Built to plan
Framed from your architectural and engineered drawings, to the plan and the Ontario Building Code, not by rule of thumb.
Custom Framing
Warehouse Framing
Warehouse framing 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.
- Licensed, Insured & WSIB-Covered
- Backed by our workmanship warranty
- 5.0 on Google
Get your framing quote
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 warehouse framing
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
Ready to price warehouse framing?
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
5.0 · Verified reviews on Google B Brookevia Google
★★★★★
Timberr Framing did an excellent job with our commercial units! We'll definitely be using them again for future projects!
T Trudyvia Google
★★★★★
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!
W Williamvia Google
★★★★★
Highly recommend to anyone with a stacked townhome project! Outstanding craftsmanship once again Timberr Framing.
S Sokratisvia Google
★★★★★
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.
E Ericavia Google
★★★★★
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!
C Cesarvia Google
★★★★★
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 warehouse framing
Understanding warehouse framing
The systems and conditions that change the work
A low-hazard industrial occupancy carries combustible content no greater than 50 kg per square metre or 1,200 megajoules per square metre of floor area under the Ontario Building Code. Cross that threshold and you are into medium-hazard territory, which changes the permitted construction and fire-safety requirements under Part 3. So we confirm your stored commodity and combustible load before we price a single stud wall.
Ambient, refrigerated and freezer warehouses call for different envelope, vapour-control and service-penetration details. So the same wall gets different sheathing and vapour barrier work depending on which side holds product below freezing. Get that wrong and you are chasing condensation and ice buildup behind the sheathing within a season.
A warehouse office is a subsidiary or mixed-use area under Part 3, and its separation and egress depend on the approved Code analysis, not on habit. Push an office into open storage space without that analysis and your egress path may no longer satisfy the occupancy it now serves.
Rack-supported structures, independent racks and conventional framed mezzanines are not interchangeable systems, even when they look similar from the floor. A conventional mezzanine stands on its own post-and-beam frame; a rack-supported structure ties that same platform back into the racking itself. So your rack supplier and your framer need to agree on who is carrying the load before either one starts building.
What belongs in the scope
Warehouse use can fall within Group F, Division 2 or 3 under the Ontario Building Code depending on combustible content and hazards. So your quote should show which classification the package is built around.
Storage racks, conveyors and equipment supports are separate structural systems unless the issued scope expressly includes them. So say up front whether your framer is also carrying rack loads. Loading-dock walls and door openings need impact, weather and structural details different from an interior stud wall, because a forklift treats that wall very differently than a warehouse aisle does.
Building height, wall area, opening size and rated-compartment length control how much stud, plate and sheathing material the job takes. Storage classification and storage height can change the fire-protection scope under Part 3, so two warehouses the same size can carry two different packages. Slab verification and new foundations add investigation and concrete work whenever the existing slab bearing was never designed for what you are anchoring into it.
The mistake we want found before the work begins
A partition or rack anchor drilled into an unknown slab zone can hit embedded services or load an area never designed for that reaction. The slab looks uniform from above, so the risk is invisible until drilling or movement exposes it. We verify structural and embedded-service information before locating anchors.
Member and fastening decisions that affect the result
Part 9's prescriptive steel-stud provisions apply only to non-loadbearing walls. Interior non-loadbearing steel studs need at least 0.46 mm of base-steel thickness under that provision. So the gauge on your delivery ticket has to match what the wall is actually asked to carry. Exterior runners attach to their supporting structure at no more than 300 mm on centre.
Anything past what Part 9 covers, meaning structural framing, rack support, guards or equipment reactions outside its prescriptive limits, needs the applicable Part 4 design instead, because a prescriptive stud table was never sized to carry a rack reaction. Door, dock, conveyor and fire-shutter openings each get their own approved jamb, header and closure support details, since a standard header is not built for a rolling fire shutter.
Plans, sequencing, and site decisions
The hold point and the trades waiting after it
Municipal building officials enforce the Ontario Building Code, and the permit holder is responsible for notifying the building department for required inspections. So that call does not fall through the cracks between trades. Rack and equipment installers inherit the slab bearing capacity and anchor zones we leave behind. Sprinkler and fire-alarm trades inherit the storage height and compartment geometry the framing sets under Part 3.
Door and loading-equipment trades inherit the framed openings and approach clearances we build, so a dock leveler or a rolling door fits the opening it was ordered for. Operations inherits the designed occupancy and egress conditions on handover day, which is why we keep every anchor visible until the inspector has signed off.
Framing warehouses across the GTA
Ontario sets the classification and construction rules through the Ontario Building Code. Your municipality administers the permit and books the inspection for the address. So the same package can move at a different pace in Toronto than in Brampton or Vaughan. Your site decides the sequence: an operating distribution centre running forklifts through restricted zones frames very differently than a vacant shell. Phasing around that traffic is a site condition, not a code requirement.
What to send for a useful quote
Send your commodity, combustible-content, storage-height and occupancy information first; that is what sets your OBC classification, and everything else follows from it. Add existing survey, column grid, slab and roof-structure information, plus your rack, conveyor, dock, equipment and operations layouts. Include fire compartment, sprinkler, egress and protected-opening plans along with your wall, mezzanine, guard, anchor, post, beam and equipment-support details. Tell us who owns phasing, inspection and closeout, so nothing gets assumed.
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
Warehouse Framing FAQ
Will warehouse framing hold my construction schedule?
It stays on schedule when storage use, hazard classification and equipment reactions are known before framing. We do not classify the building from the word warehouse.
What usually delays warehouse framing after mobilisation?
Unknown slab zones and uncoordinated shutters or conveyors cause the longest shutdowns. We verify their structure before installation begins.
What do the following trades inherit from this work?
Your rack, equipment and fire-protection teams receive clear routes and approved supports instead of partitions placed across their work.
Who owns a framing conflict found on site?
Timberr owns documenting the conflict, protecting the affected work and getting it to the responsible designer or consultant. We do not hide an unapproved field change inside the handoff.
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.
Request a warehouse framing quote
Send the current drawings, your stored commodity and combustible-content information, the property address and your target start window. We will confirm the OBC occupancy classification, flag any missing structural or coordination decision, and give you a scope you can actually price against.
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Warehouse Framing Across the GTA
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