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Dry pack contractor in Sarnia
Sarnia sits where Lake Huron empties into the St. Clair River, across the Blue Water Bridge from Michigan. Older houses near downtown, post-war streets built for the refinery and plant workers, and lakeside homes to the north make up most of the work.
Dry pack in Sarnia
Sarnia grew with the petrochemical plants along the St. Clair River, and many of its neighbourhoods were built after the war for the people who worked there: brick bungalows and storey-and-a-half houses with one bathroom and an unfinished basement. Many are now on their second or third bathroom renovation, and their basements are being finished.
Near downtown and in Point Edward, by the Blue Water Bridge, the houses are older, with wood floors that have settled. North along the lake, toward Bright's Grove, there are lakeside homes and cottages with terraces and patios, where the bed has to fall away from the house and shed water before winter.
The work that comes up most here is bathroom renovations, basement floors and outdoor beds. Sarnia jobs are scheduled with others in the southwest, so send photos and the postal code first.
Along the lake the wind and spray off Lake Huron are strong, so an outdoor bed near the water is given a generous fall away from the house. Inside, post-war basements often have a slab that has settled toward a floor drain; a dry pack screed brings the room flat for tile or plank while keeping the fall to that drain where it is needed.
In Sarnia
What the homes here usually need
Post-war houses
Bathrooms and basements redone: a new shower floor and a screed over the slab.
Shower pans and pre-slopesLakeside homes
Terraces and patios sloped away from the house, ready for stone or pavers.
Pool decks and terracesOlder floors downtown
Scratch coat over metal lath before tile or stone on old wood subfloors.
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Do you come to Sarnia and Lambton County?
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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- Scratch coat over metal lath: when a floor needs one
- Curbless shower floors: what goes under the tile
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- How much slope does a shower floor need?
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