What we build
Twelve jobs, described the way a specifier would describe them.
Not a gallery and not a list of adjectives. Each entry is the specification, the sequence of work, the published band, and the failure modes — what actually goes wrong when the job is done badly, which is the part nobody puts on a website.
Stairs
From $380–$850 per step, installed
Carpet-to-hardwood stair conversion
Builder-grade carpeted flight stripped to the rough stringer and rebuilt in solid hardwood treads and matched risers.
3 ways it goes wrong
From $380–$850 per step, installed
Open-riser feature stair
A stair built as architecture rather than circulation — thick hardwood treads, no risers, and a guard designed to the code limits that open risers trigger.
3 ways it goes wrong
Installation
From $11–$22 / sq ft installed
Herringbone over hydronic radiant on slab
Engineered European oak in a herringbone field, glued over a concrete slab with hydronic radiant beneath, to a specification the mill will still warrant.
3 ways it goes wrong
From $11–$22 / sq ft installed
Whole-home install with the stairs in the same mobilisation
Builder-grade flooring and carpeted stairs removed together, replaced with one species and one finish through the whole house.
3 ways it goes wrong
Sanding & refinishing
From $4.50–$8.50 / sq ft
Heritage quarter-sawn oak restoration
Original quarter-sawn oak in a pre-war house sanded back honestly, repaired where it is damaged, and refinished to match surviving millwork.
3 ways it goes wrong
From $4.50–$8.50 / sq ft
Occupied condo refinish, dust-contained
Existing hardwood in an occupied unit sanded and refinished under containment, with the residents and their pets staying in the home.
3 ways it goes wrong
From $4.50–$8.50 / sq ft
Buff and recoat, before a full sand is needed
The existing finish abraded and a fresh coat applied, without sanding to bare wood — the right answer far more often than a full refinish.
3 ways it goes wrong
Railings
Repair
From $650 minimum · $18–$35 / sq ft affected
Water damage: board replacement and blend refinish
Boards destroyed by a leak lifted and replaced, the floor dried to equilibrium, then blend-sanded so the repair disappears.
3 ways it goes wrong
From $650 minimum · $18–$35 / sq ft affected
Winter gapping and seasonal movement
Assessment of seasonal gapping to separate normal winter movement — which needs no work at all — from a genuine installation or humidity fault.
3 ways it goes wrong
Commercial
Decks
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The estimator gives a 2026 GTA band in about twenty seconds. A firm number follows a moisture reading on site, and nothing else.