Maple Surface Care | Athletic Hardwood Floor Maintenance

Why it matters

Your floor loses its grip long before it looks worn

Athletic finishes are engineered for traction. As they wear, the floor gets slick months before it ever looks dull. That's when slips, sprains and liability show up. A yearly screen & recoat restores the wear layer at a fraction of the cost of fixing what happens without it.

Slippery courts, unhappy players

“Dusty” and “slippery” are the two most common complaints in public reviews of GTA facilities. Traction loss is the earliest and most dangerous sign of finish wear.

Deferred maintenance multiplies cost

Wear caught early is a routine recoat. Wear that reaches bare wood means a full sand & refinish, typically four to six times the price.

A 50-year asset, protected

A well-maintained maple floor outlives everything around it. The annual recoat is what keeps a six-figure replacement off your budget.

What we do

Specialist floor care, beyond general cleaning

Core service

Screen & Recoat

The annual maintenance every hardwood athletic floor needs: diamond abrasion, deep clean, and a fresh coat of sport-grade waterborne finish. Traction restored, floor protected. Typically one day on site plus cure time.

Once a year · Scheduled around your calendar

Free Floor Condition Assessment

A 20-minute on-site evaluation: traction, finish wear, game lines, moisture indicators. You receive a written report with photos the same day, useful for planning, budgeting and your insurance file.

Free · No obligation

Deep Cleaning & Conditioning

Machine deep clean with finish-safe products: hardwood between annual recoats, plus the rest of your facility's hard floors, from multi-use and synthetic sport surfaces to rubber, vinyl and tile. Removes the buildup daily cleaning can't reach.

Quarterly or semi-annual · Gyms, studios, halls & commercial floors

Full Sand & Refinish

When wear has gone past the finish layer: full restoration down to bare wood, game lines repainted, finished to spec. We'll tell you honestly when you need it, and when you don't.

Every 8–10 years, if maintained

Beyond the Court

Hardwood courts are our specialty, but floor care doesn't stop at the baseline. We also look after dance and studio floors, stage hardwood and commercial wood surfaces, and run deep cleaning & conditioning programs for the rest of your facility's hard floors: multi-use and synthetic sport surfaces, rubber, vinyl and tile. Every surface gets the system it demands, from high-grip sport coatings to smooth satin glide. Not sure what your floor needs? That's exactly what the free assessment answers.

Dance · Studio · Stage · Commercial wood · Multi-use sport · Vinyl, rubber & tile

How it works

From first look to finished floor

Free assessment

We walk your floor for 20 minutes: traction, finish wear, lines, boards. You get a written report with photos the same day.

Clear quote, exact scope

A real number in writing, based on your floor's actual condition and square footage. No surprises, no upsell.

Recoat & annual care

We work around your schedule: weekends and low-use windows. Then your floor goes on the calendar so it never gets forgotten again.

Annual Floor Care Program

Never think about your floor again

One agreement, and your floor is handled: the annual recoat locked to your calendar, a mid-year condition check, and priority response if something happens.

Annual screen & recoat on a fixed date you choose
Mid-year condition check with updated photo report
Priority scheduling for water incidents and repairs
High-use floors: twice-yearly recoat option

Start here

Free floor condition assessment

Every program starts with a look at your floor. Twenty minutes, a written report with photos, and an honest read on what it needs, even if the answer is “nothing yet.”

Book yours

A Canadian family company

Thirty years with a coating in hand

Maple Surface Care is a Canadian family operation built on decades in the professional trades. Our lead applicator is a master painter by specialty: thirty years applying professional coatings and finishes, with the carpentry, drywall and repair craft that comes from a lifetime on job sites. Today that coating expertise is dedicated to sport floor systems: we currently service commercial gym floors across Ontario, including facilities for major fitness chains.

We treat every court like it's the one our own kids play on.

Questions we hear a lot

FAQ

How often does a gym floor need to be recoated?

At least once a year. That's the industry standard for maple athletic floors. High-use facilities running 12+ hours a day often benefit from a recoat every six months. Daily cleaning keeps the floor tidy; only a recoat restores the protective wear layer and its traction.

How long is the floor out of service?

Typically one day of work plus 48 hours of cure before full use. We schedule around your calendar (weekends, holidays and low-season windows) so downtime costs you as little as possible.

Our floor looks fine. Do we still need this?

Maybe not, and the free assessment will tell you honestly. But athletic finishes lose traction months before they look worn. If players are slipping on hard stops, the finish is already past due, even if it still has shine near the walls.

Is the assessment really free? What's the catch?

Really free, no catch: it's how we earn new clients. You get a written report with photos either way. If your floor needs work, you'll know exactly what and why. If it doesn't, you have a signed condition report for your records, useful for insurance files.

Do you only work on basketball courts?

Athletic hardwood is our specialty, but not our boundary. We also care for dance and studio floors, stage hardwood and commercial wood surfaces, and we run deep cleaning and conditioning programs for multi-use, synthetic, vinyl, rubber and tile floors. Every surface gets the system it actually needs, and if you're not sure what your floor is, the free assessment will tell you.

Book your free assessment

Let's look at your floor

Twenty minutes on site. A written report with photos, same day. No obligation, just an honest read on the floor your facility runs on.

(774) 245-4707 Fastest way to book: call or text

✉ info@maplesurfacecare.ca

⏱ Assessments booked within the week, GTA-wide

🛡 Family-run · Thirty years in professional coatings

Athletic hardwood floor maintenance, done right, every year.