Notes from the job site
Practical notes from a GTA general contractor — fencing and decks, noise walls, landscaping, concrete and year-round property maintenance, written from the job site.
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The City lists fences among the projects that usually need no building permit — but the Fence By-law binds you either way. Heights, sight triangles, front-yard limits, pool enclosures, conservation permits and who pays for a shared fence.
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Spring and late summer into early fall are the forgiving windows for sod in southern Ontario. What decides whether it survives is the grade underneath it, the 24-hour delivery clock, and your municipality's outdoor watering rules.
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There is no province-wide deck permit threshold in Ontario: Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville and Vaughan each publish a different test. Guard heights and infill spacing come from the Building Code, and footing depth is far more conditional than most guides admit.
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Both wood and composite last in the GTA — what decides it is the post, not the picket. Freeze-thaw at Toronto Pearson, ground-contact ratings, fastener corrosion, and what a composite fence system actually is underneath.
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Ownership turns on which side of the property line the wall sits on, and which authority owns the road behind it. Peel, Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville and Halton publish different terms for retrofits and for replacements, and Toronto says it has no eligibility programme for new sound mitigation.
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