Structural Renovation in Ontario

Structural renovation covers any change to how your house carries its loads: removing bearing walls, adding beams, cutting new openings, reinforcing floors or preparing a home for a second storey. In Ontario this work is never design-optional — a licensed professional engineer sizes every structural member, the drawings go to your municipality for a building permit, and inspectors review the work at set stages. We build that sequence into the schedule from the first conversation, because it is the schedule.

On site, structural work is a controlled sequence rather than demolition. Temporary shoring carries the load while the existing structure comes apart, new beams and posts go in exactly as drawn, and every point load is traced down through the storeys below to footings that can actually take it — sometimes meaning new pads poured in the basement. Nothing gets closed in until the inspector has seen it, and only then do drywall, trim and flooring bring the space back.

• Coordination with a licensed structural engineer and stamped drawings
• Building permit drawings, application and municipal liaison
• Engineered temporary shoring before any structure is opened
• Supply and installation of beams, posts, lintels and connections as specified
• New footings or foundation reinforcement where point loads require them
• Scheduling and attendance at each staged municipal inspection
• Drywall, trim and flooring reinstatement once framing is signed off

• Span lengths and the loads each new member must carry
• Whether point loads land on existing footings or need new ones poured
• How many storeys sit above the work and what shoring that demands
• What opens up once finishes come off — older framing often departs from the drawings
• Material handling and access for heavy beams inside a finished home
• Engineering scope and municipal permit timelines in your area

Every home is different, so we don’t publish flat prices — the quote is free and based on your actual job.