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Automotive showroom refurbishment: the ordinary demolition package

A showroom renovation can change reception, sales offices and customer washrooms while the workshop remains a separate project area. Define that customer-facing interior before describing the work as a dealership strip-out.

SiteClear planning resources / Reviewed 11 October 2026

Choose between a refresh and a new customer route

A finish refresh retains the sales layout and removes selected coverings or fixed joinery. A layout change may remove office partitions, reception counters and adjoining ceiling or floor finishes. Trace the proposed customer route through the plan so the affected room boundaries are visible.

Retained elementQuestion for the removal scope
Glazed frontageWhere do internal finishes stop?
Vehicle doorsWho controls their use and any connected systems?
Workshop entranceHow is the sales-area work separated from service operations?
Customer washroomIs it retained, refurbished or part of a later package?

Illustrative showroom plan

Before: enclosed sales offices face an open display floor. After: a smaller office group sits behind a new reception area. The ordinary package removes the specified partitions and counters and addresses their finish junctions. Frontage, vehicle doors and workshop equipment remain separately identified.

The owner and GC determine vehicle relocation and whether any business activity can continue. A retained display area does not guarantee an operating showroom during demolition. No vehicle moving, hoist work or dealership-programme qualification is implied.

Match removal to the new finishes

The incoming flooring contractor needs to assess the footprints left by old office walls and counters. The new reception installer needs a defined wall and floor condition. Record those receiving requirements rather than assuming the whole display floor must leave.

Prepare the assessment

Bring the current and proposed customer-area plans, retained frontage and the GC contact. Identify workshop boundaries and the agreed collection route. For changes behind the showroom, the service-bay guide explains the separate equipment and building packages.

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Tell us the property, the intended change and what needs to remain. SiteClear serves Toronto, the GTA and surrounding Southern Ontario. The assessment defines the accepted work and its handover.

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