The side streets between Harbord and Dundas, Bathurst and Ossington are lined with detached and semi-detached Edwardian houses. For these homes the usual answer is to keep the hardwood: refinishing runs $4.50 to $8 per sq ft, before 13% HST. Owners who want a pattern floor in a front room or hall can add herringbone or chevron parquet, which runs about $15 to $30 per sq ft installed because every block is cut and fitted by hand.
Most side-street houses in Little Italy are Edwardian, and small details decide whether a new floor still fits them.
Replacement boards in an Edwardian semi are cut to the same width and thickness as the boards beside them.
When stair treads are replaced, the new nosing follows the round or square edge of the old ones.
The stair, landing and upstairs hall get the same stain, so the house reads as one run of wood.
Wood thresholds between rooms are sanded and refinished with the floor where they are sound, rather than swapped for metal strips.
Refinish original boards, repair damaged ones at $150 to $350 per board, and match the stairs.
College Street's two- and three-storey buildings have homes above shops. Vinyl plank at $5 to $10 per sq ft handles the wear.
New hardwood treads and risers at $185 to $350 per step, or refinishing at $100 to $200.
A flat above a College Street shop needs a floor that handles wear and some movement. Main-street buildings in Little Italy are two or three storeys, with shops at street level and homes above, so the flat sits on an older wood-framed floor and is reached by a narrow, busy stair. Click vinyl plank with an SPC core, at $5 to $10 per sq ft before 13% HST, floats over a levelled subfloor and underlay, and a damaged plank can be swapped out later. We plan deliveries around the shop’s hours and the 506 Carlton streetcar on College Street.
The 506 Carlton streetcar runs along College, so we time deliveries and use rear lanes where we can.
Noisy sanding in a flat over a restaurant or store is scheduled around the business below.
Parquet shows every dip, so we flatten the subfloor first at $1 to $4 per sq ft, before 13% HST.
No. Little Italy is not a City of Toronto Heritage Conservation District, so the choice of interior flooring is yours.
Often. Loose blocks can be reglued, missing ones replaced with matching wood, and the whole floor sanded and refinished. Badly water-damaged sections may need relaying.
A floor that handles traffic and some moisture: SPC-core vinyl plank or engineered hardwood with a hard-wearing finish. We add underlay to cut noise between the flat and the business below.
Excellent flooring installation from start to finish. The team was professional, punctual, and left our Toronto home spotless. Our new hardwood floors look incredible.
Our old floors were uneven and badly worn, but the crew completely transformed them. We're very impressed with the quality and would gladly recommend them.