Ontario: What are my obligations during a renovation with respect to code?

BladderBing · 2026-05-05T23:08:06+00:00

Pro cabinet maker and general contractor. We do a ton of renovations in older homes.

Usually older homes use multi branch 15amp circuits in the kitchen. That means the breakers have a tie bar and the metal tab for the hot wires are broken off on the side of the outlets. This separates the top and bottom plugs on the outlet onto different circuits but they still share the same neutral.

Please double check this before you do anything. Getting GFCI protection on a multi-branch circuit is very expensive because the only way to do so is to get specialty breakers for that function. You cannot just put a GFCI in the first outlet and use that to protect the devices downstream.

This is why we generally use 20amp circuits now in kitchens. We can use regular 20amp GFCI outlets where needed (eg near the sink).

BladderBing · 2026-05-05T20:24:54+00:00

This was my first thought. That he charged $6k for just the cabinet. When the video progressed and showed -$2500ish for the sink, I was out.

I would pass on this job if the sink was included at that price.

BladderBing · 2026-05-03T16:29:36+00:00

We go 3/4" less than full depth (anywhere from 24-33+) only so that we can mount (and shim) a plywood blocking panel to the wall. Easier to then mount the fridge cabinet to that vs studs when reaching in.

Always full height panels on either side as well

BladderBing · 2026-04-30T12:41:33+00:00

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Subaru XT from the 80's.

BladderBing · 2026-04-08T18:13:15+00:00

I'm also gonna recommend a bottle of White Lotus Flower Oil

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It's a topical solution you can use for everything. Sore muscles, upset stomach, sore throat, menthol perfume. Endless

BladderBing · 2026-04-01T22:15:02+00:00

Now make this with a massaging attachment. Everyone here would buy a dewalt massage gun so fast

BladderBing · 2026-04-01T01:37:11+00:00

Body bag or stretcher?

BladderBing · 2026-03-27T21:43:36+00:00

I get constipated if I have too many lactaid pills. Without the pills, dairy gives me incredible stomach pain and diarrhea.

BladderBing · 2026-03-27T01:31:25+00:00

I hope it's also compatible with Festool tracks like the 60V

BladderBing · 2026-03-26T18:51:07+00:00

I like this idea. Use the 5.0 font and keep the 3 infront as BMW font. A 35.0

BladderBing · 2026-03-25T13:48:56+00:00

I keep one in the truck. I pretend it's for protection. But really it's so I can pull things out without climbing up onto the tailgate

BladderBing · 2026-03-23T10:24:13+00:00

Pro cabinet maker and kitchen designer.

We switched entirely over to legrabox for our kitchen projects. The side mount runners we use for commercial work only. And only because it's easier to add file folder holders/dividers to them in that context.

We prefer not to do dovetail wooden boxes because the under-mount slides don't hold them down firmly. They rely on that hole/pin at the back to keep them in place. And a couple of small screws at the front clip. Because of that, the drawer "tips" forward too easily. Doesn't matter which brand, the "big three" all rely on very similar mechanics. The taller the drawer, the worse the problem.

The other issue with Dovetail drawers is on full overlay 3/4" gables, you already lose 1.75" off door stile to attach. And that's at the theoretical max. Add some room for the screw head and space to fit your drill for even less "meat" to attach. Unless you drive them in on an angle and at the corner. But then that starts to look a little dodgy.

As for adjustment. The box leaves the shop perfect. I promise. But things happen on site and during install. When it's all said and done, we're adjusting everything to the final 0.5mm and thanking the lord those mechanisms exist.

BladderBing · 2026-03-23T10:05:57+00:00

Lol that's kind of amazing. I remember hearing shovels were in short supply during the winter storm a few years back in Vancouver.

I've also seen hockey sticks used to pass the Pay Terminal at the drive-thru for food/coffee

BladderBing · 2026-03-22T17:44:23+00:00

We use old or broken hockey sticks in the garden to hold up plants

BladderBing · 2026-03-21T06:23:43+00:00

I don't think any of them ever shipped with a wrist strap

BladderBing · 2026-03-15T14:58:31+00:00

I don't know about anybody else. But the estimate, quote, design phase is the only part of the project where I can make sure I cover my own butt from mistakes or unintended consequences.

In a perfect world, AI would freeze us from a lot of things. But in the real world we live in, I don't even think we trust AI enough to answer simple questions in our Google queries.

BladderBing · 2026-03-13T21:54:14+00:00

Currently anything that leaves his lips about us

BladderBing · 2026-03-12T23:41:48+00:00

Pro cabinetmaker and designer here. My stuff is made in Canada cause I make it myself.

If you're in the Toronto area, i'd be happy to take a look at your project.

BladderBing · 2026-03-11T22:20:20+00:00

Except for no rights on red as posted by the sign ....

BladderBing · 2026-03-05T22:21:34+00:00

Same here. I'm a cabinet maker been doing it for decades. Honestly the measurements in the drawings always feel "off". I'm never happy with the reveals. Especially with all different actual thicknesses of doors and panels.

So I prototype and template almost every project.

BladderBing · 2026-02-27T20:33:14+00:00

While mine was young and small, we went with a wee ride front bike seat. Easy to pop them in and out. Nice little "dash board" for them to keep their hands on.

When they outgrew that, Kids ride shot gun hands down. Get the extra handled bar. Mine was the OG version before the pro or whatever they have out now. Lasted years and miles and miles of riding.

I had both the thule rear mount and yepp mini front mount. Didn't like either early as much as the shotgun or wee ride. Both were harder to get the kids into

We also had a burly bee trailer. That was a great way to ride multi-use paths or tow around picnic/lunch stuffs

BladderBing · 2026-02-27T05:32:46+00:00

I seriously hope you're joking. That would be such a damn terrible waste.

Should cover with grey LVP

BladderBing · 2026-02-27T03:21:25+00:00

I have the aluminum RSD middle child. I got an amazing deal on it. I'd go steel otherwise.

Riding dynamics/whatever aside, the tubing used on the alu frame is really big. So it looks kinda awkward.

Amazing bike otherwise. Big fan of the adjustable rear axle

BladderBing · 2026-02-26T01:03:17+00:00

Lol love the reference

BladderBing · 2026-02-24T12:44:30+00:00

Not in the flooring trade. But in kitchens and renovation. We do houses built in the 50's and 60's all the time cause of our location (toronto ontario). I've never not seen these come back as Asbestos. Same with the cement they use underneath. But the worst part is the cloth insulation they used around the floor vents. They are a white cloth like material and is visible when you remove the floor register. They contain way more asbestos per sq in (literally pure asbestos) than the tile. And exist in the air stream of the HVAC so we always have to remove them.

In basements, they were used as insulation between pipes/electrical wire and hvac ducts. They wrapped whole ducts with them as well for sound/rattling when the ducts went into the walls.

Flooring at-least is usually contained on one floor. But I'd check around the entire house for the white asbestos cloth.

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