A house install and a condo install split here: a house path is plywood, stairs, and a driveway. A condo path is a slab, a board, and an elevator. The oak is the same floor. Approvals, acoustics, and soft costs are what change.
Detached, semi, or a townhouse with plywood over joists. Nail-down is often available. Stairs, tear-out, and the general contractor set the calendar. Most townhomes sit closer to this path than to a tower. Some associations still have flooring rules.
A tower suite on a concrete slab. Glue-down or floating. Nail-down is not a tower-slab option. The board, the elevator, and the acoustic rule set the start. Underlay or an adhered assembly follows the bylaws.
| Item | Condo | House or townhome |
|---|---|---|
| Board or corporation approval | Usually required (4–10 weeks typical) | Usually none; some townhome associations only |
| COI / WSIB | Often named on the corporation COI | Insured and WSIB; certificates on request for a GC or lender |
| Acoustic IIC/STC package | Common bylaw driver | Rare unless it is a multi-unit conversion |
| Elevator or dock booking | Often weekday windows | Driveway or curb staging |
Floors Toronto is fully insured and WSIB covered on both paths. Condo pages emphasize board-ready documents. House pages emphasize the subfloor and the stairs.
IIC and STC packages, and the neighbour rules, dominate the underlay choice.
Less acoustic paperwork. The focus is feel underfoot, and the limits of radiant heat.
Board review often sets the start date. The extras are elevator fees, dock bookings, hallway protection, and after-hours limits.
Tear-out, preparation, and the general contractor’s sequence set the calendar. The extras are stairs, transitions, staging an occupied home, and coordinating the other trades.
Condo concrete takes glue-down or floating. Nail-down is not a tower-slab option. Underlay or an adhered assembly follows the bylaws.
House plywood over joists often takes nail-down. Glue-down or floating shows up on slabs, radiant floors, mudrooms, and below-grade rooms. The same 3/4 inch European white oak can change method from room to room when the substrate changes. Write that split into the quote.
A pattern still follows the subfloor. Read the methods guide for glue-down, floating, and nail-down, and the pattern install guide when the floor is herringbone or chevron. Bylaws and sound belong to the condo guide .
3/4 inch European white oak, stain match when you order, supply from $4/sq ft.
Not always. Material starts at the same $4/sq ft. Condo totals rise when elevator time and acoustic underlay are added, while a house can spend that on stairs and tear-out. Price the condo installation page and the house installation page separately.
Usually yes when plywood over joists is present. Check for any association flooring rules. Most townhomes are closer to houses than towers.
Yes. Free custom stain matching applies when you order Floors Toronto European white oak, house or condo.
A condo slab starts on the condo installation page. A plywood house starts on the house installation page. Board review on a condo often runs 2–6 weeks. If you are unsure, stay on this guide, then open the installation overview.
Mitres, a batch-locked stain, and a UV-cured finish.
9 photosGrade ABNail-down
Layout, borders, and Grade AB or ABC supply and install.
7 photosGrade ABGlue-down
Supply, acclimation, and a method matched to the subfloor.
5 photosGrade ABCGlue-down
(07) — Start your project
What do you need?
Supply and install. Our oak, then our crew: measure, moisture, method, and a written 5-year workmanship warranty.
We reply within one business day. If the job includes install, the reply separates supply from the method and the subfloor. If you want samples, we send them on the real oak. If a site measure is needed, we book it from that reply.
If you chose a colour photo, email the file to tymur@floorstoronto.ca with your name so the match can start. The form stores the file name, not the picture.