Stair refinishing in Toronto and the GTA

Treads, risers and nosings, matched to the floor they meet — the detail that gives a refinish away.

Treads, risers and nosings refinished to match your floors for a seamless, hard-wearing finish.

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Stairs are where hand work shows. Every tread is an edge, a nosing and a return, and none of it can be done by a machine that levels a floor.View full size — A staircase mid-refinish with treads sanded to raw wood, risers masked, and the nosings cut sharp.

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.

Treads are structurally failed or the staircase is being rebuilt.: Use instead: assessed on site during the estimate.

Published price

Full Sand & Finish

Band: $4.75–$7.50 per sq ft
How it is set: Fixed price in writing. It never moves after the free in-home estimate.
What moves it: Species, width, pattern, stairs and site condition — plus the commodity inputs tracked on what moves a hardwood quote.

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.

Pillar

Dust containment and sequence

Sanding and finishing is a sequence of machines, each of which does something the others cannot. This pillar establishes that the sequence was complete and the dust was contained.

5 criteria

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.

Paper section

The edger — stairs, and everywhere the big machine cannot reach

The Craft

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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.
How much does hardwood flooring cost in Toronto and the GTA?: Use the published ranges to budget. Book the free in-home measure for the fixed written price. Compare quotes on scope completeness — machines, sequence, moisture protocol, warranties in writing — not on the headline number alone. Read the guide.

Vocabulary

Terms used on this page

Progressive grits: Working through abrasives from coarse to fine in sequence, with the perimeter matching the field at every step.

The open questions behind this service

What to settle first

What is the correct machine sequence for refinishing a hardwood floor? · How much does hardwood flooring cost in Toronto and the GTA?

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.

Finished work

This service, on finished jobs

Each one is a published case study. The reading shown is the one the job turned on.

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