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Dry pack contractor in Peterborough
Peterborough sits on the Otonabee River at the edge of the Kawarthas, with brick houses near downtown, student rentals near Trent, post-war streets around them, and cottages on the lakes to the north.
Dry pack in Peterborough
Downtown Peterborough and the streets around it, toward the East City and the Avenues, have brick houses from the late 1800s and early 1900s, many on wood joists that have moved. A renovation there usually means the old floor comes up first, the subfloor is checked, and metal lath with a scratch coat or a mortar bed goes down so the new finish does not crack.
Trent University and Fleming College keep a stock of rental houses renovated between terms. The post-war neighbourhoods and the subdivisions in the north and west end are at the age when bathrooms and basements are redone, with a shower floor built to a new drain and a screed through the basement.
North of the city the Kawartha Lakes are lined with cottages and year-round lake houses. Their bathrooms and terraces get the same work as a house in town, with one difference: the quote asks how close a truck can get, because many lots are reached by long or narrow roads. Peterborough jobs are scheduled with others east of Toronto, so send photos and the postal code first.
In Peterborough
What the homes here usually need
Older brick houses
Bathrooms taken back to the joists, then a scratch coat or mortar bed so the new tile sits on a flat, solid base.
Interior demolitionCottage bathrooms
Shower floors packed to the drain in cottages and lake houses, ready for the waterproofer.
Shower pans and pre-slopesDecks and terraces
Beds sloped away from the house so water runs off before it can freeze.
Pool decks and terraces
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Common questions
Do you come to Peterborough and the Kawarthas?
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.
How is the job priced?
Send photos through the quote form and Ricardo prices the job from them, or asks for a site visit when the photos cannot show enough.
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Before you hire: dry pack guides
- What is dry pack mortar?
- Shower pan vs pre-slope: what each layer does
- Dry pack vs self-levelling compound
- Scratch coat over metal lath: when a floor needs one
- Curbless shower floors: what goes under the tile
- What is dry pack mortar made of?
- How much slope does a shower floor need?
- How long before tile can go on dry pack?
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