At SecuReno, we deliver expert renovation services for kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, and custom finishing. Every project is tailored to your home, your budget, and your specific renovation needs. From cabinet and countertop upgrades to tile work and room refreshes, our team of skilled craftsmen delivers quality workmanship to create spaces built to last.
Good flooring Ottawa homeowners can live on for twenty years starts underneath: a flat, dry, properly prepared subfloor and materials that have acclimatized to your house. SecuReno handles Ottawa flooring installation for hardwood, engineered wood, luxury vinyl plank, laminate, tile and carpet, plus hardwood refinishing when the boards are still sound.
You get a written quote by the square foot with prep and transitions included, and a floor that does not gap, squeak or lift the first winter.
Ottawa is hard on floors. Eight months of dry indoor heat shrinks wood and opens gaps between boards, then humid summers swell it back and lift edges that were laid too tight. Add salt and slush tracked in from December to March, and a floor that was installed without thinking about any of that shows it within a year.
That is why we spend as much time on what you will never see as on what you will. The subfloor gets checked for flatness, moisture and squeaks before anything goes down. Hardwood sits in the house for days before installation so it adjusts to your humidity. Expansion gaps are left where the manufacturer says, not where the baseboard hides them. Those steps are the difference between a floor that lasts and one that gets replaced in three years.
Four things to look for on the quote before you say yes. If they are missing, the price is not the real price.
Every SecuReno quote has all four as separate lines, so the number you see is the number you pay.
Different rooms need different floors. A bathroom, a basement and a living room have different moisture, traffic and temperature, and we match the product to the room rather than selling one floor for everything.
Solid and engineered hardwood installed with proper acclimatization and expansion gaps. If your existing hardwood is tired but sound, refinishing costs a fraction of replacement and brings it back to new. We tell you honestly which one your floor needs.
Porcelain and ceramic tile for kitchens, bathrooms, entries and mudrooms, over a properly prepared substrate with uncoupling membrane where it is needed. Large-format tile, heated floors and clean grout lines.
Tile floors in bathroom renovationsWaterproof luxury vinyl plank for kitchens, basements and busy family rooms. Laminate for bedrooms and living areas on a budget. Both installed over a flat, dry subfloor with the correct underlayment and gaps.
Carpet for bedrooms, stairs and basements, with proper underpad, power-stretched so it does not ripple, and seams placed where they will not show.
Below grade needs moisture-tolerant products: luxury vinyl plank, tile or engineered options over a subfloor system that keeps the floor off cold concrete. We test moisture before recommending anything.
Full basement renovationsHardwood or carpet on stairs, nosings, reducers and transitions between rooms. The details that make a whole-house floor look like one job instead of six.
Flat, dry, screwed down and checked for squeaks before anything goes on top. It is the step that decides whether the floor lasts.
Material, prep, underlayment, transitions, removal and labour are separate lines. No surprise charges on day one.
Hardwood and laminate sit in your home before installation so they adjust to your humidity. The extra days save you gaps next winter.
Salt and slush at the entry, dry winter air, humid summers and the 1960s to 1980s subfloors that make up most of the city. We plan for all of it.
Refinish or replace? If your hardwood is solid, has not been sanded too many times and the damage is surface wear, refinishing brings it back for a fraction of the cost of new floors. If boards are cupped, water-damaged or the wear layer is gone, replacement is the better long-term choice. We check the floor at the estimate and tell you which one honestly.
We measure every room, check the subfloor, test for moisture in basements and send a written quote by the square foot with prep and transitions included.
You choose the product, we order it, and hardwood or laminate is delivered to the room days before installation to acclimatize.
Old floor removed, subfloor levelled and secured, underlayment laid, new floor installed to manufacturer specification with proper gaps and transitions.
Every transition checked, every squeak hunted down, baseboards and shoe moulding finished, and a clean floor handed over.
Flooring is priced by the square foot, and the honest answer is that three things decide most of it: the product you choose, the condition of the subfloor, and how much old flooring has to come out.
