PROOF
They stayed home. The floor still changed.
HEPA at the tool. Zip-wall at the opening. Furniture bagged, not removed.
The same lived-in room after dust-free maple refinishing, furniture returned, satin floor in afternoon light.
Dustless hardwood floor sanding in Toronto and the GTA
Containment at the source, measured at the machine — and what it means for whether you can stay in the house.
HEPA-sealed extraction at the machine and containment at the room, so most clients stay home during the work.
Get a fixed written price
A senior estimator measures, then writes one price. It does not move afterwards.
This is what lets most refinishing clients sleep at home. Containment is at the room as well as at the machine.View full size — A section through a job in progress: the sander hosed to a HEPA collector, containment sealing the doorway, and the next room still occupied.
Before you book
When this is the wrong service
A service page that only says yes is not much use. These are the situations where this is not the right call, and what is.
- The floor needs new boards or structural repair before it can be sanded.
- Use instead: Hardwood Floor Restoration.
- The floor is not hardwood (laminate, vinyl, tile) — it cannot be sanded.
- Use instead: not something Ecowoods offers.
Published price
Quoted per project
- Band
- No per-square-foot band is published for this service; it is quoted per project after the free in-home measure. The three published bands are on the pricing page.
- How it is set
- Fixed price in writing. It never moves after the free in-home estimate.
The standard
How this work is judged
These are the Well-Installed Framework pillars this service is scored against. The framework is published, versioned and free to cite — use it on our quote, and on everyone else’s.
The method
What the technique actually is
Nothing on this page asserts a technique that is not set out in full in a published paper. These are the sections that establish it.
Before you decide
The questions this service turns on
Each answer is the recommendation of a published decision guide, not a paragraph written for this page. Follow the link for the criteria behind it.
- What is the correct machine sequence for refinishing a hardwood floor?
- All four machines, in sequence, with intercoat screening. Equipment is not the difference between companies — the sequence and the discipline to complete it are. Read the guide.
- What does dustless hardwood refinishing actually mean in an occupied Toronto home?
- Require HEPA-sealed extraction and room containment in the written scope. Stay home if you want to — that is a realistic outcome when the system is real. Treat dustless claims without equipment detail as incomplete. Read the guide.
Vocabulary
Terms used on this page
- HEPA dust containment
- High-efficiency extraction maintained throughout the sanding and finishing process, not only at final cleanup.
The open questions behind this service
What to settle first
What is the correct machine sequence for refinishing a hardwood floor? · What does dustless hardwood refinishing actually mean in an occupied Toronto home?
Each is published in full with the reasoning rather than a recommendation, free to apply to any contractor’s quote — see also all decision guides and the standard they are judged against.
Proof, with the numbers
Jobs where this was the work
Published in full, with the readings taken before anything started. Not every job below is this exact service — they are the ones where this service decided the outcome.
Distillery District, over concrete
Over a concrete slab, where the moisture test decided the assembly before a species was chosen.
Yorkville loft, below grade
Below grade at a critical moisture reading, and the mitigation that made the floor possible.
Rosedale estate, stairs over radiant heat
Stairs and a main floor over radiant heat, finished to one colour across two assemblies.
Every case study publishes what was measured, not only what was achieved — all of them are here, and each one names the substrate, the species, the readings and the protocol it followed.
Coverage
Where this service is delivered
Downtown Toronto · North York · Etobicoke · Scarborough · East York · York · Vaughan · Markham · Richmond Hill · Mississauga · Oakville · Brampton · Aurora · Newmarket · Pickering · Ajax · Whitby · Oshawa · Clarington · Kawartha Lakes · Halton Hills · Caledon · Innisfil · Guelph · Cambridge · Kitchener · Port Colborne · Milton · Burlington · Hamilton · Grimsby · St. Catharines · Niagara-on-the-Lake · Niagara Falls · Barrie · King · Lincoln · Welland · Thorold · Fort Erie · Buffalo · Amherst · Clarence · Cheektowaga · Lancaster · West Seneca · Tonawanda · Grand Island · Orchard Park · Hamburg · East Aurora · Niagara Falls, NY · Lewiston · Wheatfield · North Tonawanda · Lockport · Rochester, NY · Brighton · Pittsford · Fairport · Victor · Webster · Irondequoit · Greece · Rosedale · Forest Hill · Yorkville · Leaside · The Annex · High Park · Riverdale · Leslieville · The Beaches · Lawrence Park · Cabbagetown · Swansea · Davisville Village · Midtown Toronto · King West · Liberty Village · The Kingsway · Ancaster · Dundas · Stoney Creek · Waterdown · Beamsville · King City · Nobleton · Kleinburg · Woodbridge · Angus Glen · Bayview Glen · Cachet · Port Credit · Lorne Park · Mineola · Clarkson · Sheridan · Williamsville · Kenmore
Every area above has its own page: the housing stock, the neighbourhoods and the constraint that is specific to it. See all service areas.