Sanding & Varnishing
Dust-free sanding and three coats of eco Finitec varnish to bring a tired floor back.
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Dollard-des-Ormeaux is home turf — our shop is here, and so are the split-levels and bungalows that went up when the town filled in through the 1960s and 70s. On a split-level, the floors and the stairs are one job, and we do both.
Most of Dollard-des-Ormeaux was built in one long wave through the 1960s and 70s, as families moved west and the land north of Brunswick filled in with split-levels and bungalows. That era shapes the floors we find here in two ways.
First, it’s solid wood. Homes from that period went in before engineered and floating floors were common, so under the carpet you’re almost always looking at real, solid hardwood — the kind that sands back to bare wood and refinishes cleanly, ten to twelve times over its life.
Second, it’s the stairs. A split-level is defined by its half-flights, between the entry, the living level and the bedrooms, so in DDO a refinishing job is rarely just a floor. We sand and varnish the treads to match the floors in the same visit — the risers and stringers are often veneered, so those get a lighter touch, and we’ll walk you through what’s possible when we quote.
Because the shop is in DDO, this is also the shortest trip we make: usually a same-week visit for a quote, with no travel time to price in.
On a split-level’s stairs, the treads — the parts you walk on — are usually solid and refinish fully. The risers and stringers, though, are often veneered: a thin decorative layer over a core, too thin to sand without cutting through. We refinish them as far as they’ll safely take and match the colour, but we won’t pretend a veneered riser sands like a solid tread. If yours are painted or in rough shape, we’ll tell you honestly what a good result looks like before we start.
West of here the newer homes in Kirkland change the picture, and to the north Pierrefonds brings its own flood history — we cover both, along with Pointe-Claire next door.
Three things, done properly. The details live on each service page — and if you’re wondering what goes into a quote, we break that down too.
Dust-free sanding and three coats of eco Finitec varnish to bring a tired floor back.
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New hardwood when a floor is past saving — a range of woods, grades and board widths.
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Yes — on a split-level they’re really one job. We sand and varnish the treads to match the floors in the same pass. Veneered risers and stringers get a lighter touch, but you get a finished floor and staircase together, not two separate trips.
This is home: the shop is in DDO, so it’s the shortest trip we make and usually a same-week quote, with no travel surcharge. We cover the rest of the West Island, Laval, the North Shore and Vaudreuil-Soulanges too.
Usually, yes. A little settling and slope is normal in a sixty-year-old house and doesn’t stop a refinish — sanding levels the surface finish, not the subfloor. If a section is structurally soft or cupped past the tongue, we’ll flag it and talk repair before refinishing.
We’re just up the road. Tell us what you’re working with and we’ll come by with a clear, no-obligation quote.