Interior strip-out and selective demolition in Courtenay

What comes out and what stays

Fixtures, cabinets, flooring and drywall all come out. Non-structural interior walls come out too, if your renovation plan calls for it. Structural framing — the walls and posts holding the building up — stays in place; that's work for your renovation crew, not us.

Why gypsum goes out separately

Drywall is gypsum, and gypsum goes to the landfill at $285 a tonne — a divertible material billed on its own, not lumped in with mixed construction and demolition waste. We keep it in its own pile on site so it's sorted correctly before it leaves.

How a strip-out runs

1. 1

   Walkthrough with your plan — we go through what's coming out room by room, based on your renovation drawings or your own list.

2. 2

   Protect what stays — we protect the framing and anything you're keeping before work starts.

3. 3

   Strip and sort — fixtures, flooring, cabinets and drywall come out and get sorted by material.

4. 4

   Hand-off — the space is cleared and swept, ready for your renovation crew.

What does this mean for your property?

An older building sometimes hides asbestos in flooring adhesive, popcorn ceiling texture or old pipe wrap. We hold a WorkSafeBC asbestos abatement licence, so if testing turns up something during the strip-out, we handle it instead of stopping the job to bring in another contractor.