Davisville is the midtown Toronto pocket south of Eglinton along Yonge Street and Mt Pleasant Road, anchored at the Davisville subway station. The housing reads as 1920s-1940s brick detached and semi-detached on the residential side streets, with a strong condominium presence along the Yonge spine. We install frameless shower enclosures, glass railings, and custom mirrors across Davisville, every job backed by our 5-year workmanship warranty.
What Davisville homes ask of glass
The Davisville housing stock is similar to the rest of midtown — 1920s-1940s brick on the residential side streets in the 1,800 to 3,000 sq ft range on 25 to 35 foot lots, plus a strong condominium share along the Yonge corridor. The pre-war stock has original second-floor baths of 5 to 8 square metres, pushed by current renovations into 10 to 12 square metres by absorbing adjacent closet or hallway space.
Major streets anchoring the neighbourhood include Yonge Street on the west, Mt Pleasant Road on the east, Davisville Avenue and Belsize Drive on the residential interior, and Millwood Road on the south. Davisville Junior Public School serves the family base, and June Rowlands Park is the local green-space anchor. The Davisville subway station on Line 1 is the transit anchor. The glass work pattern follows the same midtown rhythm — pre-war renovations on the side streets and condominium ensuite upgrades on the corridor.
Frameless shower enclosures in Davisville
The Davisville primary ensuite on a pre-war gut renovation is typically 8 to 12 square metres with a defined shower zone of 1.2 to 1.6 metres on the long axis. Frameless shower glass is most often a two-panel fixed-and-swing run, with 10 mm tempered as our standard and 12 mm where a fixed panel exceeds 1.1 metres unsupported. Panel heights run 2.1 to 2.3 metres on the original Davisville second-floor envelope.
Condominium ensuites are smaller — 5 to 8 square metres with a 1.0 to 1.3 metre shower zone. The panel spec is the same, but the install uses anchored expansion bolts into concrete substrate rather than wood-stud lag. Pricing for Davisville shower enclosures sits in the mid-to-upper residential band, with the upper range applying on the larger gut renovations.
Glass railings in Davisville
Interior stair railings are the largest category on the pre-war house stock. Original wood-and-spindle balustrades are being replaced with frameless or top-railed glass on a 3 to 5 metre open stair run. We base-shoe anchor to the stair stringer through the existing sub-floor. Upper-hall guards add 3 to 4 metres on the second-to-third floor leg where the original house carries a finished third storey.
Condominium balcony panel replacement is the secondary category. We coordinate with property management for access and confirm the building’s approved supplier list before quoting. Most Davisville Yonge-corridor buildings have a defined replacement spec on file.
Custom mirrors in Davisville
Vanity mirrors split by housing cohort. On pre-war gut renovations mirrors are 1.6 to 2.2 metres of continuous mirror across the vanity wall. On condominium ensuites mirrors are smaller — 1.0 to 1.4 metres on a single-vanity layout. We cut to the wall, polish all edges, and back-mount with adhesive and concealed clips.
Why a recent install in Davisville matters
A recent install in Davisville was on a 1934 brick semi on Belsize Drive where the homeowner had pushed the second-floor ensuite into the original linen closet and front bedroom. The new wet zone was 12 square metres with a 1.6-metre shower on the back wall. The interesting detail was that the back wall sat directly above an original exterior brick wall on the first floor, and the structural lag points for the fixed panel needed to clear the brick course below. We marked the stud positions during template, then drilled lag points 25 mm above the brick course interface to ensure structural integrity. The panel reads dead-flat and the lag carries the full design load.
Have a project in Davisville?
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Areas we also serve nearby
- Yonge-Eglinton — the north-of-Davisville hub
- North Toronto — north toward Lawrence
- Deer Park — south toward St. Clair
- Chaplin Estates — west toward Avenue Road
- Allenby — north-west pocket
- Toronto city pillar
- Frameless shower enclosures
- Glass railings
FAQs about glass work in Davisville
Do you serve Davisville?
Yes. Davisville sits inside our core Toronto Midtown service area. We work across the neighbourhood from Yonge Street east to Mt Pleasant Road, and from St. Clair Avenue north to Eglinton Avenue.
How long does a frameless shower take in a Davisville renovation?
About two to three weeks on a condominium renovation, three weeks on a pre-war house gut. Fabrication is 10 to 14 business days, install a half-day on a two-panel run.
What glass thickness do you recommend for a Davisville ensuite?
10 mm tempered as the standard. 12 mm where a fixed panel exceeds 1.1 metres unsupported. Starphire low-iron is the regular upgrade for light marble or large-format porcelain.
Can you work around the original brick coursing in pre-war Davisville homes?
Yes. The 1920s-1940s stock frequently has interior partitions sitting above first-floor exterior brick courses. We probe at templating, mark lag points to clear the course interface, and re-locate clips where structural framing is the only reliable anchor.