San Diego Tile Installation

Derek delivered on all counts — on budget, on time, quality work, and very friendly. He tiled two of our bathrooms and did a beautiful job. He was very respectful of our family’s schedule and an extremely neat and clean contractor. I would not hesitate to bring him back for more projects and refer him to friends.

We found Derek when we were in the middle of our rental house remodel and our previous flooring contractors disappointed us by not scheduling our project and by not having the planned material available. So, I was desperately searching for someone to lay laminate and tile in our 900 sq.ft. rental property. Derek was fast at returning my phone call and he was able to provide me with a bid for the work that fit well within our budget and perfectly fit into our construction schedule. He started within a few days.
First up was selecting the materials. I ran out the weekend before Derek would start his work to pick out the tile and laminate material. I found the laminate and a quick call to Derek made it easy to make sure I had the right percentage of excess material and number of transition pieces included in the order. I scheduled to have it delivered directly to the job site to make it easier for everyone. Then, came the tile selection. Arizona Tile had exactly what I wanted and even gave me some design ideas.
I sketched out the tile designs that I wanted in the shower enclosure, bathroom wainscotting (tiling up a portion of the bathroom walls), bathroom flooring and the laundry/​kitchen flooring. Derek used those sketches to figure out how many of each size tile to order and then placed the order through Arizona Tile so that we could use his contractor’s account to save on material cost. Then, Derek picked up the tile on his first day at the site.
He and his team were a breath of fresh air on a fast-​paced project. They were extremely easy to communicate with and were flexible at scheduling so as not to hold up any other construction progress or contractors. They even installed a portion of the tile floor in the kitchen so the other contractors could install the IKEA kitchen cabinets. Then, they came back to finish the tile flooring after the cabinets were installed (amazing teamwork)!
Derek had Aaron come out to do the shower enclosure and bathroom wainscotting as soon as the tub was installed. Aaron is very detailed and it shows in his quality of work. He took a look at my design sketch and laid it out. Then, we worked together to finalize the details and improve on the original design. Derek also had Mark come out to help with the kitchen and laundry room flooring. Mark tackled some uneven flooring and took care to make sure that the door would have adequate clearance. Derek typically handled the laminate installation and he also did the bathroom flooring. The 3 of them worked well to cover all the scope of work in a timely way. They even came out to do some of the work on Saturdays to help us stick to our schedule.
During the project, we decided to add a full tile backsplash in the kitchen. Derek put together his estimate and he and Mark finished it within a few hours. He even reduced his fee for that work since it didn’t take them as long as he originally bid out the work! Even a month AFTER the work was completed, Derek came out to replace a glass mosaic tile piece that had gotten scratched — at no extra charge.
I would definitely recommend Derek when you consider your next tile project!

Highest recommendation! If you’re looking for a high character licensed contractor with great work ethic, Derek is your man. Highly competent and sociable. Derek performed a soundproofed installation of 2′ x 1′ porcelain tile in 3 closets, a bedroom, and bathroom on an upstairs condo unit. He even removed 3 sliding closet mirrors for the installation and properly replaced them when the tile work was done. He is also clean and thoughtful, as we had a stove, washer, and dryer delivered during the installation. Due to my ignorance, I was not aware of tile lippage, and reported the problem to Derek as some of the tile pieces setting higher than the surrounding pieces. He called my wife the next day and made an appointment to repair the reported issue. He told my wife that even though it is a common issue, which we verified by looking closely at the tile installation at my wife’s family’s home, he still wanted to come out and make sure the customer was happy. Needless to say, I am very happy, I wish more contractors were like Derek. I am selfishly having second thoughts about publishing this review, as we plan to have Derek come back and complete more flooring work when we can afford it. To clarify, excellent reviews may lead to more work and Derek’s prices are good.

Derek just installed a beautiful stone look porcelain tile in Versaille pattern throughout our downstairs. He responded to my call quickly, came out the next day and gave me an estimate, then showed up on time the to begin work. I am extremely pleased and impressed with his work and his professional work ethic! Cannot say enough good things about our experience. Everything went just as you would hope. Call him for your tile work, you will not be disappointed!

Derik recently installed tile in our bathroom. Very trustworthy and was very neat and clean with his work. Has really good attention to detail and is well experienced. Also is very punctual and showed up exactly on time. Would highly recommend him and will be using him on my next job.

Very considerate and trustworthy guy. I got a bunch of laminate flooring for free for my condo. It was sitting in my kitchen for the longest time because I wasn’t sure who to call. I got a recommendation from a friend about Derek and decided to go with him. His schedule was very flexible and came over the next day to check out the job. He was very considerate and asked all the right questions in order get the job done right. I trusted him so much I gave him the key to my place! He not only got all the flooring done for the living room and the hallway in one day but also gave me advice on other little projects that I was working on throughout the place. He’s a very handy dude, and I felt great supporting a smaller business. Thanks again Derek!