TileMasters provides tile installation and tile repair in Winnetka, IL, arguably the most architecturally serious village on the North Shore.
The oldest homes here date to the 1870s and 1880s around the Village Green and the lakefront, and the estates that followed along Sheridan Road and through the Hubbard Woods ravines were commissioned from architects including George Washington Maher, Howard Van Doren Shaw, Walter Burley Griffin, and David Adler. Tudor, Georgian, Colonial Revival, and Arts and Crafts fill the blocks east of Green Bay Road. Even the elementary school, Crow Island, is a National Historic Landmark. Recent jobs are in our project gallery.
Working in houses of that calibre means the finish standard is the whole job. Grout lines have to be dead consistent, cuts around original millwork have to be exact, and the layout has to suit the room's period rather than fight it. There is no hiding sloppy work in a Winnetka bathroom. We work across Wilmette and Northfield on the same routes. Get in touch for a free estimate.
Tile installation and tile repair for Winnetka homes. Our services page covers each in detail.
Porcelain, ceramic, and natural stone floors laid to suit Winnetka's period interiors and original millwork.
Learn MoreKitchen and bathroom backsplashes in subway, mosaic, glass, or stone, cut cleanly around outlets, windows, and range hoods.
Learn MoreFully waterproofed custom showers built to a finish standard that matches the rest of the house.
Learn MoreComplete bathroom remodels in period homes, with original detail protected through demo rather than after.
Learn MoreTiled tub surrounds replacing cracked inserts or failing old tile, waterproofed and lapped over the tub flange.
Learn MoreCracked tile, crumbling grout, and failing caulk fixed before they turn into water damage.
Learn MoreWhat the village's period architecture asks of a tile contractor.
These rooms have strong proportions and original millwork that sets the reference line for everything else. Tile that ignores it looks wrong immediately. We dry lay and check sightlines against the existing trim before anything is set.
Homes along the Hubbard Woods ravines often have lower levels cut into a slope, which brings moisture considerations a flat lot does not. We test the slab and specify accordingly rather than treating it like an ordinary basement.
Plenty of Winnetka bathrooms have original tile that is genuinely worth preserving. Where the field is sound and only grout has failed, we restore rather than replace. That is usually the better call in a house of this quality.
A finish standard that suits these houses. Read our customer reviews.
Dead consistent grout lines and exact cuts, because that is what these houses demand.
Tile chosen and laid to suit the architecture rather than override it.
Fully licensed and insured, documentation provided before work begins.
Happy to build to your architect's drawings and coordinate early.
Common questions from Winnetka homeowners before starting a project.
Yes. Larger properties usually mean multiple bathrooms, a mudroom, a kitchen, and sometimes a pool house, each built at a different time. We assess each area separately and give you an itemised estimate rather than one lump figure.
Regularly, and on Winnetka projects there is almost always one involved. Early coordination on layout, transitions, and material saves problems later. Send us the drawings and we will work to them.
Everything gets covered and taped before a tool comes out, and we cut in ways that keep dust contained. In houses with original millwork the protection stage takes longer than people expect, and that is deliberate.
Often, yes. If the tile is well bonded and the failure is grout, caulk, or a few cracked pieces, restoration keeps something you cannot buy back and costs a fraction of a tear-out. We will tell you plainly when the substrate has actually gone.
Get a free, no obligation estimate for tile installation or tile repair in Winnetka.
