Stairs & Trim installation in Canada

A great floor is finished by great details. Our experts cap or rebuild stairs to match your new floor, install matching nosings and transitions, and supply and install baseboards, quarter-round and shoe moulding.

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Stair Capping & Rebuilds

Retrofit treads and risers in hardwood, engineered or vinyl to match your floors, or rebuild worn stairs entirely.

Transitions & Nosings

T-mouldings, reducers, end caps and flush stair nosings that match your product for a seamless look.

Baseboards & Trim

Supply and install of MDF and wood baseboards, quarter-round and shoe moulding with caulked, paint-ready finish.

What to look for when buying stairs & trim

Matching nosings

Always use the manufacturer's matching nosing profile from the same production run as your floor. Generic aluminium or plastic nosings are cheaper, will not colour-match, and tend to loosen with use. The nosing takes all the wear, so it is the wrong place to economise.

Risers included or not

The most common ambiguity in stair quotes. Painted risers are the affordable contemporary standard; matching wood risers cost more and read traditional. Confirm which the per-step price covers before comparing two quotes.

Open sides and returns

A staircase open on one or both sides needs finished returns on the tread ends, which is precise work and adds meaningfully to the price. A closed staircase between two walls is by far the simplest and cheapest to finish.

Baseboard profile and height

Taller, more detailed profiles cost more in both material and labour. Paint-grade MDF is the economical standard; primed or stained solid wood costs more and suits period homes. Match the height to the ceiling: a tall baseboard in a low room looks heavy.

Looking after a stairs & trim floor

Stair nosings take more wear than any other surface in a house, so keep grit off them with mats at entries and clean them as you would the adjacent floor. Check for loose treads and squeaks annually, because a loose tread wears its nosing quickly and becomes a safety issue. On carpeted stairs, vacuum the nosing edge specifically, since that is where the pile crushes first. Touch up caulking at baseboards when seasonal movement opens hairline gaps.

Stairs & Trim installers by city

Local cost, climate notes and installers for stairs & trim in the cities where we do the most work.

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Common questions

Can existing stairs be capped rather than rebuilt?

In most cases, yes. Retrofit treads cap the existing structure and cost far less than rebuilding. Capping works when the stringers and framing are sound; badly worn, cracked or out-of-level stairs need rebuilding.

Should baseboards be replaced with new flooring?

Not necessarily. If existing baseboards are sound, an installer can work around them and finish with quarter round. Replacing gives a cleaner result, particularly when the new floor sits at a different height than the old one.

Why do stairs cost so much per step?

Each tread is measured, cut and fitted individually with a nosing, a riser and often finished returns. A fifteen-step staircase has forty-five or more separate pieces, all fitted to a structure that is rarely perfectly square, especially in older homes.

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