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Load-Bearing Wall Removal
Load-bearing wall removal across Toronto, the GTA and the Golden Horseshoe, built to your drawings and the Ontario Building Code. Timberr Framing is licensed, insured and WSIB-covered, rated 5.0 on Google, with a workmanship warranty behind every job.
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- Backed by our workmanship warranty
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Send the drawings, or just the address and what you are building. We will tell you what is missing before we price it.
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Workmanship warranty, we stand behind our work Licensed, Insured & WSIB-Covered Completed to code & Ontario requirements Custom-framed to your plans Serving the GTA & surrounding area
What You Get
What to expect from load-bearing wall removal
Built to last
Engineered lumber, LVL/PSL beams, and connectors chosen for the spans and loads on the plans.
Quote-ready
Send specs, drawings, or photos and get a free, no-obligation site visit and estimate with no guesswork.
Code-conscious
Installation and site work completed in accordance with Ontario requirements.
Our Process
How the work moves from drawings to handoff
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Send the drawings, or just the address and what you are building. We will tell you what is missing and what happens next.
What GTA clients say
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Timberr Framing did an excellent job with our commercial units! We'll definitely be using them again for future projects!
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We have worked with Timberr Framing on a few projects, and they continue to impress with their great workmanship and reliable service in our commercial unit. We highly recommend them for all your metal stud framing needs!
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Highly recommend to anyone with a stacked townhome project! Outstanding craftsmanship once again Timberr Framing.
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I was impressed by Timberr Framing’s skilled craftsmanship during our commercial framing project. They delivered high-quality work and maintained strong structural integrity in our commercial development that required metal framing.
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Timberr Framing’s team was not only punctual and dependable but also demonstrated exceptional skills in both addition and commercial framing projects. We'll definitely hire them again!
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Timberr Framing has an efficient process and always completes work on time. Their team is highly organized, and our team of developers are always satisfied with the final results.
How It Gets Built
More about load-bearing wall removal
Understanding load-bearing wall removal
The systems and conditions that change the work
A flush beam fits within the floor or ceiling depth and can require joist cutting, hangers and engineered connections. That means your engineer may need to settle the load path before material is ordered.
A dropped beam sits below joists and changes the finished clear height but may avoid framing every joist into its side. That means your quote carries the matching member layout, connector schedule and site handling.
A wood beam can be built up within OBC span-table limits or specified as LVL, LSL or PSL by the structural design. That means you get the route supported by the drawings instead of a choice made from habit.
A steel beam is a separate designed option and requires the support, connections and corrosion protection shown on the design. That means your following trades inherit that system's spacing, openings and limits.
What belongs in the scope
Your municipality explicitly identifies removing a loadbearing wall or changing structural framing as work requiring a building permit, so the load-bearing-wall-removal boundary is fixed before award. Part 11 governs material alteration of the existing structural system. Its performance cannot be reduced by the work, which means your quote can name exclusions and owner-supplied items instead of hiding them.
Opening width and supported floors or roof loads determine beam and post demand, so measured load-bearing-wall-removal quantities control the takeoff. Flush versus dropped installation changes joist cutting, hangers and finish geometry, which means you can compare the selected member schedule rather than a generic allowance. Support beneath end posts can require new framing or foundation work, so load-bearing-wall-removal coordination is visible before approval.
The mistake we want found before the work begins
The new beam is only as sound as the post and support under each end. A post landing on ordinary floor framing can make the opening look complete while pushing the house load into joists never designed for it. We trace both reactions to a beam, wall or foundation before removal begins.
Member and fastening decisions that affect the result
Beam end bearing is at least 89 mm unless an applicable span-table note or structural design provides otherwise. That means your installed member must match the grade or product shown in the design. Joists framed into the side of a wood beam require joist hangers, another accepted connector or a compliant ledger. That means you can verify the material condition before it is enclosed.
Built-up wood beams use 38 mm members, with joints over supports or at permitted quarter points and fastening under 9.23.8.3. That means your bearing and connection detail must preserve that capacity. Structural lumber used in a prescriptive beam must carry an accepted grade mark, which means you can trace the fastening requirement to the actual assembly.
Plans, sequencing, and site decisions
The hold point and the trades waiting after it
Ontario's prescribed notice includes substantial completion of Part 9 structural framing and HVAC rough-ins, which means your sequence must reach that visible hold point before finishes. Ontario prescribes an inspection response within 2 days after notice, excluding weekends, holidays and office closures, which means you can plan the following trade around the stated response.
Approved structural content prepared by an engineer is identified in municipal permit guidance with professional responsibility documentation. That means your mechanical and electrical work may have to be complete before the framing review. Electrical, plumbing and HVAC routes must be relocated or framed through only where the approved member details permit. That means you avoid reopening work the municipality needed to see.
Planning the work across the GTA
Ontario sets the building rules while the municipality administers the permit and inspection for the address. That means your approved set must settle a flush beam fits within the floor or ceiling depth before work is covered. Your site decides the delivery, storage and lifting route for that system. So you get a different sequence for a clear subdivision lot, a tight infill lane or an occupied commercial unit.
What to send for a useful quote
Request permit drawings, structural details, beam and post schedule and engineer revisions, which means you give the estimator the current design basis. Request opening width, supported storeys, joist direction, roof loads and bearing conditions, which means your takeoff can include the scheduled members and openings. Add the address, permit status and target start window, so you can separate what is ready to price from what still needs a decision.
Comparing framing quotes?
Ours names what we frame, what another trade supplies, and what has to be settled before we mobilise. Compare the scope, not two totals built on different assumptions.
Finished On Site
Framed on site and built to last
Clean framing, tight sequencing, and a tidy site, coordinated with concrete, drainage, openings, and surrounding trades, and completed to code where site work is in scope.
- Coordinated with the surrounding build
- Code-minded framing for real-world use
- Quote-ready support from plans to inspection
FAQ
Load-Bearing Wall Removal FAQ
Can my house or property take this load-bearing wall removal work?
The house can take the opening only with an approved replacement load path. We confirm the beam, posts and support below before touching the bearing wall.
How disruptive will the load-bearing wall removal work be?
The house is most disrupted during temporary support, removal and beam placement. We plan that sequence and access before finishes are opened.
What is most likely to go wrong?
The new beam is only as sound as the post and support under each end. A post landing on ordinary floor framing can make the opening look complete while pushing the house load into joists never designed for it.
Who is accountable if the site does not match the drawings?
Timberr owns stopping, documenting and explaining the framing conflict. The engineer or designer approves structural changes, and we build the written answer instead of improvising inside your house.
Not sure the drawings are ready?
Most are not, and that is fine. Send what you have and we will tell you what is missing before it costs you a week on site.
Our Work
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Custom homes, additions, renovations, and multiplexes, framed on site for builders, homeowners, contractors, and property teams.
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Send the current drawings, property address, permit status and target start. We will check the package around a flush beam fits within the floor or ceiling depth, so you can resolve a missing structural, access or coordination decision before it becomes a site delay.
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Load-Bearing Wall Removal Across the GTA
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