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Interior Demolition in Toronto

Interior demolition is the removal of finishes and non-structural walls inside a home, from a single bathroom to a whole floor. It is for homeowners, renovators and restoration companies in Toronto who need a clean shell to rebuild from. We work from our North York office and take jobs across Toronto and the GTA.

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How our crew handles it

Interior work makes up most of our photo library, and it shows the range: bathrooms stripped to block and studs, kitchens with cabinets and flooring removed, basements opened up, and rooms taken back to bare slab. We also handle fire-damaged interiors, where ceilings are burned through and everything has to come out before rebuilding can start.

Every interior job starts by deciding what stays. Plumbing stacks, electrical panels, stairs and any load-bearing wall are marked before we lift a tool. If a wall might be carrying load, we stop and bring in an engineer rather than guess. Where the house is older, we check the Designated Substance Survey first, because vermiculite, asbestos plaster and old floor tile are common in Toronto homes built before the 1980s.

Bathrooms are the most common single-room job. You can see the sequence in our photos: fixtures out, tile broken off the walls, the tub broken up and removed, and the shower base opened down to the drain. We cap supply lines and protect the drain so nothing drops into it. Kitchens follow a similar path, with cabinets removed intact where the client wants to reuse or donate them.

Flooring is a job of its own. Tile over mortar, glued-down hardwood and old vinyl each come up differently, and we scrape back to a sound subfloor or slab so the next trade can start straight away. Several photos show floors taken right down to the joists where the subfloor had to go too.

Throughout the job we protect what is staying with floor sheeting and doorway barriers, bag debris as we go, and carry it out through a single route. At the end you get a swept, empty space.

What to expect

  1. Walk-through

    We look at each room with you and mark what is removed and what stays.

  2. Written scope

    The scope lists every room, the depth of removal (finishes, studs or slab) and how utilities will be made safe.

  3. Protect and make safe

    Floors, stairs and doorways are covered, and water and power to the work area are isolated.

  4. Strip room by room

    Fixtures, cabinets, tile, drywall and flooring come out in order, with debris bagged as we go.

  5. Sweep and hand over

    The space is cleared, swept and ready for the next trade.

Interior Demolition photos (61)

  • Living area with flooring removed and a built-in wall unit exposed
  • Large open room with floor finishes scraped down to the subfloor
  • Room with drywall cut away at the base, showing wrapped framing and a bare floor
  • Room with the ceiling opened and debris piled on the stripped floor
  • Open-plan space with the ceiling removed and debris and a shovel on the floor
  • Bedroom with flooring pulled up and the ceiling fan still in place
  • Room with glossy large-format floor tile and open walls beyond
  • Corner room with lower drywall removed, exposing house wrap and window framing
  • Room with walls opened to insulation and the floor stripped to concrete
  • Bedroom with a pile of broken tile and drywall on the floor
  • Narrow hallway covered in broken tile debris
  • Laundry area with walls stripped to studs and plumbing exposed
  • Bright room with flooring removed down to the slab
  • Stair landing with floor finishes scraped to the slab
  • Open-plan area with a wall removed and a support post in place
  • Long room with flooring pulled up down to the slab
  • Bathroom wall opened to studs and insulation with fixtures removed
  • Room with drywall stripped from a block wall and the ceiling partly opened
  • Curved interior wall stripped to its framing with the ceiling opened
  • Room with the ceiling perimeter opened and the floor stripped
  • Bathroom stripped to block wall and studs with drain pipes exposed
  • Basement area with partition walls stripped to studs
  • Kitchen floor tile being broken up beside wood cabinets
  • Bathroom with wall tile removed around the tub and studs exposed
  • Narrow bathroom stripped to the studs with the floor cleared
  • Bathroom with tub, wall tile and hexagon floor tile, toilet already removed
  • Shower area stripped to the studs with plumbing lines exposed
  • Room with the ceiling opened to joists and the floor covered in broken tile
  • Kitchen with white cabinets and a tile floor
  • Kitchen with cabinets removed, their outline left on the walls
  • Room with a wall opened between studs and drywall piled behind
  • Room with the floor covered in broken tile and mortar
  • Open-plan room with protective sheeting on the floor and a wall stripped to framing
  • Narrow room with walls stripped to studs and the floor cleared
  • Hallway with flooring partly pulled up
  • Corner with drywall removed, exposing studs and plumbing
  • Finished tiled walk-in shower with a glass door
  • Galley kitchen with flooring removed between the cabinets
  • Room with carpet removed and baseboard trim pulled
  • Open living area with flooring scraped to the slab near the staircase
  • Removed cabinets stacked outside on a pool deck
  • Kitchen with cabinets removed and wood flooring pried up
  • Screened balcony with floor tile being lifted into buckets
  • Screened balcony with patterned floor tile
  • Room with a partition wall opened to studs
  • Bedroom with hardwood flooring torn up
  • Crew member clearing debris under an opened ceiling
  • Fire-damaged bedroom with the ceiling burned open
  • Kitchen with cabinets and countertop removed and the tile line left on the wall
  • Fire-damaged kitchen with the ceiling burned through
  • Burned-out room stripped to framing with heavy debris
  • Fire-damaged interior stripped to studs and ceiling joists
  • Room with boards and old appliances piled for removal
  • Shower base broken out down to the drain with the block wall exposed
  • Upstairs hallway with flooring removed beside a cable railing
  • Room with new grey plank flooring installed
  • Living room with the ceiling removed to the roof rafters and a brick fireplace
  • Garage interior with stained drywall and a boarded garage door
  • Wall stripped to studs with wiring still in place
  • Basement with walls opened and wood debris on the floor
  • Room with the floor removed down to the joists and a brick wall exposed

Frequently asked questions

Can you gut a bathroom in a North York condo?
Yes, as long as the building's management approves the work. Condos usually set elevator bookings and allowed work hours, and we plan the job around those rules. The City's noise bylaw also applies.
Do I need a permit for interior demolition in Toronto?
Removing finishes like cabinets, tile and drywall does not usually need a building permit on its own. Removing or altering a structural wall, or work that is part of a larger renovation, may need one, so check with Toronto Building or your designer first.
What about asbestos in older Toronto homes?
Many homes built before the 1980s have asbestos in plaster, flooring or pipe wrap. The Designated Substance Survey tells us what is present, and any asbestos is handled under O. Reg. 278/05 before general demolition starts.
Can you work around a family still living in the house?
Often, yes. We seal off the work area, keep one clean route in and out, and bag debris before carrying it through the house. For a full-floor gut, most families choose to stay elsewhere for those days.

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