Tilers Wellington — Professional Services
Good tiling hides the mistakes of a bad tiler for about three months. Then the grout cracks, a tile lifts, and water finds its way somewhere it shouldn’t. Southern’s tilers do it right the first time — proper substrate prep, waterproof membrane to spec, accurate setting-out, and grout that matches.
43+ years of tiling Wellington kitchens, bathrooms and laundries. Fixed-price quotes. Call 0800 484 353 or 04 476 9214 (Karori office).
Full Tiling Service
- Bathroom wall and floor tiling — waterproof membrane included
- Kitchen splashback tiling — subway, mosaic, large-format
- Vanity splashbacks
- Laundry and utility floor tiling
- New-build tiling — we work alongside builders on programme
- Tile repair and replacement — matching colour/batch where possible
- Tile grouting services — re-grout, colour-match, silicone seals
- Tile polishing and sealing
- Tile restoration on heritage homes
- Outdoor/deck tiling — frost-rated porcelain
Tile supply too — we can source from all the major Wellington tile yards at trade pricing.
Tile Pattern Options
Pattern choice changes the feel of a room as much as the tile colour:
- Brick bond (half-offset) — classic, forgiving of slightly-out-of-square rooms
- Horizontal stack — clean, contemporary, makes rooms feel wider
- Vertical stack — makes ceilings feel higher
- Vertical offset and vertical stack offset — modern, works well with long-format tiles
- Herringbone — feature floor or splashback
- Mosaic — for shower floors and feature strips
We’ll show you pattern mock-ups and grout colour options before cutting a single tile.
Waterproofing — The Part That Actually Matters
Tile doesn’t waterproof a bathroom — the membrane under the tile does. Skip it or do it badly and water gets into the framing; six months later the floor’s rotting and the ceiling below is stained.
Every wet-area tiling job we do includes:
- NZ-certified waterproof membrane system
- Reinforced corners and waste junctions
- Sealed pipe penetrations
- 24-hour flood test before tile goes down (where applicable)
- Silicone sealing at every wall-to-floor junction
Backed by the Master Plumbers Guarantee as part of full bathroom renovations.
Tiling as Part of a Full Renovation
Most of our tiling goes in as part of a bathroom renovation, kitchen renovation or laundry renovation — one project, one fixed price, all trades coordinated.
Tile-only jobs are also welcome — we quote standalone splashbacks, single-room retiles, outdoor patio tiling, and tile repair.
If you want the look of tile but faster install and softer underfoot, ask about Aspen SPC luxury flooring.
Tiling Across the Wellington Region
We tile across every Wellington suburb — Johnsonville, Karori, Khandallah, Island Bay, Miramar, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, Petone, Porirua, Paraparaumu, Raumati, Aro Valley, Brooklyn, Seatoun, Thorndon and the Wairarapa.
Master Plumbers member. Fixed-price quotes. Your Job On Time, or It’s Free. Call 0800 484 353 or 04 476 9214.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A standard wall-and-floor bathroom tile is usually 4-6 working days end to end — substrate prep day 1, waterproof membrane and 24-hour cure days 2-3, tile lay days 3-5, grout and silicone day 6. Larger or feature-pattern jobs longer.