Perfect Touch Tile works in San Marco, about 2 miles from downtown Jacksonville by Downtown across the Main Street or Acosta bridge. Showers, floors, backsplashes, pool tile and more.
San Marco's 1920s and 1930s homes often still have their original small tile bathrooms: penny rounds, hexagons and subway tile set in thick mortar beds.
Working in an older home means planning for walls that are not square and floors that are not flat. Konstantin can replace a cracked section to match the old look, or take an original bath back to the studs and rebuild it with a modern membrane and a vintage-style hexagon or subway tile.
Older San Marco houses often sit on raised wood floors rather than a slab, and those floors flex. Tile over a wood subfloor needs the right underlayment and enough stiffness, or grout cracks within a year. Konstantin checks the floor structure at the estimate and tells you what it needs before tile goes down.
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Often, yes. Classic hexagon, penny round and subway tile are still made in the old sizes, so a repair can blend in. Exact color matches on 90-year-old tile are hard, so for larger repairs it can look better to redo a whole floor or wall in a period-style tile. Konstantin will look at it and tell you honestly.
Yes, if the floor is stiff enough and the right underlayment goes down first. Older homes on raised wood floors can bounce, and tile set on a floor that flexes cracks at the grout lines. The fix is adding plywood or blocking where needed, then a cement board or an uncoupling membrane. Konstantin checks the floor at the estimate.
Free estimates. Konstantin comes out, measures and gives you an honest written price.