What we walk into in Dundas
Nineteenth-century brick and stone homes on narrow lots, many with original pine and early oak. Access is genuinely difficult — parking, stairs, and material handling all need planning before a crew arrives.
Careful heritage restoration, pine repair, and stair work in flights that predate any modern rise-and-run expectation.
How we specify decks here
- Ipe, cumaru, and other dense hardwoods with hidden fasteners
- Porch floor restoration on Victorian and Edwardian Toronto houses
- Stair and railing packages that match the interior millwork language
- Oil maintenance programs so the deck does not go grey in two seasons
Interior hardwood people who 'also do decks' are how you get a beautiful ipe surface on a rotten ledger. Green Hardwood details the envelope: ledger flashing, joist tape, ventilation, and a slope that drains.
Ipe and cumaru earn their cost in the GTA because they take UV, ice, and barbecue fat without the cupping you see in under-specified cedar. Cedar is still the right material for some porches and budgets — we will say so.
We also restore original tongue-and-groove porch floors on Toronto Victorians, a job that is closer to interior flooring than to a big-box deck.
Jobs Dundas keeps calling us for
- Heritage pine restoration
- Pre-code stair rebuilds
- Tight-access refinishing
Decks in Dundas — questions
Looking for the full service detail rather than the Dundas view? Hardwood Decks covers method, materials, and warranty. For everything we do in this city, see hardwood flooring in Dundas.