JD Flooring installs flooring in Temiscaming, the Ottawa River mill town at the far northern edge of Joey's service area. Owner Joey Duchesne has 32 years on the tools and works install-only: you pick and buy the material, he preps the subfloor and lays it right. Temiscaming sits on the Quebec side of the Ontario-Quebec line, and JD Flooring reaches it as part of the northern run from North Bay, so if you are on the border, book a quote and Joey will confirm your job.
Last updated July 2026
Temiscaming is a river town, built for the mill. It sits at the south end of Lac Temiscamingue on the upper Ottawa River, right at the Ontario-Quebec border, and it exists because the Riordon Pulp and Paper Company put a mill there in 1918. The company laid the place out as an English "garden city" on the mountainside above the river, with planned streets, flower gardens and solid brick-and-stone company housing, and that pulp-and-paper heritage still anchors the town of roughly 2,300 people. Many of those original garden-city homes are still lived in, and a century-old house has a subfloor with a century of settling in it.
That is where the flooring work starts. Older Temiscaming homes were framed on plank or early plywood subfloors that have moved, cupped and sagged over the decades, and the ground drops toward the Ottawa River, so a lower level or a slab can hold moisture. Before Joey lays anything, he checks the subfloor for flatness, moisture and movement, levels the low spots and locks down anything that squeaks or flexes. Put new laminate or vinyl over a lumpy old floor without that step and the joints break within a season. A general contractor covers the old floor and moves on. Joey tells you what the floor actually needs so it lasts, which is the whole difference between a specialist and a jack-of-all-trades.
Material choice matters here too. For a main floor in one of the older garden-city homes, engineered hardwood or a quality vinyl plank handles a northern climate and the odd basement dampness better than solid hardwood laid straight over a cold slab. Tile over a properly prepped and levelled base is the right call in a Temiscaming mudroom, bathroom or entry that takes river-country weather and wet boots. Joey walks the rooms and recommends the product that suits each space, rather than pushing one floor for the whole house.
Temiscaming's building stock leans old. The original 1918 garden-city houses and the homes that followed sit on subfloors that have carried a hundred northern winters, and near the river the lower levels can hold moisture. Getting flooring to last in those homes is less about the top layer and more about what is underneath: levelling the dips, securing the movement, and checking moisture before a single board or tile goes down. That prep is exactly what JD Flooring does before it installs, and it is why the finished floor does not gap, squeak or lift a year later.
Flooring in Temiscaming is priced by the square foot, and the labour depends on the material you choose and how much prep the subfloor needs. A flat, sound floor installs faster than an old garden-city home that needs levelling and moisture checks first. Because JD Flooring is install-only, you buy the material at your own price from any supplier and pay Joey for the labour and prep, with consumables like leveller, underlay and fasteners included. Temiscaming sits at the northern edge of the service area, so the border run is factored into the quote up front with no surprise call-out fees added later. Text a few photos and your rough square footage to 705-492-8461 for a straight answer.
Joey installs the full range in Temiscaming, from hardwood and vinyl plank in the living space to tile in a bathroom and new carpet on the stairs. Same install-only model every time: you pick the material, he installs it right and backs the workmanship with a conditional one-year warranty when the job is done to his recommended spec.
JD Flooring reaches Temiscaming as part of its northern run from North Bay. Nearby towns Joey also serves:
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Yes. Temiscaming sits at the northern edge of JD Flooring's service area, on the Ottawa River at the Ontario-Quebec border. Joey reaches it as part of the northern run from North Bay. Because it is on the far end, the travel is built into the quote up front, so book a free quote and he will confirm your job.
For the older garden-city homes, engineered hardwood or a quality vinyl plank handles the northern climate and any basement dampness near the river better than solid hardwood over a cold slab. Tile over a levelled base suits a bathroom or entry. Joey recommends the right product room by room.
Flooring is priced per square foot, and the labour depends on the material and how much subfloor prep an older home needs. Since JD Flooring is install-only, you buy the material yourself and pay for the labour and prep, with the border travel factored in up front. Text photos and rough square footage to 705-492-8461 for an honest quote.
Install only. You pick and buy the hardwood, vinyl, tile or carpet from any supplier, and Joey installs it right and supplies the consumables like leveller, underlay and fasteners. That independence means no showroom markup steering you toward one product.
Yes, and in Temiscaming's century-old homes it is often the key step. Joey checks the subfloor for flatness, moisture and movement, levels the low spots and secures anything that flexes, so the new floor does not squeak, gap or break at the joints later.
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