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Room with a natural oak herringbone floor in morning light (illustration)

Toronto flooring studio

Floors, composed.Hardwood, herringbone and stair flooring for Toronto homes and condos. Chosen with you, laid board by board.

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Wood
Pattern
Light
Price this floor
At your home
Samples, moisture and level readings
In writing
An itemized quote, HST shown
One studio
Subfloor, floor and stairs
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What we lay.One studio, from the subfloor to the last stair nosing.

Natural oak laid as straight plank
Natural oak laid in herringbone
Natural oak laid in chevron
01 Straight plank · Natural oak, illustrated

One board.Three floors.

The same oak reads completely differently depending on how it is laid. Pattern is the first design decision, and the one you live with longest.

  1. 01Straight plank

    Long boards in staggered rows. Calm and continuous. Run along the longest wall, it makes a room feel longer.

  2. 02Herringbone

    Short rectangular boards meeting at right angles, in a zigzag. Classic in a hallway or a Victorian semi. It needs more material and more time than straight plank, because every board is placed from a centre line.

    Herringbone floor being laid in a hallway, set out from taped guide lines
    On site: a herringbone hallway set out from taped guide lines before the first board is fixed.

  3. 03Chevron

    Boards cut at an angle so the ends meet in one clean point. More formal and directional than herringbone, and the most exact to lay: the points only line up if the layout is right from the first row.

Herringbone and chevron, explained

Recent floors.Photographed on site, the day the work was done.

All projects
Curved staircase with carpeted treads rising from a front hall
Curved stair, front hall
White oak plank floor in a high-rise condo, floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Toronto
White oak plank, high-rise condo
Wide oak plank floor running to sliding patio doors
Wide oak plank to the patio doors
Dark-stained wide plank floor with a flush-mounted floor vent and white baseboard
Dark wide plank, flush vent
Grey plank floor along an open upstairs landing with a black railing
Grey plank along an open landing

Wood, chosen for the house.Colour is the easy part. How it moves through a Toronto winter is not.

Natural oak boards, close up
Natural oakEven, open grain that takes oil or a clear finish well. The safest choice for almost any room.
Smoked oak boards, close up
Smoked oakOak darkened into the wood itself by fuming, not just on the surface, so wear shows less.
Espresso-toned boards, close up
Espresso tonesDeep and quiet in a large room. Dust and pet hair show more than on a mid-tone.

Solid or engineered?

Toronto heating season dries the air in a house. Solid boards shrink and open small gaps, more so the wider they are. Engineered boards, a real wood top layer on a cross-laid core, move far less and can go over a concrete condo slab. We tell you which one your floor needs before you choose a colour.

Engineered hardwood

Wood shown in this section is illustrated from real wood textures. It is not a photograph of a finished project.

Measured before it is laid.A floor is only as good as what is under it. Three readings come before the first board.

2%

Moisture

For boards 3 in. and wider, wood and subfloor should be within about 2 points of moisture content. We read both with a meter.

3/16in.

Flatness

A common flatness limit in flooring makers' instructions. A long straightedge finds every hump and dip, and we level before laying.

35–55%

Room humidity

A relative humidity range many makers specify. The boards wait in the rooms they will live in, with the heat on.

Self-levelling compound poured and set across a room before flooring
Levelled first. Self-levelling compound poured and set across a room, so the floor that goes on top lies flat.

Figures come from wood flooring manufacturers' installation instructions. Your product's own instructions always decide.

The stair is part of the floor.It should look like it.

  • New treads and risersSolid hardwood, stained to match the new floor so the colour runs from hall to landing.
  • Capping existing stairsNew wood over the old structure when the stair is sound but tired.
  • Nosings and landingsThe edges that take the most wear, finished to the same profile as the floor.
Stairs
Section through an oak staircase: treads with rounded nosings over matching risers (illustration)
Straight staircase with new light wood-look treads and matching risers
New treads and risers, matched
Curved staircase from above, carpeted treads with dark wood stringer and white balusters
Curved stair, carpeted treads
Wide oak plank landing at the top of a staircase, stair treads protected during work
Oak landing, stairs protected during work

How a floor gets done.Five steps, all in writing.

  1. 1

    Consultation at home

    We measure, test moisture, check the subfloor and bring samples.

  2. 2

    Written quote

    Every line item, removal and disposal included. HST shown separately.

  3. 3

    Agreement

    Scope, materials and dates on paper. In Ontario, a final price can't go more than 10% over an estimate in your contract without your approval.

  4. 4

    Installation

    Rooms protected, dust controlled, the site left clean at the end of each day.

  5. 5

    Walk-through

    We go over the floor with you and leave care instructions for the finish we used.

How we work

Questions.Short answers. Longer ones on each floor's page.

How much does hardwood installation cost in Toronto?

It depends on the wood, the pattern, the condition of the subfloor and how much needs to come out first. Herringbone and chevron take more material and time than straight plank. We measure first and give you a written, itemized price.

Can you install herringbone in a condo?

Usually, yes. Most Toronto condo boards ask for an approved acoustic underlay before any hard floor goes in. We help you get the board's requirements in writing before work starts.

Solid or engineered hardwood?

Over concrete, and for wide boards, engineered is normally the better choice. Over wood joists, both work. We look at the house before recommending one.

Can my stairs match the new floor?

Yes. Treads, risers and nosings can be made or stained to match, so the floor carries up the stair.

How do I start?

Book a consultation or send photos of the rooms by WhatsApp. We reply with next steps.

Let's compose yours.

A consultation at your home, samples in hand, and a written price.

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