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Custom closets 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 tend to have narrow, deep closets on a single rod, while newer builds give a wider opening and more height to use above the shelf. A custom closet is built to the wall you have, with hanging, shelving and drawer sections set to what you actually own.
Etobicoke, on the ground.
Kitchens and mudrooms in the houses, fitted wall units, home offices and closets in the condos. We measure the opening, build and dry-fit the unit in our shop, then deliver and install it, scribing the end panels to the wall on site.
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 custom closets page.
On the drawings, and on the quote.
- 01Elevations and a photorealistic rendering before anything is cut
- 02Hanging sections set to your longest coats and dresses
- 03Drawer banks on soft-close runners with finished interiors
- 04Adjustable shelving on a machined pin line
- 05Scribed end panels and fillers cut to the wall on site
- 06Cabinet lighting wired in the shop, ready for the electrician
No figures published. The drivers, in order.
| Driver | What we look at |
|---|---|
| Run length and wall count | A single wall is one straight run. Wrapping a corner adds a return, a filler and more scribing on site. |
| Drawers against open shelving | Every drawer is a box, a front and a set of runners, so a drawer bank takes more shop hours than the same height in shelves. |
| Doors or open fronts | Open cubbies skip doors and hinges. Fronts add hardware, alignment time and a longer finishing schedule. |
| Finish and interior material | A painted front over a matching painted interior takes more shop time than a plain interior behind a wood door. |
Every quote is itemized from your drawings, so you can read the closet line by line and take a drawer bank out before you sign.
Asked before the first call.
How long does a closet take from measure to install in Etobicoke?
Drawings and a rendering land within [n] days of the measure, the shop build runs [n] weeks after the quote is signed, and install is [n] days. Valmont builds in Richmond Hill and delivers across the area on our own truck.
Can you build into a closet that still has damaged drywall?
Yes, as long as the wall is sound where the cabinets fix. Patching and painting behind the run is easier before we deliver, so we flag anything that needs attention at the measure rather than on install day.
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.
Is a drawer base better than a cupboard with a shelf?
For pots, plates and pantry goods, yes. A deep drawer brings the contents out to you and uses the full depth of the box, while the back of a low shelf is dead space in practice. We usually mix the two along a run and show the split in the drawings so you can see what lands where.