What we walk into in Pickering
1970s–90s subdivisions through Amberlea and Liverpool, older lakefront stock around Frenchman's Bay, and thousands of new units at Seaton that arrive with the cheapest stair the builder could specify.
Carpet-to-oak stair conversions, main-floor engineered over 1980s subfloors, and matching new work to twenty-year-old red oak.
How we specify decks here
- Ipe, cumaru, and other dense hardwoods with hidden fasteners
- Porch floor restoration on Victorian and Edwardian Toronto houses
- Stair and railing packages that match the interior millwork language
- Oil maintenance programs so the deck does not go grey in two seasons
Interior hardwood people who 'also do decks' are how you get a beautiful ipe surface on a rotten ledger. Green Hardwood details the envelope: ledger flashing, joist tape, ventilation, and a slope that drains.
Ipe and cumaru earn their cost in the GTA because they take UV, ice, and barbecue fat without the cupping you see in under-specified cedar. Cedar is still the right material for some porches and budgets — we will say so.
We also restore original tongue-and-groove porch floors on Toronto Victorians, a job that is closer to interior flooring than to a big-box deck.
Jobs Pickering keeps calling us for
- Builder carpet stair conversions
- Seaton pre-occupancy upgrades
- Bay-area lakefront refinishing
Decks in Pickering — questions
Looking for the full service detail rather than the Pickering view? Hardwood Decks covers method, materials, and warranty. For everything we do in this city, see hardwood flooring in Pickering.