Tile Floors (by room)
The 1985 hallway bath with vinyl sheet flooring lifting at the toilet flange and a soft spot under the previous wax-ring leak that has gone uncaught for years. The kitchen with the original 12x12 from 1998 finally giving up at the dishwasher kick after twenty-five years of wet feet. The entryway with carpet that no longer recovers from the Pacific Northwest winter even after the third deep-cleaning. The mudroom off the garage door that the dog tracks through every morning with bark and wet paws. The new construction laundry room with bare plywood and a roll of porcelain sitting next to the washer waiting for installation. Tile floors by room is the Handis room-specific tile-install scope — the same core discipline (joist-span deflection check, substrate flatness, Schluter DITRA underlayment, thinset matched to tile format, grout, sealer) tailored to the practical reality of each room. Bathroom floor tile around a toilet flange and under a vanity scribe. Kitchen floor tile with appliance kicks and cast-iron drop durability. Entryway and mudroom tile that takes wet-boot traffic and threshold transitions. Laundry room tile around a washer hookup and floor drain. Four room-specific pages with their own scope notes and pricing floors. From $1,500 for a small entryway or laundry up to $7,000 for a continuous bathroom or kitchen run. No licensed-trade handoff except when the laundry-room project includes a new floor drain (licensed Washington L&I plumber).
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Tile Floors by Room Pricing
Final pricing depends on room size, tile format and material, substrate condition, transition trim requirements, and whether the project includes a licensed-plumber sub for a new laundry floor drain rough-in. Each child page lists detailed pricing for that room scope. Request a free estimate for an accurate quote.
Tell us the room and the rough square footage — we will quote the install with the room-specific scope notes line by line.
Why Seattle Homeowners Book Handis for Room-Specific Tile Floors
Most failed bathroom and kitchen tile floors we are asked to fix were installed by a single-trade tile setter who did the field tile right but skipped the room-specific details that drive a clean finished install — the toilet pulled to reset on a fresh wax ring (bath), the dishwasher pulled to confirm the tile clears the kick (kitchen), the threshold transition to the adjacent flooring detailed with a metal edge profile instead of left as a raw cut. Handis runs both layers on every install — the core tile-trade discipline (deflection check, DITRA, thinset to format, grout, seal) AND the room-specific finish details that make the floor read as a finished room and serve for two decades, not just two years.
Estimate
Tell us the room (bathroom, kitchen, entryway, mudroom, laundry), the rough square footage, the tile spec if you have one (size, material, product line), the substrate (plywood or concrete), and any known issues — soft floor at the toilet flange, hollow tile at the appliance kick, threshold flex, prior washer overflow. Send phone photos if you can. We send a clear estimate with tile and labor line-itemed separately and the room-specific scope notes called out.
What Our Customers Say
Recent room-specific tile floor reviews from verified Seattle-area customers.
Master bath re-tile in a 1998 build. Handis pulled the old vinyl, found the chronic wax-ring leak under the toilet, fixed the soft subfloor at the flange with new OSB and a brass flange, did the deflection check, set DITRA, installed our 12x24 plank porcelain. Reset the toilet on a new wax ring, scribed the new vanity baseboard tight to the tile. Bathroom reads like new construction.
Full kitchen re-tile in a 1992 build with three cracked tiles at the dishwasher kick. Handis pulled up the old tile and mastic, did the deflection check, installed Schluter DITRA, set our 12x12 porcelain, grouted and sealed. They pulled the dishwasher and the refrigerator and reset them flush to the new tile. Two years later not a crack, not a hollow.
New construction laundry room with bare plywood when we moved in. Handis did the deflection check, set DITRA, installed 12x12 porcelain, did grout and sealer, reset the washer and dryer on fresh hose connections. They asked about a floor drain — we did not have one and they recommended a pan with an overflow alarm under the washer, which we did. One Saturday in and out.
Mudroom re-tile after fifteen Pacific Northwest winters of wet boots had worn through the original vinyl. Handis self-leveled the plywood (it had a low spot at the door), set DITRA, installed 12x24 plank porcelain that looks like wood, sealed everything, reset the baseboard. Used Schluter RENO-T at the threshold to the kitchen. Takes another decade of bark and wet socks now.
Entry tile install in an open-floor-plan space where the carpet had given up after twenty years. Handis quoted three options (porcelain field, large-format plank, mat-well recess at the door). We picked the plank with the mat well. Looks intentional, not added-on. The threshold to the living-room hardwood is invisible — they used a Schluter JOLLY edge that matches the wood.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Handis room-specific tile floor installation — bathroom, kitchen, entryway, mudroom, and laundry pricing, scope, and detail work.