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Squeaky floor repair in New Edinburgh

Squeaky Floor finds and fixes the loose board, fastener or subfloor connection making the noise in New Edinburgh homes.

New Edinburgh was laid out by Thomas MacKay after he bought the land at the meeting of the Rideau and Ottawa rivers in 1829, and although planning began in 1832 the bulk of its houses went up between the 1870s and 1914.

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New Edinburgh housing, explained

Victorian and Edwardian, and largely protected

New Edinburgh is small, old, and unusually intact. Thomas MacKay acquired the land where the Rideau meets the Ottawa in 1829 and laid out the village; initial plans date from 1832, but the bulk of development happened between the 1870s and 1914. The housing began as mill-worker accommodation for MacKay’s Rideau Falls operations and later filled out with grander homes, so you get a range of scale within one very consistent era: frame and brick, Victorian and Edwardian, with strip hardwood over plank subfloor on sawn joists. The neighbourhood has been a designated heritage conservation district under the Ontario Heritage Act since a City of Ottawa by-law in 2001, which has kept teardowns and replacement construction to a minimum. What that means practically is that almost every floor we see here is original and over a century old.

What we fix in New Edinburgh homes

1870s to 1914 construction

A tight, consistent build era across almost the whole neighbourhood.

Mill-worker and grand houses

Very different sizes, but the same underlying floor assembly.

Original stairs and landings

Well over a century of traffic on treads that have never been refastened.

Why New Edinburgh homeowners call us

Careful work in a heritage district

Original material is preserved rather than removed wherever we can.

Repair over replacement, always

Century-old hardwood here is worth keeping.

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Scope and price in writing before we start.

Small jobs welcome

A single squeaky board is a perfectly reasonable reason to call.

New Edinburgh Squeaky Floor Repair Pricing

Every job gets a written quote once we have confirmed the actual cause and scope. The ranges below are typical starting points drawn from published Ontario cost data for this kind of work, not a fixed price list, so treat the number in your written quote as the real one.

Diagnostic Visit

Free

In-home visit or a photo-based read
We pin down the actual cause
No pressure to book anything after

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Most popular

Single Squeak or Short Run

$200 – $1,100 typical

One spot or a short run of flooring
Often a same-visit fix
Full price set in a written quote

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Whole-Room or Subfloor Work

$1,000 – $3,500 typical

Multiple rooms or subfloor access needed
A full on-site walkthrough of the scope
Quote in writing before anything begins

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Our Process

What happens after you call, New Edinburgh

1

Tell us where it squeaks

Roughly where in the house, and when you hear it. Morning, after the heat comes on, near one wall.

2

We ask a few questions

Age of the house, what is below the floor, and whether anything has been renovated recently.

3

You get a written quote

Scope and price, confirmed in writing, before a single tool comes out.

4

The repair gets done and tested

We fix it, walk the section again to confirm the noise is gone, and explain what caused it.

What homeowners tell us

Real feedback from customers we have worked with.

5/5

We needed an urgent flooring repair after several boards became loose and uneven. The team responded quickly, secured the boards, and corrected the uneven sections. Professional service and a high-quality repair from start to finish.

Robert

Direct Client

5/5

We hired them to fix squeaking and movement in our hardwood floor. They identified the underlying problem quickly and completed the repair without needing to replace the entire floor. Everything now feels solid and quiet.

Jennifer

Direct Client

5/5

They repaired deep scratches and chipped areas in our hardwood flooring. The available repair options were explained clearly and the results were excellent. The floor looks refreshed, and the damaged spots are no longer noticeable.

Amanda

Direct Client

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New Edinburgh squeaky floor questions

How old are New Edinburgh floors likely to be?

Very. Thomas MacKay laid out the village after buying the land in 1829, and the bulk of the housing went up between the 1870s and 1914. Because the neighbourhood has been a designated heritage conservation district since 2001, there has been very little teardown and replacement, so most houses still have their original floor structure.

Does heritage district designation stop us repairing our floor?

It generally should not. Heritage conservation district rules are aimed primarily at exterior appearance and streetscape rather than internal floor repair, and squeak work is localised and internal. That said, rules differ property to property, so if you are planning anything beyond a repair it is worth confirming your own designation status with the City first.

Are the smaller New Edinburgh houses built differently from the larger ones?

Less than you might expect. The neighbourhood started as mill-worker housing and later added grander homes, but both were built in the same era with the same basic assembly: plank subfloor over sawn joists with strip hardwood on top. The difference is scale and finish rather than the underlying floor structure.

Have a squeak somewhere in your New Edinburgh home?

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