Flooring installation and refinishing in Markham

In the early 1990s the planning firm Duany Plater-Zyberk was brought in to design Cornell as a walkable, traditional-style neighbourhood, a departure from the cul-de-sac suburbs around it. Along Highway 7 to the west, Main Street Unionville still has century homes along a lane that once led to the village grist mill. Few cities in the region hold both so close together, and that range is exactly what a flooring company has to plan for here.

Where your home fits

Area	Typical age	What is common	Where to start
Unionville, Markham Village, Thornhill heritage streets	Mid 1800s to early 1900s	Original boards, sloping subfloors, old patches	Refinishing and repair
South Unionville, early Cornell	1990s	Worn carpet, first-generation oak or laminate	Hardwood installation
Upper Unionville, later Cornell	2000s onward	Carpeted stairs, unfinished basements	Stairs and vinyl plank

Old floors on heritage streets

Markham has three designated heritage conservation districts: Markham Village, Unionville and Thornhill, whose district plan on the Markham side of Yonge Street dates to 1986 and covers the streets around John Street. Houses there were built from the mid 1800s into the early 1900s.

Expect previous sandings on boards this old. Our first visit is about measuring what remains. If there is enough wood, we sand it and brush test colours onto a few boards so you can choose before the whole room is stained. If a room has been patched with mismatched boards over the decades, we lace in matching wood so the floor reads as one surface again.

Thirty-year-old suburbs

The 1990s neighbourhoods are where whole-floor replacement is most common. Many were finished with broadloom on the bedroom level and stairs, over an oak or laminate ground floor. One booking for all three levels gives you one stain colour and one sheen top to bottom.

Prep is where cost surprises usually hide, so it gets its own line, including how much levelling the price covers [CONFIRM]. If we find something no one could see at the measure, we stop, send photos and wait for your written OK.

Newer communities

In younger homes the floors are often fine on the main level. The work is upstairs, on the stairs and below grade. If you live in a three-storey townhouse with two or three flights, that makes a dust-controlled stair job, with plastic walls and daily vacuuming, more important than usual.

Next step

Our comparison of hardwood, engineered and vinyl plank is a good place to start if you are undecided. When you are ready, book a free measure.