How much does tiling cost?

Tiling is quoted at a fixed price after we have seen the walls or floor, because the state of the substrate and the tile format change the work substantially. Quotes are free, and smaller pieces of work can be charged at an hourly rate, typically £60 per hour depending on the job.

Is your tiling guaranteed?

Yes — two years on tiling, compared with one year on plumbing and parts. We also carry £2 million public liability insurance and are Which? Trusted Trader endorsed.

Can you tile over existing tiles?

We generally will not. It carries every defect in the existing surface into the new one, adds thickness at reveals and thresholds, and gives you no way to check the substrate behind. Stripping back is nearly always the right decision.

Can I supply my own tiles?

Yes, labour-only tiling is fine. Talk to us before ordering so we can check the format, thickness and finish suit the room, and work out quantities including cuts and wastage.

How long does tiling a bathroom take?

It depends on the area, the tile format and how much preparation the substrate needs, plus curing time between fixing, grouting and sealing. You get a realistic written timescale with the fixed-price quote.

Why does my grout keep cracking?

Usually because a junction that moves has been filled with rigid grout instead of flexible sealant, or because there is movement in the substrate behind the tiles. Both are preparation problems, and re-grouting alone will not fix either.

Can you tile a wet room floor to a fall?

Yes. Wet room floors are tanked and graded first, then tiled with a format that can follow the fall — smaller formats or mosaic on multi-directional falls, larger formats where a linear drain allows a single plane.

Do you do kitchen splashbacks as well as bathrooms?

Yes, splashbacks, upstands and full-height hob tiling, either as part of a kitchen fit or as standalone work.

Which areas do you tile in?

Ampthill, Flitwick, Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Milton Keynes, Hitchin, Harpenden, St Albans and the surrounding Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire villages.

What do customers say about your tiling specifically?

It comes up by name in our Checkatrade reviews — one customer wrote that the tiling is top notch, as is all the other work done. Our overall score is 9.83 out of 10 across 172 reviews with no bad reviews in seven years.

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Stone-effect wall tiling around a shower enclosure with wood-effect flooring in a tiled bathroom

Tiling in Ampthillby Our Own Tiler,Guaranteed for Two Years

Level lines, tight grout joints and cuts that land where they should — tiling set out properly onto a sound, waterproofed substrate, priced up front and guaranteed for two years.

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Tiling named repeatedly in our Checkatrade reviews · 9.83 out of 10 across 172 reviews · two-year guarantee

2 years

Guarantee on all tiling work

9.83 / 10

Checkatrade score across 172 reviews

In-house

Our own tiler, not a subcontracted unknown

£2 million

Public liability insurance

Which?

Trusted Trader endorsed

Tiling that is judged on the setting out, not the tile

Tiling is the most visible part of a bathroom or kitchen, and it is the part people run their eye along for the next fifteen years. What separates good tiling from adequate tiling is not the tile you buy — it is what sits behind it and how it is set out. A sound, flat, correctly prepared substrate, a datum that keeps every course level, and a layout that puts the awkward cut in the corner behind the door rather than beside the mirror.

Four Seasons Bathrooms has its own tiler, and his work is one of the things customers name specifically in our Checkatrade reviews. Tiling carries a two-year guarantee, which is longer than the one-year guarantee on plumbing and parts, because we are willing to stand behind the setting out and the preparation as well as the finish.

We tile as part of full bathroom and kitchen installations, and as standalone work where a room needs re-tiling but the plumbing is sound. Standalone tiling is quoted at a fixed price after we have seen the walls or floor, because condition of the substrate is the single biggest variable. Quotes are free, and we work supply-and-fit or labour-only if you have already bought your tiles.

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Who this is for

Bathrooms being fully refitted

Tiling planned alongside the tanking, the tray and the sanitaryware positions, so the setting out suits the finished room rather than fighting it.

Rooms where the tiling has failed

Cracked grout, hollow or loose tiles, blown corners and stained sealant lines — usually a symptom of substrate or movement rather than the tile itself.

