At Big Easy Flooring we lay, repair and replace tile floors for homes and businesses across New Orleans, from Metairie over to Covington and Mandeville. Contact us and we will measure the rooms and price the job.
We lay ceramic, porcelain and stone tile over a prepared subfloor, and we repair and replace tile that has cracked, lifted or lost its grout.
Most tile failures are preparation failures. A floor that flexes will crack tile however good the tile is, so leveling and setting the substrate right is the part that decides how long it lasts.
Kitchens, bathrooms, laundries and entry halls all take standing water and repeated mopping. Tile does not mind either.
It also takes grit tracked in from outside without scratching through a surface layer, which is why it holds up in a front hall better than most alternatives.
Grout lines are where a tile floor usually shows its age first. They pick up dirt, and in a wet room they take the most water.
Choosing a grout color and a joint width that suit the room, and sealing it, makes the difference between a floor that still looks laid and one that looks tired after a few seasons.
Leveling, moisture treatment and removing the old floor are real line items on a tile job, not optional extras.
A quote that leaves them out is not cheaper, it is unfinished.
Four steps, and you know what happens at each one before we start.
Ceramic, porcelain or stone, and the format. Slip rating matters in any room that gets wet, which here is most of them.
We measure, check how flat and how rigid the substrate is, and look at where the floor has to meet other surfaces.
Leveling and, where the floor moves at all, a decoupling layer. This is the step that decides whether the tile cracks in year two.
Set out from the sightline that matters, laid, grouted and sealed. Grout color and joint width are chosen, not defaulted.
Cracked tile in a straight line across a room is movement underneath, not a bad tile. A subfloor that flexes or a slab that has moved will crack tile along the same line repeatedly until the movement is dealt with.
A hollow sound underfoot means the tile is not fully bonded. It will usually break where it is hollow, and it is worth lifting and re-bedding before it does.
Grout that stays dirty however hard it is cleaned has usually lost its seal. That is a maintenance job rather than a floor job.
Tile itself is close to indestructible in a domestic setting. The grout is what ages, and the grout is what you maintain.
Sweep the grit, mop with something neutral, and keep acidic cleaners off any natural stone. Re-seal the grout when water stops beading on it rather than on a calendar.
A cracked grout line is worth raking out and replacing early. Left alone it lets water under the tile, and then it is no longer a grout problem.
No two tile flooring jobs price the same, because no two rooms are sitting on the same thing.
We will not quote a rate over the phone, because a rate without a measure is a guess with a number on it. We come out, measure, test what needs testing and put it in writing.
Sometimes, but only where the existing floor is sound, flat and well bonded. We check that on site rather than assume it.
Usually movement underneath rather than the tile itself. A subfloor that flexes, or a slab that has moved, will crack tile along the same line repeatedly.
We try. Older runs are often discontinued, so sometimes the honest answer is to re-lay an area rather than patch it with a visible mismatch.
Setting and grouting both need cure time. You get the timeline for your own job at the free consultation.
A free on-site measure, a written quote, and a straight answer about what suits the space. Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 6 PM.
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