Do I Need A Permit For A Bathroom Renovation?

You may require a permit for your bathroom renovations in Burlington; however, this depends on the nature of your renovations. If your renovations are more cosmetic, then it is unlikely that you will require a permit. However, structural renovations that involve moving walls or rearranging the layout of your bathroom will likely require a permit.

Renovations That You’ll Need a Permit For

Moving Walls: Moving walls is a major structural change that can impact the safety of your home. As a result, these procedures usually require a permit, especially if you are moving any kind of load-bearing wall.
Layout Changes: Changing the layout of your bathroom almost always requires a permit. Moving your sink, shower, or even adding a bathtub requires plumbing changes to your bathroom. Plumbing changes always need to be approved by your local municipality.
Electrical Work: If you are adding, changing, or removing any kind of electrical outlets, switches, or connections, a permit will likely be required.
Adding a New Bathroom: If you are building an entirely new bathroom in your home, then you will need to send in the proposed plan to your city for review and approval.

Renovations That Will Not Require a Permit

Cabinet Installation: If you are looking to install new built-in cabinetry, you can do so easily without a permit.
Cosmetic Changes: Any renovations that are purely cosmetic will not require a permit. Some common changes include:
- Replacing the floors of your bathroom
- Installing a new vanity without moving the existing sink
- Redoing your shower tiles and adding some built-in shower shelves or benches

Overall, if you are not moving any walls, plumbing, or electrical outlets, you can likely proceed with your renovations without any permits. At Rose Building Group, our renovation contractors will let you know, based on the scope of your renovation, whether any permits will be needed. Our team will help guide you through the process. Contact us today to get started!

What Homeowners Are Saying

An Outstanding Experience from Start to Finish

Our Oakville project with Rose Group was 3+ months and the overall experience was categorially outstanding. The entire Rose team, including sub-trades are patient, communicative, responsive, and professional. While any major renovation is stressful, Team Rose seem to have a calming way about them, for which we very much appreciated. The project was on time, on budget, and Rose is flexible to make sure you receive value add along the way.The end result of our project is beyond our expectations, and we have no doubt Rose will be engaged again.

Many thanks to Matt, Neil, Alisha, Matt, Brittany, Andrew, Adam, Chris, and the entire Rose team!!!!

google review Dan Smith, Oakville

high quality standard

Our family recently had the privilege of working with Rose Building Group for a kitchen/bathroom/laundry renovation and couldn’t be more satisfied with both the process and the final product. The RGB team and their trade specialists are exceptionally talented at their crafts and very conscientious. The project was completed efficiently, to a high quality standard and the entire team was an absolute pleasure to work with. Special shout out to Neil for being such a first-class professional and always leaving us feeling like our home was in the best of hands. We are so grateful we found RGB and can’t recommend them enough.

google review Julia Amorim

nothing but great things to say

Matthew, Settle and entire team were so professional and Alisha, the selections coordinator, was especially helpful and went out of her way to help with some of the finishing choices.

Other than a few things that were delayed beyond their control, this renovation was completed in a very timely manner and is absolutely beautiful. They made our vision come to fruition and we hope to use them again when we are ready to renovate our main bathroom. They made the process of doing a major renovation relatively low stress and I would highly recommend them to anyone looking to do a major renovation.

Great job RBG- you were all awesome!

google review Katie Harrison

We Couldn’t Be Happier with Our Renovation!

It is a pleasure to offer a review of the Rose Building Group and Matthew Rose upon the completion of our whole home renovation in the fall of 2020. Despite many challenging circumstances that were not of his making Matthew remained focused, solution oriented and delivered a superior result on time. He maintained open, honest, clear and responsive communication and made himself available to answer any questions. The team from RBG was skilled, hardworking, polite and respectful. Similarly, the skilled trades that were subcontracted by Matthew were careful, thorough and demonstrated excellent quality work.

Our home is where we live out the heart of our family and we are grateful for all that Matthew and his team accomplished for us. Thank you!

google review Sarah M., Burlington

Do I Need A Permit For A Bathroom Renovation?

Renovations That You’ll Need a Permit For

Renovations That Will Not Require a Permit

What Homeowners Are Saying

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