Bathroom Floor Tile in Georgetown

Bathroom floors for Georgetown homes around the square and in Sun City

Georgetown sits south on I-35 in Williamson County. The courthouse square downtown and the large Sun City retirement community sit in the same town. Bathroom floors here have to sit on real subfloors. We check flatness with a straightedge and watch for deflection because joists that bounce will crack the tile and the grout. Many jobs ask for a floor that meets a low threshold or runs into a curbless shower for aging in place. Merlan's Tile works out of Killeen. Genaro Merlan and the crew who quote the job are the ones who set the tile.

You pick the tile yourself. Bring boxes from another store or ride with us to the Temple supply house. Porcelain, ceramic, mosaic, marble, terrazzo and zellige all get set the same way once they are on site. Brass or satin profiles go on the exposed edges. After the layout is marked we spread mortar, set the pieces, cut around the vanity base and the door casing, then grout, wipe, and seal if the grout calls for it. We sweep and haul the waste so the bathroom is left ready to use once the grout has cured and the haze is gone.

Checking the subfloor and setting the toilet flange before tile goes down in Georgetown

A bathroom floor fails if the subfloor is not flat or if it bounces. In houses around Georgetown we put a straightedge down and watch the joists when you walk. High spots get ground or sanded. Low spots get filled with a patch the tile can bond to. The toilet flange height is planned for the thickness of the finished tile plus the thinset bed. Once the floor is in, the flange should rest on the tile or get an extender so the toilet sits level and the wax ring seals. Vanity base cuts and door casing cuts get scribed because those joints stay in sight.

• Straightedge check for high and low spots on the subfloor
• Watch for joist bounce that would crack tile later
• Flange height set to the tile thickness so the toilet does not rock
• Scribe cuts at the vanity and undercut the door casing

Why the layout starts from the doorway you see first, not from a hidden wall

Starting tile against the farthest wall leaves a skinny cut at the bathroom door. That is the first thing you see when you walk in from the hall. We snap the layout off the most visible line instead. Full tiles sit in the open floor. The small pieces tuck under the vanity or along a side wall. In a Georgetown bathroom that is often out of square, we still keep the grout lines straight down the middle of the room.

The toilet, the vanity, and any threshold into a shower all have to land on that same grid. We mark it on the floor so you can look before mortar is mixed. Mosaic needs more care at the sheet edges so the pattern stays even. Porcelain and ceramic give cleaner long joints. Thresholds into the hallway get a marble saddle, a metal profile, or a reducer depending on the height of the next floor. Those pieces are part of the flooring work we do, along with vinyl plank in other rooms when that is the plan.

Labor price for bathroom tile floors and measuring the square footage yourself

Tile floors run $3 per square foot labor. Jobs of 2,000 square feet or more are $2 per square foot labor. The numbers are labor only so the tile you buy is separate. A typical Georgetown bathroom is well under 2,000 square feet, which means the $3 figure applies. We still put the 2,000 square foot break in writing because whole house floors happen too.

To work out square footage yourself, measure the length of the floor in feet and the width in feet, then multiply those two numbers. Subtract any area the tile will not cover, such as inside a tub. That is the number the labor rate applies to. Scheduling happens on the phone, not by guessing a start date here. Shower work, roofing, and vinyl plank in other rooms are quoted after we see the space. Phone (512) 297-7493 or email info@merlanstile.com and we come look.

What the job looks like from the first look at the room to the final clean up

We look at the bathroom and measure the actual space. You pick the tile. We bring it from the Temple supply house or you supply the boxes. Prep usually takes the first stretch of the job, with leveling compound if the subfloor needs it and undercutting of the casings so the tile slides underneath. Setting the floor tends to run a day on a standard Georgetown bathroom. Grout follows the next day most of the time. Seal the grout after it has cured if it is a cement product. We clean the haze, bag the scraps, and leave the room swept.

Every installation carries a written one-year limited labor warranty from the date of completion. It covers issues arising from the original installation. It does not cover materials, those fall under the manufacturer's own warranty, and does not cover modifications made after the installation is complete. The same crew that measured the Georgetown bathroom sets the floor. Transitions such as reducers and thresholds finish the edges into the hall. If the rest of the house needs vinyl plank or a roof, that work is quoted once we have walked it. Floor tile labor stays at the published rate.