What we walk into in Clarington
Nineteenth-century brick homes along the old main streets, farmhouses on the concessions, and fast newer growth around Bowmanville. Original pine and early oak floors are common and are often mistaken for beyond saving.
Heritage floor restoration, pine board repair, and full stair rebuilds where a previous owner boxed in an original flight.
How we specify stairs here
- Retread carpeted stairs with solid oak, maple, or walnut treads
- Box newels, open risers, floating stringers, and bullnose starts
- Matched species and stain to the adjacent hardwood floor
- Rise/run, nosing projection, and guards detailed to Ontario Building Code
Stairs are where cheap flooring companies get exposed. A 3/4" floor glued to a 5/8" plywood tread, a painted MDF riser next to a $14/sq ft oak floor, a nosing that trips the building inspector — we see it every week in the GTA.
Green Hardwood builds and installs hardwood stairs as a system: treads, risers, stringers, scotia, nosing, and the first-floor landing, all in the same species and finish as the floor — or in a deliberate contrast, usually walnut against white oak.
The most requested job in 2026 is converting builder-grade carpet stairs in Vaughan, Markham, and Milton new builds into solid oak box stairs. We pull the carpet, inspect the structure, sister anything that flexes, and install solid treads with returned ends on the open side.
Jobs Clarington keeps calling us for
- Heritage pine and oak restoration
- Farmhouse stair rebuilds
- New-build stair upgrades
Stairs in Clarington — questions
Looking for the full service detail rather than the Clarington view? Hardwood Stairs covers method, materials, and warranty. For everything we do in this city, see hardwood flooring in Clarington.