Kitchens needing splashbacks and floors

Splashbacks, upstands and full-height tiling behind hobs, plus durable floor tiling that will take kitchen traffic.

Homeowners who have bought their own tiles

Labour-only tiling of tiles you have already chosen, with an honest word first if the format or finish will not suit the room.

What poor tiling costs you later

Failed tiling is rarely just cosmetic. Cracked grout and split sealant lines are open routes for water to get behind the tile, where it soaks into board, plaster and timber. In a shower area, that water carries on into the floor void or the wall cavity and produces the damp patch on the ceiling below months later. What began as a hairline crack ends as a strip-out.

Hollow-sounding and lifting tiles almost always come from insufficient adhesive coverage, an unprimed or dusty substrate, or movement in the background that the tiling was never designed to accommodate. Once a few tiles debond, the ones around them follow, and the fix is not one tile: it is a section, and matching a discontinued tile is usually impossible. Tiling over existing tiles or over unsound plaster to save a day transfers every one of those defects to the new surface.

Then there is the finish itself, which you look at every single day. Courses that drift out of level, cuts of two different widths on either side of a wall, grout lines that change width across the room and a slither cut beside the most visible corner cannot be repaired without taking the wall off. Setting out is a decision made in the first hour of the job and it determines what the room looks like permanently.

Common mistakes we are called in to fix

Tiling onto unprimed, dusty or unsound substrate, which guarantees debonding later.
Tiling directly over old tiles to avoid a strip-out, carrying every existing defect forward.
Using standard plasterboard with no tanking in a shower area because it looks solid enough.
Buttering tiles in dabs instead of achieving proper coverage, especially with large formats.
Filling movement junctions with rigid grout instead of flexible sealant, so they crack within a year.
Starting at a wall or a corner rather than from a set-out datum, so cuts and courses drift.

How the job runs

Survey and substrate check

We look at the walls and floor, check flatness and soundness, and identify what has to be removed, boarded, tanked or made good before any tiling is priced.

Tile choice and set-out plan

Format, layout, grout colour and where the cuts will land are agreed before work starts, along with a fixed price, supply-and-fit or labour-only.

Preparation, boarding and tanking

Old tiling removed, substrate made flat and sound, tile backer board fitted to wet areas and a tanking membrane applied with reinforced corners and pipe penetrations.

Fixing to the datum

Tiling set out from a level datum with the correct adhesive and coverage for the tile format, cuts made cleanly and edges finished with trim or mitre as specified.

Grouting, sealing and inspection

Grout appropriate to the joint width and location, flexible sealant to every movement junction, then the whole surface cleaned and checked with you. Two-year guarantee on the tiling.

What you actually get

Two-year guarantee

Longer than our plumbing and parts guarantee, because we stand behind the preparation and setting out as much as the finish.

Deliberate setting out

Cuts placed where the eye does not go, courses level across the room, and grout lines that stay a consistent width.

Substrate dealt with, not covered

Unsound backgrounds are made good and wet areas tanked, which is what stops water getting behind the tile in the first place.

The right adhesive and grout

Bed, adhesive type and grout matched to the tile format and the location, so large-format porcelain and natural stone behave as they should.

A finish customers name in reviews

Reviewers on Checkatrade have specifically singled out the tiling as top notch. The reviews are public and you can read them before booking.

Fitted within one co-ordinated job

Because the plumbing and electrics are ours too, the tiler starts when the room is genuinely ready rather than working around unfinished trades.

Tiling materials, formats and methods

Different tiles behave differently and need different preparation. These are the main variations we handle on jobs across Ampthill, Flitwick, Bedford, Luton and the surrounding towns.

Ceramic, porcelain and large-format tiles

Ceramic is lighter and easier to cut, and suits most wall applications. Porcelain is denser, harder-wearing and the usual choice for floors. Large-format tiles are unforgiving of uneven backgrounds and need a flat substrate, full adhesive coverage and often a levelling system during fixing to prevent lipping between tiles.

