Tiling in Bourkelands.
Bourkelands is south Wagga's family belt: brick-veneer homes from the 1990s and 2000s on the rise above the city, with double-storey designs, en-suites and the kind of bathrooms now hitting the age where they want updating. Retiles and large-format floors are our bread and butter here.
The Bourkelands tiling story.
Two-bathroom homes coming due for a refresh.
Bourkelands and the neighbouring Glenfield Park were built out largely through the 1990s and 2000s, which means a lot of these homes have a main bathroom and an en-suite that are now twenty to thirty years old, both fitted with the small wall tiles and the dated colours of the period. They are reaching the age where the grout has gone, the silicone has perished, and the original waterproofing, if there was much of one, has had its day. A retile here, often both bathrooms in the one project, brings the home up to a modern floor-to-ceiling large-format look and, just as importantly, puts a proper licensed AS 3740 membrane under the tiles. Our bathroom tiling page sets out exactly what is included.
Double-storey and the en-suite-over-living problem.
A good number of Bourkelands homes are double-storey, and that raises a specific waterproofing stake: an upstairs en-suite or bathroom often sits directly over a living area, so a failed membrane does not just damage a floor, it comes through the ceiling below. This is precisely the situation where cutting corners on waterproofing is most expensive, and where the NSW requirement for a licensed waterproofer earns its keep. We treat an upstairs wet area with extra care: full membrane, bond breakers, flashed waste, and a photo record so you have proof it was done right. See our waterproofing page.
Large-format floors on settled slabs.
The slabs under Bourkelands homes are now well settled, which is generally good news, but we still check for movement cracks and lay a crack-isolation membrane through the busy doorways before tiling a large floor. Owners here tend to want the living and kitchen floor in a single large-format porcelain run, often replacing tired carpet or older small tiles, and a true, level base is what keeps a 600 by 1200 tile flat. Our floor tiling page covers the base prep.
Typical Bourkelands jobs.
- Retile both the main bathroom and the en-suite in one project, re-waterproofed to AS 3740
- Upstairs en-suite waterproofing over a living area, fully documented
- Replace carpet or old tiles with large-format porcelain through living and kitchen
- Covered alfresco tiling in external-grade porcelain
- Laundry and powder-room updates to match a refreshed home
Other service areas.
Free Bourkelands measure & quote.
One or two bathrooms, or a whole floor. We measure on site and quote in writing.