Renovations, basements, additions, new builds.

Residential drywall installation across the GTA

Residential is most of what we do — easily 80% of our annual volume. Toronto basements, Mississauga renovations, Vaughan custom builds, Oakville additions, Markham bungalow flips, Brampton infills. We have hung and taped at least one house on most blocks of the GTA over the last seventeen years, and we have run our crews through every era of GTA housing — from 1920s lath-and-plaster Annex semis to 2024 panelized framing in Mount Pleasant new-builds.

Residential drywall is its own discipline. Unlike commercial, the work happens in occupied homes around children, pets, work-from-home schedules, and existing finishes that need to be protected. Our crews are trained as much in respect-for-the-home as they are in taping technique — and that mix is why our typical first job for a homeowner becomes a five-job relationship over the next decade.

What's included in a residential quote

• Free site visit and itemized written quote within 24 hours.
• Materials supplied: CGC Sheetrock or CertainTeed standard board, 5/8" Type X for code-required ceilings, green board for wet areas, cement board behind tile.
• Pre-install framing inspection with documented photos of any out-of-spec conditions.
• Hang, tape, fill, finish, sand, prime — full sequence to Level 4 paint-ready.
• Dust control: zip walls, drop sheets, HEPA vacuum sanders, dust-control joint compound.
• Daily clean-up and final walk-through with the homeowner.
• Coordination with your other trades — electricians, plumbers, HVAC, painters.
• 1-year workmanship warranty on every taped surface.

Project types

Basement finishings

Easily our largest residential category. Most GTA basements run 1,000–1,500 sq ft and take 4–6 working days to hang and tape. Standard 1/2" board on most walls, 5/8" Type X on the ceiling under the main floor for fire code, green board around any plumbed wet wall, and cement board behind any planned tile. We coordinate with the trades — framer, electrician, plumber, HVAC — so the wall closes up clean and the inspector signs off first time. Especially common in Milton and Brampton family homes where unfinished basements are the default for new builds.

Whole-house renovations

When you take walls down to studs and reframe a layout, the new layout needs new drywall. We coordinate with electricians, plumbers, and HVAC trades so we hang once and tape clean. A 2,500 sq ft renovation typically takes 2–3 weeks of drywall and finish work. Most whole-house renovations include Level 4 throughout with Level 5 in the main living room, dining room, and any wall hit by raking light from large windows.

Additions and second storeys

New square footage often includes matching to existing finishes. We feather mud across new-to-old transitions, match texture if there is any, and ensure the new addition does not feel like a different room from the rest of the house. Common in Scarborough and Etobicoke where 1950s and 1960s bungalows are routinely getting full second-storey additions.

Garage conversions and laneway suites

Toronto's laneway and garden suite explosion has kept us busy. Most laneway suites are full 5/8" Type X board for fire-rating, often with sound-dampening assemblies because they are tucked behind houses on quiet residential streets. We build to the laneway suite design guidelines from the City of Toronto and document every layer for the inspector.

Custom builds

For smaller GTA developers and custom builders we hang and tape new homes from framing through paint-ready handover. We can run multiple crews on multi-unit projects to keep pace with framing. Most custom builds in Vaughan and Oakville request Level 5 finishes in the main living areas.

Closet, bathroom, and kitchen renovations

Single-room jobs are usually 1–3 days. Bathrooms typically use green board on most walls and cement board behind tile. Kitchens often have specialty soffits, bulkheads, range-hood vents, and ceiling pot light cuts that need cleaner taping than typical rooms.

Materials and standards we use

• Standard board: CGC Sheetrock UltraLight 1/2" for most rooms — lighter than legacy 1/2" board, easier to handle on stairs, identical paint-ready finish.
• Fire-rated board: CGC Firecode C 5/8" Type X for basement ceilings under living space, mechanical rooms, garage walls, party walls in townhouses.
• Moisture-resistant board: Green board (CGC Sheetrock Mold Tough) in bathrooms, laundry, mud rooms.
• Cement board: Durock or HardieBacker behind tile in tub surrounds and shower walls.
• Sound board: QuietRock 545 or similar damped panels for media rooms, theatre rooms, condo party walls.
• Joint compound: CGC Easy Sand 90 setting compound for tape coat, CGC Sheetrock Plus 3 all-purpose for fill, CGC Topping for finish.
• Tape and bead: Saint-Gobain paper tape, No-Coat paper-faced metal corner bead.
• Primer: Para Premium PVA Drywall Primer or equivalent 100% acrylic.

Working in occupied homes

Most of our residential work is in occupied homes — active families, work-from-home setups, kids in school, pets, all of it. Our crews are trained around that reality. We zip wall the work area before any sanding, drop sheet the path from the work area to the truck, vacuum at end of every day, and try to leave the house cleaner than we found it. We can also stage projects so you keep using your kitchen and master bath while we work in another part of the house.

Specific things we do that other crews often skip: cover HVAC returns with filter material so dust does not get pulled into the duct system, tape over any fan housings in the work area, use dust-control joint compound (CGC Sheetrock Dust Control) which produces a heavier dust that drops to the floor instead of floating, and run HEPA-filtered vacuum sanders for all sanding work. The result is a worksite where you can sleep in the next room and not feel the difference.

Coordination with other trades

Residential drywall sits in the middle of the renovation sequence. Framer first. Electrician, plumber, HVAC, low-voltage second. Drywall third. Painter fourth. Trim and finish carpentry fifth. We coordinate handoffs at both ends — making sure the in-wall trades have completed their work and inspector sign-off where needed before we close up, and making sure the painter has a properly primed Level 4 (or Level 5) surface to receive their topcoat. We have working relationships with two GTA painting companies we trust if you do not have one already.

Why hire a specialist over a general renovation contractor

A general renovation contractor is the right hire when you need someone managing 8 trades, 12 inspections, and a 4-month schedule. They are not always the right hire for the drywall portion of that project. Most GCs sub the drywall to a specialist anyway — and the question is whether the GC subs to a crew like ours that does drywall full-time, or to a generalist who does "some drywall." For homeowners running their own renovation (acting as their own GC), hiring a specialist drywall crew like us directly often saves the markup of going through a GC and gets you a better finish than the GC's default sub. Our hiring guide covers the 12 questions you should ask before signing any drywall quote.

Before you book any drywall contractor, our hiring guide covers the 12 questions you should be asking. For pricing, see the installation cost guide or the line-by-line cost breakdown.