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Midtown townhouse. Ground-floor maple meeting white oak treads and a walnut stringer. The join is the job.
The same landing after work: continuous hardwood into white oak treads with a walnut stringer and no cheap transition strip.Ecowoods serves Midtown Toronto. Book the measure.
Midtown Toronto spans Yonge-Eglinton through the apartment and condo corridors and the surrounding house stock. Condominium slabs and older house floors show up in the same week's work.
Condo work is slab moisture, acoustics, and elevator logistics. House work is wear-layer depth and joist-era subfloors. The method does not transfer between them.
Dust-free sanding that keeps you living at home, fixed written estimates with no “unforeseen conditions,” and manufacturer warranties passed through to you in writing.
Book your free in-home estimateSee it in your room, priced in Canadian dollars
Areas we work: Yonge-Eglinton · Mount Pleasant · Oriole Park · Chaplin Estates edge
Building management rules on condo jobs set the calendar; house jobs are constrained by occupancy and stair access.
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A real job, its substrate, its species and the measurement it turned on.
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Three levels, three different substrates, one continuous floor — the ground-floor slab sealed and re-measured before a single board was laid.
G-Floor MVTR (Post-Epoxy Sealer)4.8lbs/1000 sqft/24h
Read what was measuredEvery one of these is a published case study with its readings, its protocol and its failures in it — all of them are here.
Solid and engineered hardwood laid by salaried craftsmen — straight-lay, herringbone, chevron and custom patterns.
$11.00–$18.00 per sq ft
Bring tired floors back to life: sand to bare wood, re-stain and re-finish for a factory-fresh surface.
$4.75–$7.50 per sq ft
HEPA-sealed extraction at the machine and containment at the room, so most clients stay home during the work.
Rescue and repair heritage and water-damaged floors — board replacement, feathering and colour matching.
$4.75–$7.50 per sq ft
Treads, risers and nosings refinished to match your floors for a seamless, hard-wearing finish.
$4.75–$7.50 per sq ft
Bespoke feature strips, medallions and borders routed and fitted by hand for a signature look.
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Installation and refinishing, with the price bands published before you call. New hardwood installed runs $11.00–$18.00 per square foot.
Dust-free sanding in an occupied home. A full sand and finish runs $4.75–$7.50 per square foot; a screen and recoat $2.50–$4.00 where the existing finish is sound.
Refinishing, carpet removal and new treads, matched to the floor they meet. Quoted per tread rather than per square foot, and itemised in the written price rather than added to it later.
Floor already cupping, gapping or lifting? What your floor is telling you gives each symptom its cause and an honest prognosis — including the two where the answer is to do nothing yet.
Judging quotes rather than buying yet? The Well-Installed Framework sets out 27 criteria, published free to use on any contractor in the GTA — including us — or score a quote you already have.
See the floors we install and the machines behind the finish.
Yes — fixed, in writing, in your contract. Our senior estimator moisture-tests your subfloor and inspects conditions during the free consultation, so there are no "unforeseen conditions" to surprise you later. The number on paper is the number on your invoice.
Yes. Containment is HEPA-sealed extraction at the machine plus containment at the room. We do not publish a room-capture percentage, because we have not measured one on a job — what we will tell you is exactly which machine is sealed to what, and you can ask any contractor the same question. Most refinishing clients sleep at home every night of the job, and the water-based finishes are low-odour and walk-on ready in 2–4 hours.
Your finishes and materials carry their manufacturer warranties — typically 25–35 years on finish, up to 50 years structural — passed through to you in writing, itemized in your contract. If anything in our workmanship isn’t right, we come back and make it right.
A standard 1,000–1,500 sq ft installation takes 5 to 7 working days: moisture testing and acclimation, installation, then sanding, staining and finishing. Refinishing is typically 3–5 days. Your written estimate includes a committed schedule.
Engineered, not solid — the substrate decides it, not the budget. On a concrete slab the assembly is the specification: adhesive, underlayment and acoustic rating are part of the answer, and the slab is moisture-tested with in-situ probes before a board is opened. The full specification is published as our condominium-over-concrete-slab reference installation.
By matching species, width and grain direction first, then trialling stain on site on the actual old boards — never from a single can chosen off a sample. Where boards have to be replaced, repairs are feathered into the surrounding run rather than butted in a straight line. A full sand alone will not hide a species or width mismatch, which is why matching is decided before any machine is switched on.
Installed ranges typically run about $11.00–$18.00 per sq ft for new hardwood, $4.75–$7.50 for full sand and finish, and $2.50–$4.00 for a screen and recoat — before stairs, transitions, or moisture remediation. Species, pattern, and substrate move the number. The fixed price is written after a free in-home measure, not from a phone quote.
Dustless means HEPA-sealed extraction at the machine and containment at the room — not a marketing label. We publish no room-capture percentage, because we have not measured one on a Toronto job; a filter rating is not a room measurement and the two get quoted as though they were the same number. Most refinishing clients sleep at home every night of the job. Water-based finishes are low-odour and walk-on ready in 2–4 hours.
White oak is more tannin-stable under water-based finishes, takes grey and modern stains more evenly, and is the default for contemporary renovations. Red oak is the heritage Canadian floor with a more open grain. Neither is universally better — substrate, stain target, and traffic decide. See the white-oak guide and the species comparison article for the decision tree.
Yes, when the slab moisture, acoustic assembly, and elevator logistics are specified first. Pattern work multiplies labour and waste; the substrate still decides solid vs engineered. Glue-down engineered over a tested slab is the usual condo path. Building management windows often decide the schedule more than the pattern does.
Ask for a written fixed price after a moisture test, not a phone range. Confirm who actually sands the floor (salaried crew vs revolving subcontractors), which machines run in which order, and whether manufacturer warranties are itemized in the contract. Compare the decision guide on evaluating a hardwood quote before you sign anything.
The substrate decides, not the budget. Plywood over joists can take solid; concrete slabs, radiant heat, and wide humidity swings favour engineered. A generational wear layer only matters where solid is structurally allowed. Walk the solid-vs-engineered guide before you buy material.
Ecowoods Hardwood Flooring Inc.
32 Norfield Crescent, Toronto, ON M9W 1X6
(647) 244-5156 · services@ecowoods.ca
Mon–Sat 8 AM – 7 PM · Sun 10 AM – 4 PM
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