The housing stock we walk into
The Kingsway's 1930s–50s homes still hide original oak under tired finish. Newer lakeshore towers need engineered over concrete and dust-contained refinishing that respects condo rules.
Typical Etobicoke specification
Site-finished oak, walnut stair features, restaurant and boutique commercial along Bloor and the lake.
Jobs we keep getting called for
- Kingsway restorations
- Lakeshore condo refinishing
- Commercial restaurant floors
Services in Etobicoke
- Hardwood Stairs in Etobicoke
- Hardwood Floor Installation in Etobicoke
- Hardwood Sanding, Finishing & Refinishing in Etobicoke
- Hardwood Railings in Etobicoke
- Hardwood Repairs & Restoration in Etobicoke
- Hardwood Decks in Etobicoke
- Commercial Hardwood in Etobicoke
What hardwood costs in Etobicoke
2026 bands, computed with Etobicoke’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 | Etobicoke band | Per unit | On site |
|---|---|---|---|
| New hardwood install800 sq ft, solid white oak, site-finished matte | $13,148 – $18,651 | $16.43–$23.31 / sq ft | 5–8 working days |
| Sanding & refinishing800 sq ft, dust-contained, waterborne 2K | $4,479 – $6,354 | $5.60–$7.94 / sq ft | 3–4 days incl. cure window |
| Hardwood stairs13 steps, treads and risers | $6,574 – $9,326 | $506–$717 / step | 3–5 days |
| Hardwood railings24 linear feet, handrail and newels | $5,743 – $8,147 | $239–$339 / lin ft | 2–4 days |
| Repair & restoration120 sq ft affected, replace and blend | $2,817 – $3,997 | $23.48–$33.31 / sq ft | 1–3 days plus finish cure |
| Hardwood deck / porch300 sq ft, dense hardwood decking | $9,752 – $13,835 | $32.51–$46.12 / 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 Etobicoke 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 Etobicoke
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 Etobicoke
Etobicoke is 6 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.
