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Are you building a deck at the back of your house? Is it a single storey or double?
You would need to obtain a permit from the city to build a deck in your backyard. Doesn’t matter if your deck is only serving a ground floor or a double storey with an access from the second floor.
You would also need to ensure that the minimum property setbacks are met in your backyard which guides you on how far you can go when you build a deck.
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Genral FAQs
Deck permits can take about 4-6 weeks but it also differs from municipality to municipality.
Deck permit is usually valid for 6 months but some cities have a validity for up to 1 year.
Decks can be made double storey as well at the back of the house. But for that you would need structural drawings along with architectural drawings.
The construction cost depends on the type of deck you want and many specifics but a simple double storey deck of 15’x12’ can be built in the range of $15,000-20,000.
Yes, it is permissible to close the deck from all sides and have a roof above it. As long as the enclosure drawings and the roof details are specified in the structural drawings.
Our Process
1. Contact us
Fill up the contact form on our website, Email or call us with your project enquiries.
2. Retain our design services
Explain your project over a phone and retain our design services so that the visit can be booked.
3. Book a site visit
Book your site visit depending on your schedule with our professional team.
4. Design and Drafting
We will start with the design & drafting of your project after the site visit.
5. Revise your drawings
After the first draft of drawings. We provide 2 revisions to the homeowner in the drawings before making a submission to the city.
6. Making submission to the city
Once the drawings are approved by the homeowner. We fill up the application forms and make a submission of the permit on the owner’s behalf to the city.
7. Issuing the permit
After reviewing the drawings and paying the city permit fee. City issues the permit. Now, the owner can hire a contractor and start the renovation of their project.
8. After permit issuance
Once the construction starts. It is the responsibility of the contractor to do the renovation as per the approved permit drawings and pass all the city inspections. City then issues the final occupancy letter once all the inspections are passed.
Our Happy Clients
Mateo
Emma at Reliable Building Permit is fantastic! She managed our deck permit in Kingston seamlessly.
Emily
We needed an Engineer’s letter for our deck in Toronto, and Reliable Building Permit delivered. Their knowledge and efficiency, especially thanks to Daniel, are impressive.
Kiara
David from Reliable Building Permit handled our double-storey deck in Toronto with efficiency and expertise.
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