned at the end of every shift.

Do you work on older Toronto buildings with lath and plaster walls?

Yes. Depending on the space we frame a new steel stud wall in front of the old one, or fur and level the existing wall. Where a wall comes down we rebuild any rated separation to a listed assembly. We walk the site before pricing, because older buildings rarely match their drawings.

Pricing a Toronto project? Send us the drawings.

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