Partial Demolition In Windsor, Ontario

Common Partial Demolition Jobs

Most partial demolition requests in Windsor fall into a few groups. Owners remove an old addition or sunroom to build a better one. Builders take a house down to the foundation and first floor before a second-story rebuild. Landlords open walls to convert a duplex back into a single home. Others remove a chimney, a rotten porch or a load of interior walls for an open floor plan, which is a partial demolition too.

Load-Bearing Walls Need A Partial Demolition Plan

Any wall that carries a floor or a roof is load-bearing. Removing it is part of a partial demolition only after an engineer or designer has specified the new beam and the temporary support. We follow that plan, shore the structure before the wall comes out and leave the opening ready for the new beam.

A building permit is usually needed for this kind of partial demolition. We coordinate with your contractor or designer on the drawings.

Partial Demolition Needs Clean Cut Lines

The edge where the old work meets the structure you are keeping is the most important part of a partial demolition. We saw-cut concrete and masonry at that edge, cut framing cleanly and leave the remaining building closed in against the weather at the end of each day.

Partial Demolition Pricing

Partial demolition is priced by the size of the area removed, the amount of shoring needed and how the debris gets out. Most partial demolition jobs fall between the cost of an interior gut-out and a small full demolition. The written quote after the free visit is the real number, and the demolition cost page explains the factors.