Scarborough Deck Builder · Reformity Inc.Deck Builders in Scarborough
Many Scarborough houses sit well above their backyards: raised bungalows, side-splits and back-splits from the 1950s to the '70s in Cliffcrest, West Hill and Highland Creek, where the back door can be several steps up. Toronto requires a building permit for any deck more than 60 cm (24 in) above the ground, so most replacements off a raised door here need one. We draw the footing, beam, stair and guard details the City asks for and file the application.
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Deck drawing — framing plan — Framing plan, section through the deck and elevation. Click to enlarge.
Deck drawing — elevations & details
Drawn before we build
Drawn before we build in Scarborough.
Every deck starts with a framing plan, footing layout, and guard and stair details sized for your yard. When your city requires a permit, the drawing set goes in with the application and the inspector checks the build against it.
Decking permits in Scarborough
A deck more than 60 cm above ground needs a Toronto building permit with a survey-based site plan and footing, beam, stair and guard details, plus a TRCA permit if it falls in TRCA's regulated area and no exception applies; Reformity prepares the drawings and handles both applications.
- Dimensions to your lot lines
- Materials, sizes and spacing
- Footing and base sections
- Code notes for the inspector
Where Ontario's Building Code requires a BCIN-qualified designer or a professional engineer for permit drawings, that sign-off is part of the drawing set.
How our drawings workCity of Toronto rules
Decking rules in Scarborough.
Checked against official municipal and provincial sources. Lots differ, so we confirm the rules for your address at the quote visit.
Conservation areas
TRCA regulates development in or near Highland Creek, the Rouge River and other valleys and streams, and along the Lake Ontario shoreline, including the Scarborough Bluffs. Building a deck, regrading, or placing or removing fill in its regulated area needs a TRCA permit unless one of the regulation's exceptions applies.
TRCA: projects that need a permitRavine-backing lots
If part of your lot is in the City's ravine and natural feature protection area (ravines, forests and other natural features mapped under Chapter 658), harming or removing any tree there, of any size, needs a City permit, and the City's list of activities that need one there also includes building or replacing structures and retaining walls. On the City's online by-law map, these areas show as a striped layer.
City of Toronto: tree & ravine permitsDeck permits
Toronto requires a building permit for a deck more than 60 cm (24 in) above ground. An uncovered platform no higher than that can be exempt if it isn't part of a required exit and meets zoning, and the City's deck guide notes that some detached decks may not need a permit.
City of Toronto: when you need a permitFormer Scarborough zoning
Most Toronto properties are zoned under city-wide By-law 569-2013, but some Scarborough lots are still under former City of Scarborough zoning by-laws, shown in grey on the City's Zoning By-law Interactive Map. We check which by-law applies to your lot before designing.
City of Toronto: Zoning By-law 569-2013
What we build in Scarborough
Custom decks for outdoor living.
- Composite
- Pressure-Treated Pine
- Cedar
- Railings & Rails
Neighbourhoods
Decking across Scarborough.
- Agincourt
- Malvern
- L'Amoreaux
- Wexford
- Bendale
- Birch Cliff
- Cliffcrest
- Scarborough Village
- Guildwood
- West Hill
- Highland Creek
- West Rouge
Scarborough Decking FAQ
Quick answers.
If the deck is inside TRCA's regulated area, it needs a TRCA permit unless it fits one of the regulation's exceptions, and TRCA can ask for a site grading plan, cross-sections or a geotechnical slope stability assessment. In the City's ravine protection area, the City also lists building or replacing structures among the activities that need its permit. We check both maps for your address before designing.
Toronto requires a building permit for a deck more than 60 cm (24 in) above ground. An uncovered platform no higher than that can be exempt if it isn't part of a required exit and meets zoning, and the City's deck guide notes that some detached decks may not need a permit.
If part of your lot is in the City's ravine and natural feature protection area (ravines, forests and other natural features mapped under Chapter 658), harming or removing any tree there, of any size, needs a City permit, and the City's list of activities that need one there also includes building or replacing structures and retaining walls. On the City's online by-law map, these areas show as a striped layer.
Send the form on this page or call 437-241-6287. We reply within one business day, visit your Scarborough property to measure and check the City of Toronto rules for your lot, and give you a fixed written price.
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We'll measure, check the City of Toronto rules for your lot, draw it up and give you a fixed written price. One business-day reply.
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