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Tile Flooring Installation in Oklahoma City
Shekinah Renovations LLC installs tile floors across the Oklahoma City metro, including porcelain, ceramic, stone and wood-look plank tile in entries, kitchens, laundry rooms, bathrooms and whole-house layouts. Tile is the most durable floor you can put in a house, and it is also the least forgiving of a substrate that is not flat and stable. Free estimates. Call or text (405) 532-3348.
Substrate, Deflection and Crack Isolation
Tile does not bend. Over a wood framed floor, the joist system has to be stiff enough that the floor does not deflect underfoot, or the grout cracks first and the tile follows. Where deflection is borderline we add an uncoupling or crack isolation membrane, which lets small substrate movement happen without transferring into the tile. Over a slab, existing cracks get treated with the same kind of membrane rather than tiled straight over, which matters in the metro where clay soil movement puts hairline cracks in a lot of slabs. Flatness gets corrected before setting, since large-format tile amplifies every dip into visible lippage.
Layout That Respects the Room
We dry-lay the floor before setting so the cuts land where they are least visible and full tiles land at the doorway and the main sightline. In a rectangular room that usually means centering the field so the cuts at opposing walls are equal rather than starting flush at one wall and ending with a sliver at the other. Wood-look plank tile gets a modest offset rather than a half-lap, because long planks are slightly bowed and a half-lap forces lippage in the middle of each plank. Diagonal and herringbone layouts cost more labor because of the cut count, and we will price them honestly rather than talking you out of them.
Setting, Coverage and Movement Joints
Mortar coverage under the tile is the part nobody sees and the reason tiles come loose years later. Large-format tile gets back buttered and set with a notch sized for the tile so the coverage is full rather than five dabs at the corners. Tiles get checked as they go for lippage, with leveling systems used where the format calls for it. Perimeter movement joints get left at walls and cabinets and hidden under base, and interior movement joints get placed on large fields and at changes in substrate, because tile expands and contracts and a floor with no room to move will tent.
Grout, Sealing and Transitions
Grout joint width is chosen for the tile format and its edge, since rectified large-format tile can take a tight joint while a pressed ceramic needs a wider one to absorb size variation. Given how hard the water is across much of the metro, a stain resistant or high performance grout in kitchens and entries is worth the small upcharge, and cementitious grout gets sealed. Transitions between tile and carpet or vinyl are set flush enough not to catch a toe, and door bottoms get trimmed for the added height. Base and shoe go back after the floor is done so the perimeter joint stays free to move.
Free Tile Floor Estimates
Tile pricing tracks square footage, tile size and pattern, how much prep the substrate needs and whether an old floor has to come out. Chipping old tile and thinset off a slab is real labor and gets called out as its own line rather than buried. Jimmy will look at the space and give you a free written estimate. Related: [flooring installation](/services/flooring-installation), [vinyl plank flooring](/services/vinyl-plank-flooring) and [hardwood floors](/services/hardwood-floor-installation). Serving [Oklahoma City](/locations/oklahoma-city), [Moore](/locations/moore), [Del City](/locations/del-city), [Midwest City](/locations/midwest-city) and [Norman](/locations/norman). Call or text (405) 532-3348.
What goes wrong under a floor
Most flooring complaints are not about the flooring. They are about the surface it went down on and the prep that got skipped to hit a price.
The subfloor gets checked and fixed first
Soft spots, squeaks, water damage, and high or low areas do not go away under new flooring, they telegraph through it. We find them before anything is laid and tell you what the repair costs before we proceed.
Flat, within tolerance
Plank and tile both have flatness requirements. Laid over a floor that is out of tolerance, plank flexes at the seams and tile cracks or ends up with lippage. Where a floor needs leveling, it gets leveled.
Moisture handled on slabs
Concrete gives off moisture, and it will ruin a floor from underneath. Slab installs get the underlayment and moisture barrier the material calls for.
Transitions, trim, and expansion done properly
Floating floors need room to move at the walls or they buckle. Transitions between rooms and materials get real trim rather than a strip of filler, and quarter round goes back so the edges look finished.
Part of Our Flooring Installation in Oklahoma City Services
Tile Flooring Installation in Oklahoma City is one of the services included under our broader Flooring Installation in Oklahoma City offering.
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It is a fair thing to be careful about, and we would rather answer it straight than talk around it. Shekinah Renovations is a newer company name. Jimmy is not new to the trade. He started at fourteen, learned it from his stepdad, and has been doing this work ever since.
- Every photo and video on this site is Jimmy's own work around the OKC metro. None of it is stock.
- We will put you in touch with people we have done work for. Ask on the walkthrough.
- Oklahoma does not issue a general contractor or remodeler license, so for most of what we do there is no state license to hold. Where a trade is licensed, we say so and bring in the right partner.
- The estimate is free and written down. You know the number, and the scope, before anything starts.
- The person who quotes your job is the person who shows up to do it.
Frequently Asked Questions
It can, which is why existing slab cracks get treated with a crack isolation or uncoupling membrane rather than tiled straight over. That is a common requirement in the metro where clay soil movement leaves hairline cracks in a lot of slabs.
Usually deflection. Tile does not bend, so if the floor flexes underfoot the grout cracks first and the tile follows. Over wood framing we check stiffness and add an uncoupling membrane where movement is a concern.
No. Long plank tiles have a slight bow, and a half-lap offset forces lippage at the middle of every plank. A modest offset of around a third or less avoids that.
It means applying mortar to the back of the tile as well as the substrate so coverage is complete. Large-format tile set on five dabs of thinset is why tiles come loose or crack years later.
Fair question, and it is the one we would ask too. Shekinah Renovations is a newer company, but Jimmy is not new to the trade. He started at fourteen, learned it from his stepdad, and has been doing this work ever since. Every photo and video on this site is his own work around the metro, not stock, and we are glad to put you in touch with people we have worked for. He is also the one who shows up for the estimate and the one on site while the work happens.
Oklahoma does not issue a general contractor or remodeler license, so for most of what we do there is no state license to hold. For the trades the Construction Industries Board does license, Jimmy has applications in progress and we will tell you that plainly rather than imply otherwise. Where a job requires a licensed plumber, electrician, or registered roofer, we bring in the right trade partner for that portion. Ask about your specific job and you will get a straight answer.
Usually the same day. Call or text (405) 532-3348 and it reaches Jimmy directly. If he is on a job site with his hands full he will get back to you as soon as he is off it. Most people call two or three contractors and hire whoever actually answers, so we try to be that one.
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