Services
Bathrooms, showers, kitchens, floors, stone, pools and outdoor terraces, for new builds and full fit-outs around Wānaka and Central Otago.
Bathrooms and showers
Bathrooms, showers and the membrane under them. Most of what we do, and where the detail matters most.
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Whole rooms, floor to ceiling, done as one job. We set the room out with the builder before anything is fixed, so the grout lines meet the vanity, the niche and the window where the architect drew them.
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Level-entry showers and open wet rooms, with the floor graded so water goes one way: to the drain. Curved walls are set out cut by cut before the first tile goes on.
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The part nobody sees and everyone relies on. We apply a Sika membrane system as certified installers, and provide a producer statement for the building consent, so the inspection and the code compliance certificate are not waiting on us.
Through the house
Splashbacks, and floors that run through the house.
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Splashbacks run to the joinery and the window reveals, not the other way round. We start the layout from the cabinetry drawings so the first and last tiles are full or evenly cut.
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Floors that run through a house in one plane, with the joints carried through doorways and lined up on the long sightlines. Levelled first, so large tiles sit flat with no lips.
Materials
The materials that need more time and more care than a standard tile.
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Stone moves, varies and stains if it is treated like porcelain. We lay it out dry first to balance the colour across the room, fix it with the right adhesive for the stone, and seal it before and after grouting.
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Big tiles show every bump in a wall and every lip in a floor. They need flat substrates, the right trowel and two people. Fewer joints, cleaner rooms.
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Small tiles in long runs: finger tile on a curve, handmade tile in stack bond, fine mosaic around arched mirrors. It is slow work and it is where a room gets its character.
Outside
Tile and stone that has to handle water, sun and a Central Otago winter.
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Pool tile and the paving around it, laid to the levels the pool builder and landscaper need, with adhesives and grout made for water and frost.
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Outside, Central Otago frost decides what lasts. Exterior-rated tile and stone, laid with falls and movement joints, so terraces stay flat and drain after a hard winter.
Before the job starts
Help before the job starts, so it runs to plan once it does.
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For builders and architects: we go through the drawings and the tile schedule early, flag what will not work (falls, cuts, tile sizes against the room), and agree a set-out before anything is fixed.
How a job runs
The same five steps on every job, whether it is one ensuite or a whole house.
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Plans, tile schedule and falls gone through with the builder, and a set-out agreed before anything is fixed.
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Walls and floors checked flat and true, and levelled where they are not. Large tiles depend on it.
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Sika membrane by a certified installer, then the producer statement for the consent.
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Laid to the set-out. Cuts go where they will not be seen and joints carry through.
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Grouted, sealed where the stone needs it, cleaned, with care notes for the owner.
Next step
A tile schedule, drawings or a few lines about the job is enough to start. AJ will call to talk it through.