The housing stock we walk into
Century homes downtown, dense 1940s–60s worker housing through the centre, and newer subdivisions in the north. The mid-century stock frequently has full-house strip oak in better condition than anything a big-box store sells today.
Typical Oshawa specification
Whole-house sand and finish, board replacement where a radiator leaked, and stair retreads in tight 1950s flights.
Jobs we keep getting called for
- Whole-house original-oak refinishing
- Century-home board replacement
- Mid-century stair retreads
Services in Oshawa
- Hardwood Stairs in Oshawa
- Hardwood Floor Installation in Oshawa
- Hardwood Sanding, Finishing & Refinishing in Oshawa
- Hardwood Railings in Oshawa
- Hardwood Repairs & Restoration in Oshawa
- Hardwood Decks in Oshawa
- Commercial Hardwood in Oshawa
What hardwood costs in Oshawa
2026 bands, computed with Oshawa’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. The drive is priced in: 54 km each way is a real cost, not a rounding.
| Service & specification | Oshawa band | Per unit | On site |
|---|---|---|---|
| New hardwood install800 sq ft, solid white oak, site-finished matte | $12,772 – $18,118 | $15.97–$22.65 / sq ft | 5–8 working days |
| Sanding & refinishing800 sq ft, dust-contained, waterborne 2K | $4,351 – $6,172 | $5.44–$7.72 / sq ft | 3–4 days incl. cure window |
| Hardwood stairs13 steps, treads and risers | $6,386 – $9,059 | $491–$697 / step | 3–5 days |
| Hardwood railings24 linear feet, handrail and newels | $5,579 – $7,914 | $232–$330 / lin ft | 2–4 days |
| Repair & restoration120 sq ft affected, replace and blend | $2,737 – $3,883 | $22.81–$32.35 / sq ft | 1–3 days plus finish cure |
| Hardwood deck / porch300 sq ft, dense hardwood decking | $9,474 – $13,440 | $31.58–$44.80 / 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 Oshawa 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 Oshawa
Outside our core radius. We work here regularly, but on stair packages, whole-home installs, and refinishing — not a single-room repair.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Five of the twelve job types are missing from this list on purpose. Driving 54 km for a single-room repair is not a service, it is a promise nobody intends to keep — so we do not list it here.
Around Oshawa
Oshawa is 54 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.