Whole home
One stain lot for every room
Flooring an entire Toronto home is a different scale of project from a single room. The order is one stain lot, and it has to cover every room, including rooms that will not be installed until a later phase. A later top-up comes from a different production run, and the colour shifts. Sequence follows the order. It does not replace it.
Request a quoteThe single order
Floors Toronto locks the full quantity and the stain match at the start, specifically so a later phase does not draw from a different run. Rooms that wait are still in the order. Phasing the install is normal. Phasing the purchase is how a whole-home floor stops matching itself.
Keep contingency boards from that same lot, often 3–5% of the total square footage, for a later repair or a room that gets added. That percentage is repair stock, not a cutting-waste allowance.
The page talks about budgeting a whole-home job and does not state a dollar figure. Supply is quoted from the specification below. Install is quoted from the rooms, the levels, and the method.
Every room in our house, from the basement to the primary bedroom, reads as one continuous floor — Floors Toronto planned the whole order and sequence from day one.
GTA whole-home renovation
3/4 inch European white oak, stain match when you order, supply from $4/sq ft.
The room sequence
Low-disruption rooms go first. Stairs are last in every version of this page. The living room is not. The page says three different endings, and they are printed here together.
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In the install note
Start in the areas least disruptive to daily life and finish in high-use spaces like the kitchen and living room. Stairs, between the levels, are almost always last.
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In the specification table
Low-disruption rooms first. Stairs and kitchen typically last. The living room is not in that line.
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In the summary and the question below
Finish with the kitchen, the living room, and the stairs. The same ending appears as “often starting in lower-traffic areas and finishing with the kitchen, living room, and stairs.”
Occupied homes go room by room, so the rest of the house stays usable. Vacant homes move faster, because furniture and foot traffic are not in the day’s zone. A typical occupied whole-home install runs 1–2 weeks, longer when the scope is a complex multi-level house.
What a one-room guide leaves out
A one-room guide can pick a width and stop. A whole-home order cannot. 9¼ inch is the common default through the house. 7½ inch in the bedrooms, and 10¼ inch in the open areas, are optional, and only where this page already allows them. One grade is the usual whole-home choice. Grade AB in formal rooms and Grade ABC in casual rooms is possible when those rooms are visually separated. Species, thickness, and the UV-cured finish stay the same either way.
Where the install floats, the specification is an acoustic mat. This page does not print an IIC or STC number. A basement level in the same order still needs a moisture test before that level is glued down. Occupied RH near 35–55% applies in every heated room, from a dry 20–30% in winter heat to 60–70% in an unmanaged summer. Across that swing the engineered floor moves up to three times less than solid strip.
These are the long versions, as links: the installation overview, what a quote includes, the renovation guide, and the townhouse guide.
Questions on the whole home
How long does a whole-home hardwood installation take in Toronto?
A typical whole-home Toronto hardwood installation takes 1–2 weeks depending on total square footage, number of levels, and whether the home remains occupied during work. Floors Toronto sequences rooms to minimize disruption, often starting in lower-traffic areas and finishing with the kitchen, living room, and stairs.
Should I order all my hardwood at once for a whole-home Toronto renovation?
Yes. Floors Toronto strongly recommends locking the full quantity and stain lot for a whole-home project at the start, even if installation happens in phases, since a later top-up order can shift slightly in colour from the original production run. This single decision prevents the most common whole-home complaint.
Can I live in my Toronto home during a whole-home hardwood installation?
Yes, in many cases, though Floors Toronto typically sequences work room by room so occupants can use unaffected areas while installation proceeds elsewhere. Fully vacant installations generally move faster since furniture and foot traffic do not need to be managed around each day's work zone.
How much extra hardwood should I order for future repairs in Toronto?
Floors Toronto recommends keeping a small quantity of contingency material, often 3–5% of total square footage, from the original whole-home stain lot for future repairs or additions. This avoids needing to rematch a potentially discontinued or slightly shifted colour years after the original installation.
Does a whole-home hardwood project use the same grade throughout a Toronto house?
Most whole-home Toronto projects use one grade throughout for visual consistency, though Floors Toronto can specify Grade AB in formal areas and Grade ABC in more casual family spaces if rooms are visually separated. Both grades share the same species, thickness, and UV-cured finish regardless of which is chosen.
(07) — Start your project
Tell us about your space.
Send the total square footage and a room-by-room breakdown, including rooms that wait for a later phase.
What do you need?
Supply and install. Our oak, then our crew: measure, moisture, method, and a written 5-year workmanship warranty.
- Reply within 1 business day
- Stain match included when you order
- Itemised, no-obligation quote
- Insured crews, 5-year workmanship warranty
The quote request is in.
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.
