Tiling, waterproofing and tile repairs in Murrumbeena
Eleven services, grouped the way a wet area is actually built: substrate, falls, membrane, bond coat, tile, grout. Pick the job you need, or start with the layer that is failing and work down from there.
Residential and small commercial work across Murrumbeena and the surrounding south-east suburbs.
A finished surface is judged on the layers beneath it
Tile is the last thing to go on and the first thing blamed when something goes wrong. In practice the outcome is decided earlier: whether the substrate was sound and primed, whether the floor falls to the waste, whether the membrane was detailed into the junctions and given time to cure, and whether the adhesive bed was full rather than dotted.
Wet areas
Showers, bathrooms and laundries — anywhere the membrane, not the tile, is doing the real work.
01/11 Bathroom Tiling
Walls, floors, niches and shower bases in new and existing bathrooms, set out from the substrate up.
02/11 Bathroom Renovation Tiling
Strip-out, substrate correction and screed, re-waterproofing, then the full re-tile of a bathroom being rebuilt.
03/11 Waterproofing
Primed substrate, bond breakers at the junctions, membrane coats built up and left to cure before a single tile is fixed.
11/11 Leaking Shower Repairs
Locating where water is actually escaping, then repairing that layer — with or without lifting the tiles.
Surfaces
Dry interiors, where setting-out, flatness and joint placement decide whether the result reads as deliberate or approximate.
04/11 Kitchen Splashbacks
Mosaic, subway and slab-look tile behind benches and cooktops, with cut-outs around power points and clean returns to cabinetry.
05/11 Floor Tiling
Hallways, living areas, kitchens and laundries: levelling, movement joints, layout set out to the sightline, grout chosen to suit the tile.
06/11 Large Format Tiling
Oversized tiles and slab panels, where flatness tolerance, back-buttering, handling and levelling systems do most of the work.
Exteriors and maintenance
07/11 Balcony Tiling
Falls to drainage, membrane under tile, perimeter detailing and slip-resistant finishes on elevated decks and terraces.
08/11 Outdoor Tiling
Alfresco areas, patios, paths and pool surrounds — exterior-grade adhesives, drainage away from the house, and room for the surface to move.
09/11 Regrouting
Failed, stained or cracked grout cut out and replaced, with silicone renewed at internal corners and floor junctions where movement lives.
10/11 Tile Repairs
Cracked, drummy, lifting or chipped tiles, read first for cause: the tile itself, the adhesive bond, or movement below it.
Reading that sits underneath these services rather than repeating them.
Work out which service you need
Tell us which layer is failing
Describe the room, the symptom and the surface. If the service isn’t obvious from the list above, that’s fine — most enquiries start with a photo and a problem rather than a product.