Hardwood Floor Refinishing & Installation in Newmarket

What we find under Newmarket floors

In Newmarket's older homes near downtown it's common to find solid oak strip flooring under carpet that has been down for decades. After staples and tack strip are pulled, many of those floors sand back beautifully. In the 1980s to 2000s subdivisions, the usual picture is site-finished or prefinished oak on the main floor, worn grey in traffic lanes, with carpeted stairs that owners want to change to wood.

Refinish, recoat or replace

• Buff and recoat: when the finish is dull and lightly scratched but the wood itself isn't worn through
• Full sand and refinish: when wear, deep scratches, grey areas or old stain have reached the wood. Solid hardwood can usually be sanded more than once
• Replace: when boards are water-damaged, too thin to sand, or an engineered floor's wear layer is used up. See flooring installation

We check which applies at the visit, including the wear layer on engineered floors, and tell you plainly.

Stairs, colour and finish

Stairs are often the hardest part of the job: treads, risers, nosings and railings are sanded by hand and detail sanders. If you're moving from carpet to wood stairs, we look at whether the existing treads can be refinished or need new treads and risers. We apply stain samples on your own floor so you can choose the colour in your light, and we go through finish options and their drying and cure times so you can plan when rooms come back into use.

New hardwood and engineered floors

For new floors we check the subfloor for flatness and squeaks, let the material acclimate in your home, and lay it out so the rows run cleanly through doorways and halls. When a wall comes out, we can often weave new boards into the existing floor and refinish everything together so it reads as one floor. Trim and transitions are finished by our finish carpentry team.

Sources: Town of Newmarket: Building and renovating. General information, checked October 2026; confirm with the municipality before you start.

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