The housing stock we walk into
1930s–50s semi-detached and small detached houses, many never renovated below the carpet. Rooms are small, ceilings are low, and the original 2 1/4" strip oak is usually still there and usually worth saving.
Typical East York specification
Lifting broadloom to find intact oak, dust-contained refinishing in occupied houses, and steep narrow flights where every millimetre of run matters.
Jobs we keep getting called for
- Broadloom removal and original-oak refinishing
- Narrow-flight stair retreads
- Kitchen-addition floor matching
Services in East York
- Hardwood Stairs in East York
- Hardwood Floor Installation in East York
- Hardwood Sanding, Finishing & Refinishing in East York
- Hardwood Railings in East York
- Hardwood Repairs & Restoration in East York
- Hardwood Decks in East York
- Commercial Hardwood in East York
What hardwood costs in East York
2026 bands, computed with East York’s own labour, access and travel multiplier — not a GTA average with a place name on it. HST is extra and a firm number follows a moisture reading on site.
| Service & specification | East York band | Per unit | On site |
|---|---|---|---|
| New hardwood install800 sq ft, solid white oak, site-finished matte | $13,273 – $18,829 | $16.59–$23.54 / sq ft | 5–8 working days |
| Sanding & refinishing800 sq ft, dust-contained, waterborne 2K | $4,522 – $6,414 | $5.65–$8.02 / sq ft | 3–4 days incl. cure window |
| Hardwood stairs13 steps, treads and risers | $6,636 – $9,414 | $510–$724 / step | 3–5 days |
| Hardwood railings24 linear feet, handrail and newels | $5,798 – $8,225 | $242–$343 / lin ft | 2–4 days |
| Repair & restoration120 sq ft affected, replace and blend | $2,844 – $4,035 | $23.70–$33.62 / sq ft | 1–3 days plus finish cure |
| Hardwood deck / porch300 sq ft, dense hardwood decking | $9,845 – $13,967 | $32.82–$46.56 / sq ft | 1–2 weeks |
The per-unit column is the same band divided by the quantity, so it can be checked against the range on each service page. Those ranges span every specification we install: the bottom is engineered board, prefinished; this table prices solid white oak with a site-applied finish, which is the upper half of the range and, in the towns furthest from the shop, a little above it. A budget specification in East York lands lower — the estimator will show you exactly how much lower.
Custom inlays and commercial fit-outs are not in the table because neither is priceable from a square-foot box — an inlay is quoted from a drawing, a fit-out from a phasing plan. Configure your own job to move any of these bands with species, pattern and finish.
What we take on in East York
Free on-site measure for any qualified hardwood, stair, or railing job.
- Carpet-to-hardwood stair conversionBuilder-grade carpeted flight stripped to the rough stringer and rebuilt in solid hardwood treads and matched risers.
- Heritage quarter-sawn oak restorationOriginal quarter-sawn oak in a pre-war house sanded back honestly, repaired where it is damaged, and refinished to match surviving millwork.
- Occupied condo refinish, dust-containedExisting hardwood in an occupied unit sanded and refinished under containment, with the residents and their pets staying in the home.
- Herringbone over hydronic radiant on slabEngineered European oak in a herringbone field, glued over a concrete slab with hydronic radiant beneath, to a specification the mill will still warrant.
- Whole-home install with the stairs in the same mobilisationBuilder-grade flooring and carpeted stairs removed together, replaced with one species and one finish through the whole house.
- Hardwood railing rebuilt to Ontario Building CodeHandrail, newels and balusters rebuilt in hardwood to Ontario Building Code thresholds for height, graspability and guard opening.
- Water damage: board replacement and blend refinishBoards destroyed by a leak lifted and replaced, the floor dried to equilibrium, then blend-sanded so the repair disappears.
- Commercial install on overnight shiftsHardwood installed or refinished in a trading business across consecutive overnight shifts, with the space open for service each day.
- Open-riser feature stairA stair built as architecture rather than circulation — thick hardwood treads, no risers, and a guard designed to the code limits that open risers trigger.
- Buff and recoat, before a full sand is neededThe existing finish abraded and a fresh coat applied, without sanding to bare wood — the right answer far more often than a full refinish.
- Winter gapping and seasonal movementAssessment of seasonal gapping to separate normal winter movement — which needs no work at all — from a genuine installation or humidity fault.
- Ipe-class hardwood deckExterior deck in a dense tropical hardwood, detailed for Ontario's freeze-thaw cycle and fastened so the boards can move without splitting.
Around East York
East York is 11 km from the workshop at 88 Sterling Road, Unit 6, and the same crew covers these on the way in and out. Distances are centre to centre — a way to order the list, not a drive time.