Built-ins in Etobicoke
Etobicoke covers brick Kingsway houses with heavy original trim, small lakeshore bungalows in Mimico and Alderwood, and newer condo towers along Humber Bay. Older houses with chimney breasts and alcoves are made for built-ins; newer rooms with flat walls gain a place for them from a run of shelving with a lit centre. Built-ins are cabinets and shelving fixed to the room, drawn to the walls they sit against and scribed on site.
Etobicoke, on the ground.
Kitchens and mudrooms in the houses, fitted wall units, home offices and closets in the condos. Boxes are built and finished in the shop, delivered and scribed to the alcove over [n] days.
In Etobicoke the detail that decides the job is often the trim already on the wall, so casing and baseboard profiles are recorded at the measure and matched in the shop.
Read more about custom cabinetry in Etobicoke or the full built-ins page.
On the drawings, and on the quote.
- 01Elevations of every alcove and wall, measured at several heights
- 02Closed cabinets below, open shelves above, or any mix, sized to what you own
- 03Window seats and benches with drawers or lift-up storage
- 04Scribe panels, crown and plinth details that run into the existing trim
- 05Lighting wired in the shop where shelves are lit
- 06Delivery and install by our crew, [n] days on site
No figures published. The drivers, in order.
| Driver | What we look at |
|---|---|
| Linear feet and shelf count | Open shelving is the lightest line; closed cabinets with doors and drawers add parts. |
| Site conditions | Chimney breasts, sloped ceilings and out-of-square alcoves add scribing time. |
| Door construction and finish | Painted shaker at one end, veneer or fluted fronts at the other. |
| Lighting and stone | Lit shelves and a stone top on a console add wiring and a fabricator. |
Paint colour and hardware are the smallest lines. Site conditions and what the piece hides set the number.
Asked before the first call.
Do you build alcove units in Etobicoke?
Yes. Alcove built-ins either side of a chimney breast are one of the most common jobs in Etobicoke. Each side is measured separately and drawn as a pair.
Are built-ins in Etobicoke painted on site?
No. Everything is sprayed in our shop, so the room stays clean and the finish is smoother. Scribe edges are touched up after fitting.
Can you build a fitted unit for a condo along the lake?
Yes. We measure the opening, build the unit in sections that clear the elevator door, and joint them on site. Fixing in a condo goes into steel studs or with approved anchors rather than into concrete, and any [building certificate of insurance requirement] is filed with the property manager ahead of the delivery date.
Our Etobicoke house has thick original trim. Will new cabinetry look wrong next to it?
It does not have to. We record the existing casing and baseboard profiles at the site measure and choose a door profile and plinth height that sit with them. Where a cabinet meets casing, the panel is scribed to the moulding on site so there is no gap and no applied trim covering one.