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Bathroom demolition cost in Toronto comes from labour, haul volume, and weight. Tile, a cast-iron tub, stairs, and condo access move the range. Figures are before HST.
A bathroom tear-out is usually the first day of the renovation. The tub or shower, the tile, the vanity, and the toilet come out so the new bath can go in. The bathroom demolition cost is not one fee. It is labour plus haul, and both change with volume, weight, and the carry to the truck. Tile on a thick mortar bed, and a cast-iron tub, weigh more than a laminate vanity box. A clear path to the driveway is a different job from a basement stair or a booked condo elevator.
Junk 'Of' Urs does that selective interior work across Toronto and the GTA, then hauls what comes out. We remove non-structural finishes and fixtures. We do not remove load-bearing walls, roofs, foundations, or slabs, and we do not excavate or take down a building. What selective demolition includes, and what is always out of scope, is at junkofurs.com/blog/what-is-selective-demolition. A kitchen uses the same labour-plus-haul model, covered at junkofurs.com/blog/kitchen-demolition-cost-toronto. This guide is only about what moves a bathroom price.
A typical bathroom rip out takes the vanity, the sink, the toilet, the tub or shower surround, and the wall and floor tile when the plan calls for them. Subfloor or drywall comes out only when the renovation plan says so. Laminate and particle-board vanity boxes are light. Ceramic and porcelain on thinset are heavier. The same tile on a thick mortar bed is heavier again.
The toilet, sink, and tub come out only after a plumber has shut off the water and capped the lines. Mark what stays, such as a mirror, a floor you are keeping, or a wall that is not in the plan. A wall comes out only when your contractor or a structural engineer has confirmed in writing that it is non-structural. We never remove a load-bearing wall.
A bathroom demo cost is separate lines, all before HST: the haul by truck volume, tear-out labour after the time included with a full load, then weight and access when they apply. There is no bathroom package price on our card. An acrylic surround and a mortar-bed tile shower are not the same job.
Haul prices for light mixed renovation and demolition debris, before HST, are: a small pile $99 to $150, an eighth of a load $150 to $220, a quarter $250 to $400, a half $400 to $550, three quarters $550 to $700, and a full load of about 15 cubic yards $650 to $850. Each full load includes 60 to 90 minutes of crew time on site. That included time is per full load. It is not an automatic promise on every partial load.
Tear-out labour after that included time is $100 to $150 per hour for a two-person crew. The rate covers unscrewing a vanity, lifting a light tub or surround, pulling non-structural tile and flooring, and carrying debris out. It does not cover plumbing or electrical work. Debris that is already curbside-ready can take a haul discount of 5 to 15 percent when it applies. A rush booking is 10 to 20 percent, or $50 to $100.
The vanity is rarely the heavy part. Ceramic or porcelain on a thick mortar bed, a cast-iron tub, and wet wall board behind the surround are. Water-soaked drywall and cement board add weight even when the pile looks small. Lighter vanity boxes can still fill the truck, so weight and volume are separate lines.
Tile on mortar and cast-iron tubs go on the heavy schedule. A heavy call-out is $300 to $450, then about $100 to $160 per tonne after the allowance. If the load weighs more than the photos suggested, we re-quote from the scale ticket. A cast-iron tub is dense enough that it usually leaves the light mixed bands. A later guide can go deeper on cast-iron bathtub removal alone. This post stays on the full tear-out.
A shower tear out of tile on mortar is the same heavy line, not a separate package. Stairs, a basement bath, or a long carry to the truck add $50 to $150 or more. A ground-floor bath with a clear path to the driveway is the simple case. A flight down, or a narrow side door, is not.
Disconnects come first. A plumber shuts off the water and caps the supply and the drain. An electrician makes the circuits safe when the plan needs that. If the water is still live, we do not pull the toilet, the sink, or the tub. A return trip is more crew time.
Clear the path before the crew arrives: rugs up, doors that need to stay open, and a place for the truck. In a condo, book the service elevator and confirm the building's hours and protection rules with the property manager. Buildings differ, so those rules are not ours to set. Photos give a range. Volume, access, and weight make the firm price, in writing, before anything is removed.
Designated substances are the owner's duty before the price is final. Section 30 of Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act requires the project owner, including a homeowner, to determine whether designated substances such as asbestos are present and to tell the contractor before a contract is signed. In an older bathroom, some wall or floor tile, some adhesives, and some underlay may contain asbestos.
We never test for asbestos, and we never handle or remove it or any other hazardous material. If a designated substance survey is required under the Act or Ontario Regulation 278/05, or if suspect material appears, we stop. The owner uses an abatement contractor first. That pause can change the date and the price. This is not legal advice.
This work is interior and non-structural. We do not remove load-bearing walls, roofs, foundations, or slabs. We do not excavate, and we do not take down a building. A wall is removed only when your contractor or a structural engineer has confirmed in writing that it is non-structural. Without that confirmation, the wall stays.
Access is the part of the price that fixture photos miss. In a house in Forest Hill or the Kingsway, the bath is often a walk to a driveway, sometimes down a short stair from a raised main floor or out a side door. A basement bath adds the stair. Show us that path. Stairs and a long carry use the access range above.
A condo bath, including many in Yorkville, usually follows rules the corporation sets: management approval, permitted hours, and a booked service elevator with padding. A short elevator window can split the haul into stages, which is more labour time than a house with the truck at the curb.
These are card ranges before HST. We confirm volume, access, and weight from photos, then in writing, before anything is removed. They are not a package price.
A light bath of a laminate vanity, a toilet, and an acrylic or fibreglass tub or shower often fits a small pile or an eighth of the truck. The small-pile haul is $99 to $150. An eighth is $150 to $220. If the tear-out runs past the 60 to 90 minutes included with a full load, add $100 to $150 per hour for a two-person crew. Stairs or a long carry add $50 to $150 or more.
Wall and floor tile, with the vanity and any drywall the plan includes, often fill a quarter or a half. The quarter-load haul of light mixed debris is $250 to $400. The half is $400 to $550. Tile on a mortar bed and a cast-iron tub use the heavy schedule: a call-out of $300 to $450, then about $100 to $160 per tonne after the allowance. A fuller gut can reach three quarters at $550 to $700, or a full load of about 15 cubic yards at $650 to $850. A small pile left after your contractor has already done the tear-out is haul only, from $99 to $150 before HST.
Send photos of the vanity, the tub or shower, the tile, and the floor, plus the path from the bathroom to where the truck can park. Note what should stay, what a plumber has already capped, whether any wall is in the plan, and whether the bath is in a house or a condo. Two angles and something for scale, such as a doorway, are enough to start a range.
Request a free online quote at junkofurs.com/quote. If you need the tear-out itself, start at junkofurs.com/services/selective-demolition. If the debris is already down and you only need it hauled, see junkofurs.com/services/demolition-debris-removal and junkofurs.com/services/renovation-debris-removal.
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