Project template
Your preparation checklist
Use it as a working list. The final submission still needs to match your actual scope and the City’s current requirements.
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What to do next
- Document the existing opening
- Measure the proposed location and dimensions
- Identify structural changes
- Submit the permit before altering the opening
Official sources behind this page
Hamilton lists creating new door or window openings among permit-required interior alteration work.
Increasing the size of an existing opening is permit-required.
Relocating a door or window opening is also listed as permit-required work.
Need the full project answer?
The main guide keeps the permit trigger, zoning questions, documents, fees, timing and next steps together.
Open the windows / doors guide