Concrete cutting in Carleton Place

Carleton Place, on the Mississippi River about 45 minutes west of Ottawa in Lanark County, is growing fast. The town offers a mix you don't see everywhere: a historic downtown with century homes in stone and brick — often sitting on rubble foundations — and new subdivisions like Miller's Crossing and Mississippi Pines drawing families who want more space without Ottawa prices. We work in both worlds: delicate cutting in a hundred-year-old foundation, and fast, clean cuts in freshly poured concrete.

Our services in Carleton Place

• Window & door openings — enlarge a basement window for an egress-compliant bedroom, or cut a patio door into the foundation wall
• Concrete coring — precise holes for heat pumps, HRVs, dryer vents or plumbing
• Slab sawing — cuts in the basement slab to move a drain or add a bathroom
• Garage opening widening — converting a single door to a double
• Window well cut-outs — foundation cuts prepped for well installation

The calls we get from Carleton Place split into two camps: owners of older homes who want to modernize a basement without compromising an aging foundation, and owners of new builds adding a basement bathroom or a dryer vent. Either way, we start by inspecting the wall — especially when it's over a century old.

Carleton Place specifics

• Century-old foundations downtown: stone, brick and rubble walls call for a different approach than poured concrete — we assess the wall's integrity before tracing a single cut line
• Town of Carleton Place permits: this isn't the City of Ottawa — building permits here go through the Town of Carleton Place in Lanark County, under the Ontario Building Code — we'll explain the steps
• Close to the Mississippi River: in areas near the water, the water table runs high — we plan waterproofing around new openings accordingly

Slab trenching: adding a basement bathroom

The most valuable basement upgrade is often the bathroom. But a basement toilet means tying the plumbing into the main drain — and that means a trench through the concrete slab. We saw straight, clean lines in the slab, the plumber does their work, then it's closed back up. No wild jackhammering, no cracks running in every direction: a controlled wet-saw cut. On a standard 4-inch slab, it's quick and far less dusty than people expect. Same principle for moving a floor drain or adding a shower. Send us a sketch or a few photos and we'll come back with a clear price.

Areas we serve

Miller's Crossing · Mississippi Pines · Downtown Carleton Place · Beckwith · Almonte · Perth · Ashton · Richmond · Stittsville · Kanata

Got a project in Carleton Place? Send us photos and dimensions — free quote, answer within 24h.