Floor Tiling
Open-plan living areas, passages and bedrooms tiled on a level, well-prepared base, including lifting old tiles where they have cracked or come loose.
Many Somerset West homes are built around indoor and outdoor living, with tiled floors flowing out to a covered patio and a view of the mountain. Our tilers lay new floors, showers and outdoor areas that look good and stay put.
FIRE FLAMES SERVICES
Here are the flooring and tiling jobs our team takes on most often for Somerset West homeowners, landlords and complexes.
Open-plan living areas, passages and bedrooms tiled on a level, well-prepared base, including lifting old tiles where they have cracked or come loose.
Shower walls and floors waterproofed first, then tiled with the right falls to the drain, plus full bathroom floors and walls.
Splashbacks behind stoves, sinks and counters cut neatly around plug points and finished with straight, even grout lines.
Covered patios, braai areas and pool surrounds tiled with slip-resistant outdoor tiles that suit the strong Helderberg sun.
Tiled floors are the norm in most Somerset West houses, and plenty of them are now old enough to show it. We see hollow-sounding tiles, cracks running across a room and grout that has crumbled away, often in homes from earlier building booms where the screed underneath was never quite right. Fixing the base is just as important as choosing the new tile.
Outdoor tiling has its own demands here. Patios and pool areas take hot sun for months and then winter rain, so tiles need to be rated for outdoor use, laid with a slight fall for water and finished with flexible joints where they meet walls. Many people also want inside and outside floors to match, which takes careful planning of levels at the sliding doors.
We lift old tiles or check the existing floor, repair or level the screed and make sure the surface is sound before any adhesive goes down.
Showers and bathroom floors are waterproofed before tiling, with the floor falling towards the drain so water does not pool in corners.
Edge trims, skirting tiles, cuts around toilets and door frames, and grout lines kept even from one end of the room to the other.
You can buy your own tiles from any of the tile shops in the Helderberg area, or we can supply them for you and include them in the quote. If you are buying yourself, send us the room sizes first and we will tell you how many boxes to get, with a small extra allowance for cuts and breakages.
Our team also does handyman services in Somerset West, painting in Somerset West, building and renovations in Somerset West and fireplace, braai and chimney services.
You get a written quote before any work starts. See our main flooring and tiling Cape Town page for more on how we work.
Tell us where in Somerset West the job is and send photos with rough measurements of the area. You will get a written tiling quote from us, usually the same day.
Call +27 73 209 3004Sometimes, if the old tiles are firmly stuck and the floor is level. If they sound hollow or are cracked, we recommend lifting them first, otherwise the new floor can fail too.
Yes. We use outdoor-rated, slip-resistant tiles and lay them with a fall so rain runs off. We also leave movement joints so the tiles can handle the summer heat.
Yes, always. We waterproof the shower floor and walls before any tiles go on, because grout on its own does not keep water out of the walls.
Yes. Many clients choose their own tiles. We will give you the quantities you need and check the tiles when they arrive.
It depends on the size and whether old tiles need removing. A typical bathroom takes a few days, allowing time for waterproofing to cure before tiling. We give you a timeline with your quote.
Yes. Our tilers work across the Helderberg, including Strand, Firgrove and Gordon's Bay, and we also take on jobs in Stellenbosch.