Built to plan
Framed from your architectural and engineered drawings, to the plan and the Ontario Building Code, not by rule of thumb.
Custom Framing
Custom Home Framing
Custom home framing across Toronto, the GTA and the Golden Horseshoe, built to your drawings and the Ontario Building Code. Timberr Framing is licensed, insured and WSIB-covered, rated 5.0 on Google, with a workmanship warranty behind every job.
- Licensed, Insured & WSIB-Covered
- Backed by our workmanship warranty
- 5.0 on Google
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Send the drawings, or just the address and what you are building. We will tell you what is missing before we price it.
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Workmanship warranty, we stand behind our work Licensed, Insured & WSIB-Covered Completed to code & Ontario requirements Custom-framed to your plans Serving the GTA & surrounding area
What You Get
What to expect from custom home framing
Built to last
Engineered lumber, LVL/PSL beams, and connectors chosen for the spans and loads on the plans.
Quote-ready
Send specs, drawings, or photos and get a free, no-obligation site visit and estimate with no guesswork.
Code-conscious
Installation and site work completed in accordance with Ontario requirements.
Our Process
How a custom home frame moves from drawings to handoff
Ready to price custom home framing?
Send the drawings, or just the address and what you are building. We will tell you what is missing and what happens next.
What GTA clients say
5.0 · Verified reviews on Google B Bradyvia Google
★★★★★
Timberr Framing is a dependable and professional team. Their custom home framing work is always top-notch, and the communication is clear throughout the process.
P Philipvia Google
★★★★★
From start to finish, Timberr Framing provided a seamless project execution for our custom home framing. The team was organized and efficient, and the communication was clear throughout.
M Mahmoudvia Google
★★★★★
Our custom home project required a framing company that was knowledgeable and experienced. Timberr Framing delivered, professional and knowledgeable, with no delays in the framing inspection process. You have gained a customer for life!
K Kabirvia Google
★★★★★
Timberr Framing did an incredible job on our custom home. They worked efficiently without sacrificing detail, and the structure turned out flawless.
How It Gets Built
More about custom home framing
Understanding custom home framing
The systems and conditions that change the work
Prescriptive dimensional-lumber framing only applies when the species, grade, spacing, spans and loads all fit inside the Part 9 tables. So the moment one condition falls outside those tables, the load path needs an engineer's design instead of a table lookup.
Ontario recognizes I-joists as lightweight pre-engineered floor systems, but the structural design and supplier layout establish where they can be used, not a generic span claim. So your floor package follows the layout that supplier issued.
LVL, LSL and PSL are engineered wood categories, and you cannot read their capacity off the depth or the way a member looks. It comes from the design and product documentation, so we frame to the schedule the engineer specified, not to what a beam appears able to carry.
Prefabricated roof trusses replace site-cut rafters wherever the approved truss design and layout call for them. Field alterations are prohibited unless the truss design specifically permits them. So a truss that does not fit gets a design answer, not a site cut.
Site-framed rafters stay available within the snow-load, species, grade, spacing and span limits set out in the roof span tables. But a heavy roof finish is a separate loading case that the Code answers with reduced spans or reduced spacing. So the roofing material you choose can move the rafter layout underneath it.
What belongs in the scope
The framing package begins at the foundation and sill interface and continues through beams, floors, walls and roof until the structure sits visible for inspection before insulation goes in. So you see exactly where our scope starts and stops. Permit drawings must be dimensioned, signed and dated, and structural content sealed by an engineer carries an identified assumption of professional responsibility. So your quote can point to the page that answers a question.
Floor area and storey count move the quantity of material and the loads every member carries. Long spans and concentrated roof or beam loads move how much of the frame has to be engineered members and connectors rather than standard stock. Large openings move lintel size and side-stud count, and complex roof geometry or heavy roof finishes move layout and lifting together. Tall walls move stud design and bracing, and restricted storage or crane access on your lot moves sequencing.
