Bathroom Tile Remodeling in Avon, CT

It usually means water has been getting behind the tile and the subfloor underneath has started to break down. It needs to come up and be rebuilt. You cannot tile over it and hope. We open the area, rebuild the base flat and sound, waterproof it, and flood-test before we close anything up.

For tile, a new vanity and a countertop, no. That finish work is exempt under the 2022 Connecticut State Building Code. If we move a drain, add a valve or run new wiring, those trades are permitted separately, filed through the Town of Avon Building Department at 60 West Main Street, open Monday to Friday 8:30 to 4:30. We tell you which parts of your scope need a permit before work starts.

The wet area has to be sealed off during demo and waterproofing. That is not negotiable, because you cannot dry a room that is still getting wet. Everything else is phased so the rest of the house carries on, and we never leave you overnight without a working toilet. If you have small children or a working-from-home schedule, tell us and we plan around it.

A 1-year written workmanship warranty on every install. We are a registered and insured Connecticut contractor. CT HIC #0706534, verifiable through the state HIC lookup, and we are rated five stars on Google. Estimates are free, and we will tell you honestly if your bathroom is not a good fit for what we do.

Yes, and it is the most common conversion we do. If the plumbing stays where it is, we can usually convert without moving a drain, which is the single biggest cost driver in a bathroom. We will tell you at the estimate whether your layout allows it or whether the drain has to move.

We build the pan, then go over it with a bonded waterproofing membrane such as a Schluter-KERDI style sheet or a liquid-applied one where the geometry calls for it. The membrane runs over the pan, up the walls, around the curb, and over every seam, corner and valve penetration, and we hold a twenty-four-hour flood test before any tile goes down. If a drop moves, we find it while it is still inexpensive to fix.

Only sometimes, and only when the old tile passes the checks: solidly bonded everywhere when you tap it, flat, and structurally sound, with enough give at the outlets, counters and doors to absorb the added thickness. When it fails any of those, tiling over it locks the problem in. On a wet area we almost always take it down to the substrate instead.