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Garage conversions on Etobicoke homes
Etobicoke is part of the City of Toronto, and its postwar bungalows and split-levels are where the two-single-door layout shows up most across the whole city. Neighbourhoods like Alderwood, Long Branch, and Rexdale were largely built through the 1950s and 60s with attached or bump-out garages carrying twin doors. This page covers what that means for your price, your permit, and the double door itself.
What Etobicoke's housing stock means for the job. Etobicoke's housing stock is dominated by postwar construction: bungalows and split-levels built through the 1950s and 1960s across Alderwood, Long Branch, Rexdale, and the streets near the Kingsway. Builders here commonly attached a bump-out garage to the side of the house with two narrow single doors and a centre post, and because these are single-storey structures, there's rarely anything load-bearing above the opening. That makes Etobicoke one of the more common places in the GTA for the standard $16,000–$18,000 CAD band to apply directly.
We take on conversions across Etobicoke, including Alderwood, Long Branch, Rexdale, Islington, The Kingsway and Humber Bay.
Double garage door installation in Etobicoke
We install double garage doors in Etobicoke two ways: as the final step of every two-to-one conversion, and as standalone replacements where the wide opening already exists. They are different jobs with different price tags, and it pays to know which one you need before collecting quotes.
If your Etobicoke garage already has one opening sized for a double door, you need an installation or replacement: a non-structural job, no permit, typically a few thousand dollars. If you have two separate single doors with a post between them, widening that into one opening is structural work: an engineered beam, a building permit, and masonry reinstatement, which is the conversion this page describes. Typical replacement ranges are on the Ontario cost guide.
What a conversion costs in Etobicoke
$16,000 – $18,000
CAD, all-in · bump-out or detached garage · nothing load-bearing above the opening
The range covers the structural assessment and engineering, centre post removal, the engineered beam, exterior finishing, and a custom-width double door, in one contract. The municipal permit fee, typically a few hundred dollars, is extra. A room above the garage changes the beam design and is priced at the free assessment, never guessed at.
The permit: structural widening in Etobicoke is permitted through the City of Toronto (Toronto Building) — Etobicoke amalgamated into Toronto in 1998, so there is no separate Etobicoke permit office. We prepare the application with stamped engineering drawings, file it, and carry the inspections. The full breakdown of what moves the number is on the cost guide.
How the conversion runs
Every Etobicoke conversion follows the same fixed sequence, engineered around the load, not guessed at:
- Structural assessment
- Engineered beam design
- Building permit filing
- Temporary support and centre-post removal
- Beam and header installation
- Framing
- Exterior finishing
- Custom-width door and opener install
The full 8-step process, with the beam engineering and the permit table, is on the two garage doors into one conversion guide.
A representative Etobicoke project profile
This is a representative profile of the structure type we most often see in Etobicoke, not a specific completed job. For how each structure type runs, see our projects page.
Representative profile — Bump-out garage, nothing load-bearing above the opening
- Structural assessment and stamped beam design
- Municipal building permit and inspections
- Centre post removal with temporary support in place
- LVL beam across the combined opening
- Exterior reinstatement to match the facade
- 16'8" or wider custom-width double door with opener upgrade
Where we work in Etobicoke
Etobicoke questions, answered plainly
Is Etobicoke part of Toronto for permit purposes?
Yes. Etobicoke was its own municipality before the 1998 amalgamation, but every building permit here now goes through Toronto Building, the same department that covers the rest of the city. We prepare and file the stamped drawings with them directly.
Does my Etobicoke bungalow qualify for the standard price band?
Often, yes. The postwar bungalows and split-levels across Alderwood, Long Branch, and Rexdale usually have a bump-out or attached garage with nothing load-bearing above it, which is exactly the condition the $16,000–$18,000 CAD all-in band applies to.
Are two single garage doors a common setup in Etobicoke?
Very common. Etobicoke has one of the highest concentrations of the twin-single-door, centre-post layout in the GTA, a direct result of how much of the city was built out during the 1950s and 60s bungalow boom.
Can I get a double garage door installed in Etobicoke without the structural work?
Yes, if your opening is already one wide double-door width, that's a standard installation or replacement, no permit required. The centre-post conversion is only needed when you're starting from two narrow single doors.
What about split-level homes in Etobicoke — do they convert the same way?
Split-levels need a closer look than a straight bungalow, since the floor levels stagger and can change what sits over the garage. We confirm the load path for your specific split-level at the free assessment.
Nearby service areas
The same one-contract conversion runs across the GTA. We also serve Richmond Hill, Oakville and Brampton.
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