Natural stone, mosaic and feature areas

Natural stone needs sealing and, in some cases, a white adhesive to avoid staining through the tile. Mosaic and sheet formats are ideal for graded wet room floors and feature niches because they follow falls and curves, but the grout joint area is far higher, so grout choice matters more.

Substrates: plaster, board and tile backer

Dry walls can be tiled onto sound, primed plaster or plasterboard. Wet areas get tile backer board and a liquid tanking membrane with reinforcing tape at corners and pipe penetrations. Timber floors usually need overboarding or decoupling to control movement before floor tiles are laid.

Adhesives, grouts and sealant

Adhesive is selected for the tile type, substrate and whether the area is wet or heated. Grout is chosen for joint width, wet exposure and colour stability. Every junction that moves — wall to floor, around a tray or bath, internal corners — takes flexible sealant rather than grout, because that is where rigid material always cracks first.

Floor tiling, underfloor heating and levels

Floor tiling over electric underfloor heating needs the right adhesive bed and careful protection of the mat and sensor. Levels are set so the finished floor meets doorways and thresholds cleanly, and falls are followed exactly where a wet room drain is involved.

Kitchen splashbacks and hob areas

Splashbacks, upstands and full-height tiling behind hobs are set out from the worktop line and the hob centre so the arrangement reads correctly. Junctions with the worktop are sealed flexibly, since worktops move slightly with load and temperature.

Re-tiling versus repair

A handful of loose tiles on a sound wall can sometimes be re-fixed. Widespread hollow tiles, blown corners or a damp background mean the wall needs stripping and rebuilding. We will tell you which situation you are in rather than papering over a substrate that has already failed.

Recent work

Metro subway wall tiling above a white bath with chrome bath mixer tap

White metro tiling with contrast grout around a bath, timber vanity and toilet

Vertically stacked blue gloss wall tiling around a shower with rainfall head

Slate-effect shower wall tiling and patterned floor tiles laid during a bathroom refit

Common questions

Anything not covered here, call Owen McDonagh on 07533 646033 and ask. Quotes are free and the phone is monitored 24/7.

How much does tiling cost?: Tiling is quoted at a fixed price after we have seen the walls or floor, because the state of the substrate and the tile format change the work substantially. Quotes are free, and smaller pieces of work can be charged at an hourly rate, typically £60 per hour depending on the job.
Is your tiling guaranteed?: Yes — two years on tiling, compared with one year on plumbing and parts. We also carry £2 million public liability insurance and are Which? Trusted Trader endorsed.
Can you tile over existing tiles?: We generally will not. It carries every defect in the existing surface into the new one, adds thickness at reveals and thresholds, and gives you no way to check the substrate behind. Stripping back is nearly always the right decision.
Can I supply my own tiles?: Yes, labour-only tiling is fine. Talk to us before ordering so we can check the format, thickness and finish suit the room, and work out quantities including cuts and wastage.
How long does tiling a bathroom take?: It depends on the area, the tile format and how much preparation the substrate needs, plus curing time between fixing, grouting and sealing. You get a realistic written timescale with the fixed-price quote.
Why does my grout keep cracking?: Usually because a junction that moves has been filled with rigid grout instead of flexible sealant, or because there is movement in the substrate behind the tiles. Both are preparation problems, and re-grouting alone will not fix either.
Can you tile a wet room floor to a fall?: Yes. Wet room floors are tanked and graded first, then tiled with a format that can follow the fall — smaller formats or mosaic on multi-directional falls, larger formats where a linear drain allows a single plane.
Do you do kitchen splashbacks as well as bathrooms?: Yes, splashbacks, upstands and full-height hob tiling, either as part of a kitchen fit or as standalone work.
Which areas do you tile in?: Ampthill, Flitwick, Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Milton Keynes, Hitchin, Harpenden, St Albans and the surrounding Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire villages.
What do customers say about your tiling specifically?: It comes up by name in our Checkatrade reviews — one customer wrote that the tiling is top notch, as is all the other work done. Our overall score is 9.83 out of 10 across 172 reviews with no bad reviews in seven years.