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Tile Flooring Installation · Kennedale, TX
Kennedale kitchens, baths and open living areas tiled in porcelain or ceramic, with cracks mapped, joints planned and mortar matched to the tile.
Family-owned · Licensed & insured, Lic. #238190 · Financing available
Good tile flooring installation in Kennedale begins with the concrete, because tile is only as steady as the slab it is bonded to. A hairline crack that seems harmless under carpet can turn into a broken line of tiles a year after the work is done.
For porcelain versus ceramic, setting materials and the step-by-step process, see our main tile flooring installation page. If the slab has to be ground or leveled first, that work is described under subfloor repair and leveling.
Kennedale sits on low rolling hills about ten miles southeast of downtown Fort Worth, with Village Creek winding through town (City of Kennedale). Like much of North Texas, the ground here is expansive clay, which takes on water and heaves in wet seasons and pulls back in dry ones, and slabs ride along. The 1980s were a busy decade for building in Kennedale: census estimates count about 760 homes from those years, more than a fifth of the city's housing. Forty years of that movement usually leaves a mark, so we expect to find hairline cracks or a patched trench from old plumbing work when the floor covering comes off.
Newer houses raise a different question. Open kitchen and living areas are common in homes built since 2000, and when a tile floor runs more than 20 to 25 feet in one direction, the TCNA method calls for soft movement joints in the field, not only at the walls. We plan those joints before setting, along with crack isolation over stable cracks and an uncoupling membrane where a slab shows signs of movement. Offset or growing cracks are a foundation question rather than a tile question, and we say so before setting anything.
Most of the cost difference between tile bids sits in the prep. A Kennedale tile quote names each piece of it:
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Kennedale homes built in the 1980s (ACS 2020-2024)
A slab poured in the 1980s has been through about forty North Texas summers and wet springs. When the old floor comes off, we walk the bare concrete with you, point out each crack and explain what it means for tile. Some need only a membrane, some need leveling, and a few call for a foundation company first.
1/16 in.
max deviation in 24 in. under large-format tile (ANSI A108.02)
Large porcelain shows every high and low spot as a raised tile edge, called lippage. ANSI A108.02 asks for the substrate to be within 1/16 inch over 24 inches under tile with any edge 15 inches or longer. We check with a straightedge and grind or level until the slab meets it, instead of trying to make up the difference with extra mortar.
A118.15
ANSI standard for improved modified mortar
Dense porcelain absorbs very little water, so it needs a mortar made to grip it. For most porcelain floors we use a mortar that meets ANSI A118.15, or the specific product the tile maker names, and we back-butter large tiles for full coverage. The mortar and grout appear on your quote by name, so you can look them up.
Free estimate
We come to you anywhere in Kennedale, measure, test the subfloor and leave a written, itemized quote.
Mon to Fri 7 AM to 6 PM · Saturday 8 AM to 2 PM · Financing available
FAQ
After. Lifting a foundation can open new cracks in the slab and crack any tile already in place. Let the repair settle, ask the foundation company whether more adjustment is expected and then call us. We will look at the slab with the old floor removed and plan the membrane and leveling from there.
It can be. Wood-look porcelain planks handle pets and spills well and stay cool underfoot in summer. Long planks are prone to lippage, so they need a flat slab, an offset of about a third of the plank length or less and movement joints in big rooms. We show you where the joints will fall before you commit.
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Porcelain, ceramic, stone and wood-look plank tile for kitchens, baths and entries, set over a flat, crack-isolated floor.
Porcelain, ceramic and stone tile for Grand Prairie kitchens, baths and entries, set over a slab that has been inspected for cracks and movement first.
Porcelain, ceramic and stone tile for Mansfield kitchens, baths, entries and laundry rooms, with crack treatment and leveling written into the plan before any tile is set.
Porcelain, ceramic and stone tile for Euless kitchens, bathrooms and entries, set over concrete that has been inspected, repaired and flattened first.
Porcelain and ceramic tile for Bedford kitchens, bathrooms and entries, set over a slab that has been checked and prepared, with transitions kept low between rooms.
New porcelain or ceramic tile for Hurst kitchens and baths, often after the old tile and mortar come out and the slab's cracks are mapped and treated.
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Free in-home estimates anywhere in Kennedale. Call (817) 555-0123 to book a visit.
Call for a free in-home estimate anywhere in Kennedale. Financing available on approved credit.
Call (817) 555-0123Mon to Fri 7 AM to 6 PM · Saturday 8 AM to 2 PM · Licensed & insured, Lic. #238190
