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Framing Contractor in Scarborough
Steel stud and wood framing for renovations and additions across Scarborough, Toronto and the GTA, with walls, bulkheads, and openings built square and true and ready for drywall.
New builds, additions, and full-home renovations all start the same way: framing built square, plumb, and true. Our crews handle steel stud and wood framing for interior walls, bulkheads, and door and window rough openings across Scarborough, Toronto, and the GTA, laid out to code and ready for the drywall installation that follows.
Because we also handle the drywall, taping, and painting in-house, every frame we build is prepped specifically for what comes next: correct stud spacing for board coverage, properly blocked openings, and clean corners that make the taping and finishing stage go smoothly. There's no handoff between trades and no mismatched standards between the framing and the finished wall.
Every framing quote is free and itemized before we start, whether it's a single wall, a basement layout, or a full addition.
New wall construction is most of what we frame in Markham’s larger, newer homes: offices, media rooms and closets carved out of open-concept space.
What’s Included in Our Framing Service
- Steel stud framingLoad-appropriate gauge for interior partitions, bulkheads, and dropped ceilings, common in basements and commercial fit-outs.
- Wood stud framingStandard 2×4 and 2×6 wall framing for renovations, additions, and new interior walls.
- Door and window openingsRough openings framed square, with headers sized for the span and the load above them.
- Bulkheads and soffitsDucts, beams, and plumbing runs boxed in so they can be boarded and finished cleanly.
- Blocking and backingExtra backing set behind future cabinets, wall-mounted TVs, grab bars, and railings while the wall is still open.
- Layout to codeStud spacing, openings, and fire separations set out to Ontario Building Code requirements.
How We Frame Walls and Bulkheads
- Snap the layoutWall lines are chalked on the floor and transferred to the ceiling, so every wall lands plumb over its own line rather than drifting.
- Plate and studTop and bottom plates go down first, then studs on consistent centres with openings framed as we work along the wall.
- Check square and plumbEvery wall gets checked before it's fixed off. A frame that's out by a quarter inch shows up in the drywall and again in the paint.
- Prep for boardBlocking, backing, and service penetrations are sorted before the drywall stage, so nothing has to be opened back up later.
Steel or Wood
Steel Stud or Wood Framing?
Both are used constantly in GTA renovations and each suits a different situation. The choice is usually made for you by the space itself.
- Steel studs
- Dimensionally stable: they will not warp, twist or absorb moisture, and will not feed mould. That makes them a common choice for basements, bulkheads, dropped ceilings and commercial fit-outs. Light to handle and consistently straight out of the bundle.
- Wood studs
- Easier to fasten into for anything carrying weight, and standard where framing is load-bearing. The usual choice where cabinets, heavy wall-mounted fixtures, railings or millwork need solid backing.
- Blocking and backing
- Whichever you use, backing goes in while the wall is still open, wherever a TV mount, cabinet run, grab bar or railing will eventually land. Adding it later means opening a finished wall.
- Consistent stud spacing
- This matters because of what comes next: drywall edges have to land on framing. Inconsistent spacing shows up later as cracked joints and fasteners that miss.
Because the same crew frames and then boards and finishes the space, the framing gets set out for the drywall that is coming, rather than being handed over and worked around.
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Framing FAQs
Neither is better across the board. Steel is dimensionally stable, will not warp or absorb moisture and will not feed mould, which suits basements, bulkheads and commercial fit-outs. Wood is easier to fasten into for anything carrying weight and is standard where framing is load-bearing.
It depends on the scope and on your municipality. Non-structural partition walls often do not, while structural changes, new bedrooms and anything altering egress generally do. Worth confirming with your local building department before work starts.
Yes, boxing in ducts, beams and plumbing runs with bulkheads is routine, particularly in basements. Where those bulkheads run is a layout decision worth making early, because it sets the ceiling height you actually end up with.
Blocking is extra backing fixed between studs while the wall is still open, so there is something solid to fasten into later. Without it, a wall-mounted TV, cabinet run, grab bar or railing has nothing but drywall behind it, and adding it afterwards means opening the finished wall.
Yes. Framing, drywall, taping and paint are all handled by the same crew, so stud spacing and blocking are set out for the boarding that follows rather than handed to another trade to work around.