Service area · Centretown
Demolition in Centretown
Centretown work is almost all interior: downtown offices, Bank Street storefronts, condos and brick row houses. The challenge is logistics, and we plan it before the first day.
- The promise Ready for the next trade Debris hauled away, site cleared for the next crew.
- Demolition quotes Book a site visit We walk the job with you, then price it in writing.
- Junk removal Text us photos Send a few pictures, get a price back.
- Service area Ottawa & area Kanata to Orléans, Barrhaven to Vanier. Outside Ottawa? Ask us.
Local housing
What we see in Centretown
Centretown’s residential streets are dominated by red-brick houses, row houses and low-rise apartments built between 1890 and 1914, many later divided into apartments. Much of the area between Elgin and Kent streets is in the Centretown Heritage Conservation District, and the Minto Park district surrounds the park. Around them are office towers near the core, Bank Street and Elgin Street storefronts, and newer condo buildings.
- Freight elevators, loading docks and working hours are booked with the building before mobilisation.
- All residential stock here predates 1990: survey first, licensed abatement, then demolition.
Common jobs
- Office floors returned to base building
- Retail and restaurant strip-outs on Bank and Elgin
- Condo kitchen and bathroom strip-outs
- Row-house and converted-apartment guts
- Rental unit turnovers for landlords
Services
Most-booked in Centretown
Commercial Demolition
Office, retail and restaurant strip-outs back to shell for landlords, tenants and general contractors.
Interior Demolition & Strip-Outs
Kitchens, bathrooms, basements and single rooms taken back to the studs and hauled away.
Junk Removal
Basements, garages, estates, renovation debris and the heavy stuff other junk companies avoid.
Every service in Centretown
Permits
Paperwork in Centretown
Much of Centretown is in the Centretown Heritage Conservation District. Interior work usually proceeds normally, but anything visible from outside needs heritage review. Commercial debris cannot go to the City’s Trail Road landfill (City memo).
Buildings from before 1990 get a hazardous materials survey before demolition. Abatement is referred to licensed specialists, and we start after the clearance letter.
Disposal
Hauled out, properly
Downtown loading is planned around docks, freight elevators and permitted hours. Where a truck or bin has to use the street, the City requires a temporary encroachment permit.
On larger jobs a licensed bin company’s roll-off sits on your property and the bin company handles the tipping. Loads we haul ourselves go to the Tomlinson Waste Recovery Centre in Carp, which sorts mixed construction and demolition debris for recycling.
FAQ
Centretown: questions
Phones answered Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
Do you work after hours downtown?
Yes. Occupied office buildings usually require noisy work in the evening or on weekends, and we schedule to the building’s rules.
Do you work in condo buildings?
Yes. The owner arranges board approval; we book the service elevator, protect corridors and follow the board’s permitted hours.
Asbestos & permits
We don’t touch asbestos. That’s the point.
Some demolition companies will tell you they do it all. We do the demolition, and we make sure the steps before it happen in the right order, by the right people: survey first, licensed abatement, then us.
Read the asbestos and permit FAQ- Built before 1990? Ontario law puts the onus on the owner to identify designated substances before a contract is signed. That means a designated-substances survey.
- Survey finds asbestos? A licensed abatement contractor removes it, and you get a clearance letter.
- Utilities and permit. Gas, hydro, water and sewer disconnected where needed. Enbridge alone takes about 44 days, so it gets requested first.
- Then we demolish. No change orders for surprise asbestos, no stop-work orders, no crew exposed.
Get a price
Quote a job in Centretown
Send the address and what has to go. For demolition we book a site visit and send a written quote; for junk removal, a few photos are enough for a price.
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Ready when you are. Let’s get it out.
Demolition is quoted on site: book a visit and we walk the job with you. Junk removal? Text us a few photos and we send a price back.