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Flooring Contractors in The Junction, Toronto

Toronto Flooring Contractors provides flooring installation, hardwood refinishing and floors over concrete to homeowners across The Junction.

The Junction mixes late-Victorian and Edwardian houses with converted industrial lofts, and the floor under your feet decides which approach fits.

Refinishing and repair in older houses

Floating and glue-down floors over concrete

Moisture and flatness checks on every slab

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1883 West Toronto Junction subdivided

1908 The Junction incorporated as a city

1909 Annexed by Toronto

Junction houses

Hardwood floors in The Junction's railway-era houses

West Toronto Junction was subdivided in 1883 and grew fast: a village in 1887, a town in 1889 and a city in 1908, before Toronto annexed it in 1909. It takes its name from the West Toronto Diamond rail crossing. Many houses from that boom now have floors more than a century old. We sand and refinish sound hardwood for $4.50 to $8 per sq ft, replace damaged boards, and level settled subfloors before new wood goes down. A Junction Heritage Conservation District is under study only, so no district rules apply today.

Junction lofts versus Junction houses

In a house

Refinish the original wood, repair boards and redo the stairs at $100 to $200 per step.

In a loft

Concrete slabs take floating vinyl plank at $5 to $10 per sq ft or glue-down engineered hardwood at $8 to $16.

Either one

Porcelain tile at $10 to $20 per sq ft for entries, kitchens and baths. All prices before 13% HST.

Old kitchen tile

Old vinyl tile in Junction kitchens and basements

Before we lift old vinyl or asphalt tile in a Junction house, we stop and recommend a lab test. Ontario’s asbestos guide lists vinyl floor tile, vinyl sheet flooring and asphalt floor tile as suspect materials, and Health Canada notes that homes built before 1990 may contain asbestos in floor tiles. Many Junction houses date from the town’s growth after 1883 and have been renovated several times, so old tile can sit under newer flooring. Once the test is clear, old flooring removal runs $1 to $2 per sq ft, before 13% HST, and new porcelain tile or vinyl plank goes down on a levelled subfloor.

Our Process

How we lay floors over concrete in Junction lofts

1

Test the slab

We check moisture in the concrete before any wood or vinyl product goes down.

2

Grind and level

High spots are ground and low spots filled with self-levelling compound, $1 to $4 per sq ft.

3

Add a barrier and underlay

A moisture barrier and, in shared buildings, acoustic underlay go down next.

4

Install and trim

The floor is laid, then transitions and baseboards are fitted to the old walls.

What Junction homeowners can send us before a quote

Many Junction houses have been renovated several times since the 1880s, and a few details help us quote the right work.

Room sizes or a sketch

A rough plan with room sizes speeds up the first quote. We confirm every measurement on site.

A look under the register

Lift a floor vent cover and photograph the edge of the floor. It shows us how many layers sit below.

Your renovation history

Tell us what past owners changed. A century of work can leave several floor types and heights in one house.

Photos of the stairs

Pictures of the treads, nosing and landing show whether the stairs need refinishing or new treads.

Junction house and loft owners: reviews from Toronto clients

Great communication, fair pricing, and beautiful workmanship. The team helped us choose the right vinyl flooring and completed the project on schedule.

Excellent flooring installation from start to finish. The team was professional, punctual, and left our Toronto home spotless. Our new hardwood floors look incredible.

Junction lofts, heritage study and stairs: your questions

Can solid hardwood go over the concrete in a Junction loft?

Solid hardwood is not a good match for a bare slab. Engineered hardwood, glued down or floated, handles concrete far better, as does SPC-core vinyl plank.

Is The Junction a heritage conservation district?

Not yet. A Junction Heritage Conservation District is under study only, and interior floor finishes generally fall outside heritage district rules anyway.

What underlay does a Junction loft building need?

The Ontario Building Code sets an airborne sound rating between units (STC 50, or ASTC 47 for the whole assembly), and impact targets come from your condo's declaration or rules. We read those rules and supply underlay spec sheets for board approval.

Do you work on Junction stairs as well as floors?

Yes. Refinishing runs $100 to $200 per step, and new hardwood treads and risers run $185 to $350 per step, before 13% HST.