What we walk into in Scarborough
Detached and semi-detached stock from the 1960s on, with a growing custom-stair market in newer pockets.
Red oak refinishing, board replacement after leaks, carpet-to-oak stair conversions.
How we specify railings here
- Graspable oak, maple, and walnut profiles, including farmhouse and contemporary
- Box newels, pin-top newels, and metal newel conversions
- Iron, steel, wood, and cable infill — mixed-material stairs done cleanly
- Wall rails on both sides where the code or a toddler requires them
A railing is a piece of millwork you put your full weight on at 11 p.m. If the newel is toe-nailed into a hollow newel block, it will fail. Green Hardwood through-bolts newels into structure, not into trim.
We mill and install hardwood handrails in the same species as the stair, or we specify a painted newel with a clear-finish oak rail — a combination that reads expensive in Forest Hill and stays wipeable in a family house in Burlington.
Ontario requires a graspable handrail and a guard height that depends on the drop. Decorative 2x6 caps with no graspable profile fail inspection. We will not install them. We will show you three profiles that pass and still match the architecture.
Jobs Scarborough keeps calling us for
- Insurance water-damage repairs
- Stair retreads
- Whole-home refinishing
Railings in Scarborough — questions
Looking for the full service detail rather than the Scarborough view? Hardwood Railings covers method, materials, and warranty. For everything we do in this city, see hardwood flooring in Scarborough.