City of Toronto
Flooring Installation in Etobicoke
Etobicoke is home turf. Our showroom is at 315A Humberline Dr in north Etobicoke, and we install from the condo towers on the lake to the post-war bungalows and split-levels further north. The borough's housing changes every few kilometres, and so does the right floor.
Three eras of housing, three kinds of floor job
Etobicoke was built in layers, and each layer puts a different structure under your floor.
| Era | Where | What is under the floor | What that means |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s to 1890s lakeshore villages, and the Kingsway (1924 to 1947) | Mimico, New Toronto, Long Branch, The Kingsway | Wood framing and wood subfloors | Nail-down hardwood is possible. We check old subfloors for level first. |
| Post-war boom, late 1940s to 1960s | Central and north Etobicoke | Wood-framed bungalows, storey-and-a-half houses and split-levels | Split-levels mean several short runs of stairs and landings to plan around. |
| Apartment and condo towers, late 1960s to today | Dixon Road, Etobicoke Centre, Humber Bay Shores | Concrete slab | Floating or glue-down floors only, and the building's own rules on underlay and approval. |
The post-war boom is why so much of the borough looks alike from the street: in the two decades after the Second World War, Etobicoke grew from under 40,000 people to over 200,000. A house from that boom may still have its original hardwood, or a few layers laid over it, and we find out which before we quote.
Condos: Humber Bay Shores and Etobicoke Centre
Most of Etobicoke's condo towers sit in two places. Humber Bay Shores, on Lake Shore Blvd W, is the dense waterfront cluster we specialize in; our Humber Bay page covers its buildings in detail. Etobicoke Centre, around Islington and Kipling stations, is one of the four Centres in Toronto's Official Plan, where the City plans to concentrate new housing and jobs.
Either way the job starts with the building, not the floor: its underlay standard, its approval process and its elevator booking. We check those before anything is ordered, which is the heart of condo flooring with Floorrable.
Basements near the creeks
Etobicoke is cut by the Humber River, Mimico Creek and Etobicoke Creek. When Hurricane Hazel hit in 1954, flooding at the mouth of Etobicoke Creek swept away more than forty homes in Long Branch. If your basement is on low ground near one of the creeks, we check the slab for moisture before recommending anything, and below grade we steer you to a floor built for it, such as SPC vinyl, rather than a wood floor.
Visiting the showroom from anywhere in Etobicoke
The showroom is in the West Humber-Clairville neighbourhood of north Etobicoke, next to Rexdale and Thistletown. Bring a photo of the room and, for a condo, your building's flooring rules if you have them. You can book a showroom visit or start with the two-minute online estimate and book once you have a price range.
