Kitchen
Countertops, cabinet fronts, backsplash and sink. The stove, the range hood and the outside of the appliances. Cabinets and built-in storage.
Post-renovation cleaning in Thornhill
PavMa Cleaning's office is at 5740 Yonge Street in North York, about 4 km south of the middle of the community. Once your trades have finished, we take the fine dust and residue off the new surfaces in your house or condo, on the Vaughan side or the Markham side.
Is the house ready for the clean?
Dust keeps settling for as long as someone is sanding, cutting or drilling. A clean booked a day too early gets dusty again, so check both lists before you pick a date.
Book the visit when
- Active renovation work is finished in the rooms we will clean.
- Major debris, tools and sharp materials are out of the house.
- Water and electricity are on.
- New floors, paint and finishes are ready to be cleaned.
- The space is safe to walk into.
Hold off when
- A trade is coming back to sand, patch or cut anything.
- Your painter or floor installer says a finish still needs time.
- Offcuts of drywall, tile or lumber are still stacked inside.
- The water is shut off for the plumber.
Not sure which list you are in? Send photos of the rooms on WhatsApp. They show us the scope and help us prepare a free estimate.
Where leftover drywall and wood go from a Thornhill address
We remove construction dust and small debris. Sheets, offcuts and rubble have to leave before we arrive. Both halves of Thornhill are in York Region, and the Region takes renovation materials at two Community Environmental Centres close to here.
McCleary Court centre
130 McCleary Court, Vaughan.
Elgin Mills centre
1124 Elgin Mills Road East, Richmond Hill. It turns away vehicles larger than a 16-foot cube truck.
| Clean drywall | Taken for recycling at either centre. A fee applies. |
|---|---|
| Painted drywall, or drywall with nails | Kept separate from the clean drywall. |
| Concrete and untreated wood | Accepted at both, with a fee. |
| Scrap metal and metal appliances | Accepted at no cost. |
| Soil, clean fill, anything containing asbestos | Not accepted at either centre. |
Fees and opening hours change, so check the Region's page before you load the car.
What we clean after the renovation
The scope below comes from our post-renovation cleaning checklist. Each photo is from a PavMa job and shows one spot before the visit and after it.
Bathrooms
Fixtures, tile, glass and mirrors.
Sills, tracks and trim
Windowsills and the window tracks we can reach, baseboards, doors and door frames, switches, handles and accessible air vents.
Vanities and other surfaces
Every accessible surface is cleaned, and accessible traces of paint, adhesive and construction materials come off with it.
In every room we take the dust out of corners and hard-to-reach areas, vacuum the full floor, mop the hard floors and finish with a quality check.
If the job had a permit, clean after the last inspection
Thornhill homes answer to two building departments, and the side of Yonge Street decides which one.
East of Yonge: Markham
The City of Markham's building permit page lists adding, removing or altering a wall, even a non-loadbearing partition, and installing new plumbing piping as work that needs a permit. Cupboards, painting and replacing plumbing fixtures are on its exempt list.
West of Yonge: Vaughan
Permits for the Vaughan part of Thornhill come from the City of Vaughan. Ask its building department what your project needs.
Why it matters for the clean
Markham says its officials inspect during construction and at occupancy. An inspector's visit, or a trade called back to fix something, puts new dust on a mopped floor. Book us for the day after.
What the quote depends on
The amount of dust, the size of the home and the number of rooms the work touched decide how long the clean takes.
The quote is free and has no hidden fees, and we confirm the scope of work before the cleaning begins. PavMa carries liability insurance coverage up to $2,000,000.
Ask through the quote form or call 437-889-1213, Monday to Saturday, 8 AM to 7 PM.
- Which rooms were renovated, and which only collected dust
- New materials that need care, and anything to avoid on them
- Access to the house and where to park
- Allergies or product preferences in the household
- Extras you want: inside the oven, the fridge or the cabinets, interior windows, a finished basement
Questions from Thornhill renovations
Can you clean while the contractor is still working?
We would rather wait. The space should be safe to enter, with active work completed and tools and sharp materials removed.
Do you take away leftover drywall and lumber?
No. We remove construction dust and small debris. Larger leftovers should be gone before the visit, and York Region's two centres near Thornhill accept drywall, concrete and untreated wood for a fee.
Do I need to be home during the clean?
You don't. Share the access instructions when you book and we confirm the arrangement before the visit.
What if a spot was missed?
Call as soon as you notice it. When something on the checklist was skipped, PavMa works with you to make it right.
Trades finished? Book the clean.
Free quote for a renovated home in Thornhill, scope confirmed before we start.