Sanding & refinishing · Residential
Richmond Hill occupied refinish
Dust-contained refinishing of 1,100 sq ft maple. Same-night return.
What the job actually involved
Occupied unit, two cats, condo quiet hours. Containment, elevator protection, and a waterborne system with a 24-hour sock window. The before photos are why people think they need vinyl. They did not.
Specification
- 1,100 sq ft
- Hard maple
- Dust containment
- 24-hour sock traffic
What a job like this costs today
$6,041 – $8,570
1,100 sq ft in Richmond Hill, 2026 band, HST extra. 4–6 days incl. cure window on site.
The job type behind this
Each entry carries the published 2026 band, the sequence, and the failure modes that produce a second invoice.
What goes wrong on a job like this
Containment on the drum sander but not the edger
The edger produces the fine dust that travels. It reaches closets and HVAC returns, and it is found weeks later on every horizontal surface in the unit.
Avoided by: Vacuum integration at every machine, and negative pressure across the boundary.
Solvent finish in an occupied unit
The odour is not merely unpleasant; it makes the unit genuinely uninhabitable for days and can carry into neighbouring units through shared HVAC.
Avoided by: Waterborne two-component finish, which is also the harder-wearing product.
All 3 failure modes for occupied condo refinish, dust-contained
Taking this on in Richmond Hill
Free on-site measure for any qualified hardwood, stair, or railing job.
Richmond Hill is 27 km from the Sterling Road workshop, and 12 of the twelve job types in the catalogue are taken here. Maple and oak refinishing, same-day return dust containment, stair rails.
Want this specification in your house?
City, service and size gives you a 2026 GTA band in about twenty seconds. We lock a number only after a moisture reading on site.