Stonewood Builders
Craftmanship of the highest order
StoneWood
We are a small and lean Custom Renovation and Construction company.
We pride ourselves in doing the finest quality work, completing projects on budget. Some companies move on to new jobs while your job sits incomplete. While unpreventable delays do occur in large projects (e.g., sometimes material is not available or the sub trade is tied up for an extra few days), to the best of our ability we start and finish your job as planned and agreed with you.
Whole House Renovations
We do custom kitchen design and renovations. We will put you in touch with our design people or we will use a design of your choice. It's up to you.
Fine Finishing Work - Our Speciality
The "bones" (e.g. framing, electrical, plumbing) are crucial, but the trim and finish work that every one sees is our specialty.
We start at the foundation
Some companies come to meet the owners with glossy materials and big talk. If you are planning structural changes, the first thing we do is go to the basement and study the foundation.
Designs & Permits
We will assist in design and structural work. We have a engineering consultants as well as designers we use. To make structural changes to a house (e.g. removing walls, adding exterior door openings) permit(s) – drawn & stamped by a certified engineer, draftsman or architect – are required. These professionals can also assist you in obtaining permits from the city.
Types of Renovations: Organizing Your Space
Built in closets
Many of the homes in the city and in East York have fairly large closets that have a small 28" door to access 6'-7' of internal closet space. We open the wall to provide access to the 7' full closet and we install pre-made closets from a manufacturer such as California Closets or IKEA.
Installing pre-made closets with doors is an excellent alternative to mirrored or louvered doors. It provides a clean look without sacrificing access.
Kitchen Cabinets
We have used a number of kitchen cabinet manufacturers in our renovations. Some have excellent design services and good recommendations.
IKEA products and kitchens are of fine quality and we have used their products extensively. IKEA also has an excellent design support programme. For a small fee, an IKEA designer will sit down with you, in person or online, and design your kitchen to fit your space. IKEA kitchens often equal (sometimes better) in quality and at significant savings compared to major kitchen manufacturers.
IKEA uses Blum hardware for drawer slides and cabinet hinges. Blum is a German manufacturer of some of the best cabinet hardware in the world.
"Down to the studs demolitions", constructing new outbuildings, fences, decks and garages
We have a great deal of experience in full floor demolitions and renovations, partial floor renos with new layouts for bathrooms and closets, basement finishing, outbuildings (including garages and workshops), decks, porches and fencing. We build laneway houses and will assist you in obtaining permits and drawings for your laneway house. A popular feature on our front porches is a place to store garbage bins under the porch and away from the raccoons. It can be seen in the image with the red chairs - the storage looks like a bench with a lid which provides access to the bins directly from the porch. There is a door in the driveway that allows access to move the bins to and from the curb.