The mistake we want found before the work begins
A foundation that is 20 mm out at a beam pocket does not stay 20 mm out. It moves the beam, the bearing wall above it and the roof reaction after that, until several trades are solving one missed control dimension. We check the foundation and sill control points before the first deck turns that error into the whole house.
Member and fastening decisions that affect the result
Loadbearing studs go in as Stud, Standard or No. 2 grade lumber at 19 percent moisture content or less, so a stud does not shrink and twist behind your drywall. The stud table allows 38 by 89 mm exterior studs at 600 mm on centre for roof-only support up to 3.0 m high. But a wall carrying a floor needs tighter spacing or 38 by 140 mm members, which is why the same-looking wall on two storeys can carry two different specs.
Subfloor thickness runs from roughly 15.5 mm at 400 mm supports up to 19.0 mm at 600 mm supports. Sheathing fasteners land at 150 mm on centre along edges and 300 mm at intermediate supports. So the schedule for your actual span gets used, not a default.
Plans, sequencing, and site decisions
The hold point and the trades waiting after it
Your municipality publishes the house inspection sequence, and structural framing with HVAC rough-in is generally called before insulation, with plumbing, electrical and HVAC work complete and passed at that stage. The structure has to be weather-tight with fire blocking ready when that inspection is called.
Ontario requires notice once your Part 9 structural framing and the HVAC ductwork and piping are substantially complete. Insulation only follows once framing is approved, so an unresolved structural change holds up the enclosure sequence behind it. Your window, door, stair, mechanical and cabinet trades all inherit the rough openings, floor elevations and backing this frame establishes.
Framing custom homes across the GTA
Ontario sets the framing rules and your municipality administers the permit and books the framing inspection. So the same package can move at a different pace in Toronto than in Vaughan or Milton. A wide subdivision lot gets straightforward crane access, while a tight infill lot changes how beams and trusses get staged, which is why we ask about your site before we commit to a sequence.
What to send for a useful custom home framing quote
Send a complete architectural set, structural drawings, beam and post schedules, floor layouts, roof or truss layout, opening schedules and every issued revision, plus your site plan, survey, foundation status, intended occupancy, floor area and storey count. Tell us the engineered-member supplier and the intended roofing material, since both change the structural case. Flag any delivery, road-occupation, storage or lifting constraint on your lot before we commit to a sequence.
Comparing framing quotes?
Ours names what we frame, what another trade supplies, and what has to be settled before we mobilise. Compare the scope, not two totals built on different assumptions.
Finished On Site
Framed on site and built to last
Clean framing, tight sequencing, and a tidy site, coordinated with concrete, drainage, openings, and surrounding trades, and completed to code where site work is in scope.
- Coordinated with the surrounding build
- Code-minded framing for real-world use
- Quote-ready support from plans to inspection
FAQ
Custom Home Framing FAQ
Can my house or property take this custom home framing work?
Yes, if the issued structural design and foundation conditions support it. We check the house as a continuous load path rather than judging capacity from member size alone.
How disruptive will the custom home framing work be?
The reliable schedule begins after control dimensions, engineered-member layouts and lifting access are settled. Promising a framing date before those inputs agree only moves the delay onto your site.
What will the next trade inherit from this frame?
Your window, stair, mechanical and finish trades inherit the elevations and openings we establish, so release happens only after those interfaces are checked.
Who is accountable if the site does not match the drawings?
Timberr owns stopping, documenting and explaining the framing conflict. The engineer or designer approves structural changes, and we build the written answer instead of improvising inside your house.
Not sure the drawings are ready?
Most are not, and that is fine. Send what you have and we will tell you what is missing before it costs you a week on site.
Our Work
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Custom homes, additions, renovations, and multiplexes, framed on site for builders, homeowners, contractors, and property teams.
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Send the current drawings, the property address, permit status and the start window you are working toward. We will review the framing package, flag any missing bearing, opening or engineering decision, and give you a scope you can actually price against.
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Custom Home Framing Across the GTA
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