The product is the biggest variable. Laminate and basic luxury vinyl plank sit at the low end, engineered and solid hardwood in the middle, and large-format tile or premium hardwood at the top. Installation labour also varies: tile takes longest to lay, floating floors the least.
Subfloor condition is the surprise most homeowners do not budget for. Uneven concrete, squeaky or rotted plywood and old adhesive all add prep time. We check this at the estimate so it is in the quote, not a phone call on day one.
Refinishing existing hardwood, when it is possible, is typically a fraction of the cost of new flooring for the same room, because there is no material and no removal.
We give every quote by the square foot with prep, underlayment, transitions and removal as separate lines, so you can compare products fairly and see exactly where the money goes. Request a free estimate and we will measure and walk through it with you.
Ask for these lines separately on any quote. A single lump number hides where the prep was skipped.
Most of the floors we replace in Ottawa failed for the same reasons. Hardwood installed straight off the truck in November, then gapped by February when the furnace dried it out. Laminate laid tight to the walls with no expansion gap, then buckled in July. Vinyl plank glued to a basement slab that was never moisture-tested, then lifted in the spring thaw.
None of those are product failures. They are installation failures, and they are avoidable. We follow the National Wood Flooring Association acclimatization guidelines for wood, leave the gaps the manufacturer specifies, and moisture-test every basement slab before recommending a product.
The housing stock matters too. Post-war bungalows in Alta Vista and Gloucester often have original hardwood under carpet that is worth refinishing. Family homes from the 1960s to 1980s across Nepean and Orleans usually have plywood subfloors that squeak and need screwing down. Newer builds in Kanata, Barrhaven and Stittsville tend to have builder-grade laminate and carpet that homeowners want to upgrade after a decade. We have worked on all of them.
Not sure whether your hardwood can be refinished or needs replacing? Call and describe it. We will tell you honestly, and if refinishing is the right answer, that is what we will quote.
It is priced by the square foot and depends on the product, the subfloor condition and how much old flooring has to come out. Laminate and basic vinyl plank sit at the low end, hardwood in the middle, large-format tile at the top. SecuReno quotes every job by the square foot with prep, underlayment and removal as separate lines.
Refinishing is typically a fraction of the cost of replacement for the same room, because there is no new material and no removal. It works when the boards are solid, not cupped or water-damaged, and have enough wear layer left to sand. We check this at the estimate and tell you honestly which one your floor needs.
Luxury vinyl plank is waterproof, which makes it the right choice for kitchens, bathrooms, basements and homes with pets. Laminate is usually cheaper and feels harder underfoot, and works well in bedrooms and living rooms where water is not a concern. Both need a flat subfloor and proper expansion gaps.
Luxury vinyl plank or tile, over a subfloor system that keeps the floor off the cold concrete. Solid hardwood should never go below grade in Ottawa because of moisture and temperature swings. We moisture-test every basement slab before recommending a product.
One to three days per room for most products once the material is on site. Hardwood adds several days of acclimatization before installation, and tile adds curing time. A whole main floor typically takes one to two weeks including prep and transitions.
We can move furniture as part of the job, priced in the quote, or you can clear the rooms yourself to reduce cost. Either way, the rooms need to be empty on installation day, and appliances in the kitchen need to be disconnected.
Often yes, if the tile is flat, well-bonded and the grout lines are shallow enough to level. It saves removal cost and mess. We check the surface at the estimate. Over uneven or loose tile, removal is the better long-term choice.
Dry indoor air from months of heating shrinks the wood. Some seasonal movement is normal, but wide gaps usually mean the floor was installed without acclimatizing to the house first. Proper acclimatization and a humidifier in winter keep movement to a minimum.
Still have a question? Call 343 700 1124 and ask us directly.
Flooring installation across Gloucester, Nepean, Kanata, Orleans, Barrhaven and Stittsville.
Tell us what you want the space to do and we will give you a straight answer on scope, timing and cost. Flooring Ottawa homeowners can count on, call 343 700 1124 or send the form and we will get back to you within one business day.