Service Area · Downtown & The Ward
Flooring Installation in Downtown & The Ward
Flooring and hardwood refinishing for downtown Guelph and St. Patrick's Ward, where the house is usually older than the floor problem.
Downtown and The Ward are the oldest housing in the city, and the flooring work there is mostly recovery rather than replacement. Under the carpet in these houses there is very often original strip oak or maple, old-growth and worth saving, and the first job is checking how much wood is left above the tongue before anyone recommends tearing it out. The complications are the same street to street: floors out of level where the joists have settled, tall painted baseboards that were installed before the finish floor, radiator pipes coming up through the boards, floor registers from the old gravity system that have to be re-framed if the floor thickness changes, and a layer cake of linoleum and hardboard under the carpet that nobody can see until it comes up. The Ward's smaller workers' cottages add one more: additions and back kitchens that meet the original house at a different height. Bathrooms in these houses are the other common call, usually because the tile has cracked again, and the honest fix there starts with the joists rather than the tile.
Flooring Installation services in Downtown & The Ward
- Hardwood Flooring Installation
- Hardwood Refinishing & Sanding
- Luxury Vinyl Plank & Laminate
- Tile & Heated Floors
- Stairs, Subfloors & Carpet
Frequently asked questions
Do you charge more to come out to my area?
Not within Guelph. For Rockwood, Eden Mills, Puslinch, Aberfoyle, Ariss, Fergus and Elora, travel is built into the quote before you agree to it rather than added afterward. You will see the number up front.
Can you work in a house that is empty or between tenants?
Yes, and an empty house is the fastest and cheapest kind of flooring job there is — no furniture to move, no working around anyone, and the crew can run full days. Leave a key or a lockbox code and confirm the power is on. Turnovers with a hard date get scheduled around the date, so call as soon as you know it.
Serving Guelph and surrounding areas. Contact us for a no-obligation quote specific to your property.