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Dry pack contractor in Kingston

Kingston is a limestone city at the meeting of Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence and the Rideau Canal. Old stone houses downtown, student rentals near the university, and newer subdivisions to the west each bring their own mortar-bed work.

Dry pack in Kingston

Kingston was the first capital of the Province of Canada, and much of its old core is built of local limestone. Sydenham Ward, the streets around the market and Portsmouth Village have stone and brick houses from the 1800s, many with thick walls, settled floors and bathrooms squeezed in long after they were built. Work there starts with a tear-out and a level line: the bed is set out from that line, and any taper is lost at the edges.

Queen's University, the Royal Military College and St. Lawrence College keep a large stock of rental houses in the University District and around downtown. Those bathrooms are usually renovated between tenants, on a fixed date, so the bed is scheduled to leave the next trades their time.

West of the Cataraqui River and out toward the west end, the subdivisions built from the 1970s on are at their first or second renovation: showers, main floors in large tile and finished basements. Kingston jobs are scheduled with others in eastern Ontario, so send photos and the postal code first.

In Kingston

What the homes here usually need

  • Stone houses downtown

    Old floors brought back to a solid base with metal lath and a scratch coat or a mortar bed, set out from a level line, not from walls that are rarely square.

    Scratch coat
  • Rentals near the university

    Bathrooms stripped and rebuilt between tenants, with the shower floor packed to the drain and handed over on a fixed date.

    Shower pans and pre-slopes
  • West-end basements

    Screeds that bring basement slabs flat for tile or plank in the newer subdivisions.

    Dry pack floor levelling

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Yes. Ricardo works across Ontario, Ottawa included. Jobs further from Toronto are scheduled by region, so send photos and the postal code with the quote request first.

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