Davisville grew up around the pottery works John Davis set up in 1845, later known as Davisville Pottery. Many of its single-family homes date from the 1920s and 1930s, and Davisville station on Line 1 serves the area. Large apartment and condo complexes followed from the 1970s to the 2000s. A house here usually means refinishing oak over a wood subfloor. A suite usually means new planks over concrete with underlay the building approves.
Sanding, repairs and new finish on original hardwood, $4.50 to $8 per sq ft before 13% HST.
SPC rigid core planks over acoustic underlay, $5 to $10 per sq ft installed.
Real wood on a stable core, $8 to $16 per sq ft installed, glued or floated.
In a Davisville house from the 1920s or 1930s, we check the subfloor before we talk about finishes. Davisville sits beside Mount Pleasant Cemetery, and its older single-family homes have had close to a century for joists to settle and subfloor boards to loosen. That shows up as squeaks, soft spots and dips at doorways. We screw down loose boards, add plywood where it is needed and level low spots at $1 to $4 per sq ft, before 13% HST. New hardwood or a fresh finish then sits flat and stays quiet underfoot.
A few steps from the owner keep a Davisville job on schedule, in a tower suite or a 1920s house.
In Davisville's 1970s-2000s apartment and condo buildings, ask management for an elevator slot on delivery day and another for debris removal. We work to those times.
Furniture and closet contents come out of each room before we start. That lets the new floor run into the closets too.
New hardwood and planks sit in the home before install. A clear corner on the same floor as the work is enough.
In a two-storey Davisville house, we order the rooms so the kitchen or bedrooms stay usable each night.
Settled joists leave dips. Levelling runs $1 to $4 per sq ft and goes in before any new floor.
Underlay requirements come from each building's declaration and rules. We supply the spec sheet for board approval.
Vinyl and asphalt tile in pre-1990 homes can contain asbestos, so we recommend a lab test before we lift it.
We replaced the flooring throughout our condo, and the results exceeded our expectations. The installers worked efficiently and paid close attention to every detail.
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.
Vinyl plank, laminate or engineered hardwood over an approved acoustic underlay. The building's declaration and rules set the target, and we match the underlay to it.
Often, yes. We check the wood left above the tongue and any past sanding. If it is thin or damaged in places, we replace boards before refinishing.
No special product is needed. What matters is the house: older wood subfloors need levelling and acclimated boards, and indoor humidity kept between 30% and 50%.