Specialty Builds
Custom home gyms in Calgary
Private training rooms with recovery built in.
When it's minus 25 in Calgary, a home gym only gets used if it's a room you want to be in. That means light, air, a floor that handles dropped weights and space laid out around your training, not leftover basement square footage.
Kay2 builds gyms with structural and impact-rated flooring, ventilation and sound control, and often pairs them with a sauna, steam shower or change room so recovery happens in the same space.
What's included
- Structural and impact-rated flooring
- Mirror walls and equipment layouts
- Ventilation and cooling
- Sound control for lower-level gyms
- Saunas, steam showers and change rooms
- Storage and media integration
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What to know about home gyms in Calgary
Through a Calgary winter, a home gym saves the drive to a club on icy roads. Most are built in basements or over garages, so flooring, structure and sound control need careful planning.
Kay2 designs Calgary home gyms with impact-rated floors, fresh-air ventilation for the dry climate and recovery rooms such as saunas and steam showers, built and permitted as part of your renovation.
Why build it with Kay2
Why homeowners choose Kay2.
The concerns we hear most are budget creep, timelines slipping and nobody taking ownership. This is how we prevent them.
Twice Renovator of the Year
BILD Calgary Region's top renovation honour in 2018 and 2022, plus a CHBA national award.
One team, one contract
Design, estimating, project management and construction all happen inside Kay2, so you deal with one company from start to finish.
A guaranteed price
Your project is designed and priced first, and you get a guaranteed price before you sign a construction contract.
A manager and a coordinator
Every client gets a project manager and a project coordinator, and any change is explained and signed before the work is done.
Hiring separately
- Designer, contractor and trades each with their own contract
- Drawings priced after they're finished, often over budget
- Several people to call when something changes
Kay2 design-build
- One team and one contract from first sketch to handover
- Design priced as it's drawn, then a guaranteed price
- A project manager and a coordinator who stay with you to the end
Planning home gyms in Calgary?
Start with a free consultation at your home.
How your project runs
We come to your home
We walk through the house with you and talk about how you want to live in it, what has to be included and what you would like to change. The first visit is free.
Your scope and budget
An estimator turns your wish list into a written scope and a budget, explains where the money goes and talks through financing if you need it.
Drawings and finishes
Our designers draw the plans, and you choose your cabinets, stone, tile and lighting with them at the Showroom. Permits and material orders are lined up before any work starts.
Building it
The crew builds to the drawings on a site that is protected and cleaned regularly. A project manager and a project coordinator stay with you, and if we find a surprise behind a wall, we show you and get a change order signed before we do the work.
Handing it over
At the end we walk through the house with you, finish the inspections and only sign off when you are happy with it. Your 5-year limited warranty starts from there.
Investment
Every Kay2 project is priced to its scope. After design you receive a detailed, fixed-price proposal.
Timeline
Your schedule is set before construction begins, including permits and material lead times, and your project manager and coordinator keep you up to date throughout.
Warranty and protection
Kay2 work comes with a 5-year limited warranty. Kay2 is bonded and carries $5 million in liability insurance, and under Alberta's prepaid contractor rules you can cancel within 10 days of receiving your copy of the signed contract.
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Your first step
What your complimentary consultation includes.
- A conversation about your homeYour goals, how you live, what isn't working today and what must be included.
- An honest first opinionWhat is possible in your house, what it might cost and options you may not have thought of, before anything is drawn.
- Clear next stepsHow budget, design, permits and financing will work for your project, and roughly when work could start.
- No cost, no pressureThe consultation is complimentary. Ask us the hard questions; there's no obligation afterwards.
Do I need a permit to build a home gym in Calgary?
If the work includes new walls, plumbing for a steam shower, electrical or structural changes, a City of Calgary permit is usually required. Kay2 confirms what your design needs and manages the applications.
What flooring is best for a home gym?
Rubber flooring over a suitable subfloor is common for weight areas, sometimes with a platform for heavy lifts. We specify it around your equipment and training.
Can a basement gym be soundproofed?
Sound and vibration can be reduced significantly with the right floor and ceiling assemblies, which we design before construction.
Can you add a sauna or steam shower to a home gym?
Yes. Saunas, steam showers and change rooms are often part of Kay2 gym designs, with the waterproofing and ventilation they need.
Service area
Serving Calgary and the surrounding area
Kay2's award-winning and award-finalist work includes homes in Bankview, Rutland Park, Stanley Park, Southwood, Mayland Heights and Bridgeland in Calgary, in Lower Springbank, and on Chestermere Lake. We work across Calgary's inner-city and established neighbourhoods and in nearby Chestermere, Springbank, Airdrie, Okotoks, Cochrane, Strathmore, Canmore and Banff. Every project is planned from our Showroom and Design Centre at 3336 47 Ave SE, Calgary.
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