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Media walls in Etobicoke
A media wall holds the television, the fireplace and the equipment in one piece drawn for the room, with the cables inside the millwork. Kitchens and mudrooms in the houses, fitted wall units, home offices and closets in the condos.
Etobicoke, on the ground.
Etobicoke covers brick Kingsway houses with heavy original trim, small lakeshore bungalows in Mimico and Alderwood, and newer condo towers along Humber Bay. Newer open-plan rooms often need a media wall to give the space a centre; older living rooms usually have a chimney breast the millwork builds around. Houses take a driveway delivery and a level carry, while shoreline condos need a booked loading dock, a service elevator and corridor protection. The wall is built and wired in the shop, delivered in sections and installed over [n] days, with the electrician making the final connections.
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 media walls page.
On the drawings, and on the quote.
- 01Television size, viewing height and seating distance set on the drawings first
- 02Fireplace opening built to the supplier's clearances [Kam confirms with the fireplace supplier]
- 03Hidden storage for equipment, with ventilation and cable routes inside the millwork
- 04Open shelves or closed doors, lit from above or below, wired in the shop
- 05Stone, slat or panel surround built and finished in the shop
- 06Install by our crew, with the electrician making the final connections
No figures published. The drivers, in order.
| Driver | What we look at |
|---|---|
| Fireplace surround | A fireplace adds an opening built to clearances, a hearth line and usually stone. |
| Hidden storage and doors | Closed storage for equipment adds boxes, doors and ventilation; open shelves are the lighter line. |
| Lighting | Shelf lighting and a backlit panel add wiring, drivers and an electrician's connection. |
| Stone or slats | A slab surround or a wall of solid slats changes the material line more than any colour. |
Shelf count and the finish colour barely move it. The fireplace, the stone and what the wall hides do.
Asked before the first call.
Can you build a media wall in a Etobicoke condo?
Yes. Condo media walls are drawn in sections that fit the elevator and the corridor, and we work to the building's delivery rules. [typical condo building rules confirmed per building]
How long does a media wall take in Etobicoke?
[n] weeks from signed drawings to install, then [n] days on site. Fireplace and television model numbers at the start keep that date.
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.