Eastham · Outer Cape
Tile of America is a tile contractor based in West Yarmouth serving homeowners in Eastham with bathroom tile, shower tile, kitchen tile, floor tile, and backsplash tile installation across the lower Cape.
Every project starts with an on-site visit to review the subfloor, framing, and waterproofing before a quote is written, so the estimate reflects what the job in your Eastham home actually requires.
Subfloor inspection, waterproofing, layout, and professional tile installation for Eastham homeowners.
About Tile of America
Tile of America is a licensed tile contractor based at 15 Adams Rd in West Yarmouth. Owner Marco Aurélio and his crew install bathroom, shower, kitchen, backsplash, and floor tile throughout Cape Cod. Every installation includes a one-year written workmanship warranty. In Eastham that is often a summer place being turned into a year-round house, which is a different tile job from a straight replacement.
Tile Work for Eastham Homes
Eastham is where the Cape narrows and the Outer Cape begins, and most of its housing went up after the war: ranches, Capes and cottages, many of them built for July and August and since converted to year-round use. That conversion is the thing that matters for tile. A bathroom that was fine for eight weeks a year behaves differently once it is used every day, and the floor underneath it often needs attention nobody planned for.
Tile of America evaluates the subfloor condition, moisture exposure, and finish height requirements before any material is ordered. Every installation is built on substrates and waterproofing methods suited to the actual conditions of the home, not a standard template.
Tile
Showers, bathroom floors and walls, backsplashes and tile repair across Eastham. Shower assemblies are built on Schluter Kerdi-Board with a bonded membrane over the seams, corners and curb, because the barrier behind the tile does more work than the tile does.
Bathroom
Complete Eastham bathroom remodels, not just the tile. Layout, waterproofing, fixtures and finishes handled as one job, including walk-in shower and tub-to-shower conversions, so nobody is waiting on another trade to show up.
Kitchen
Full kitchen work for Eastham homeowners, from cabinets and counters through to the backsplash and floor. One contractor through the whole job, with the scope and the number in writing before anything is opened up.
Flooring
Porcelain, ceramic and natural stone through kitchens, entries and living areas, plus the subfloor preparation underneath it. Large-format tile needs a floor flat within a tight tolerance, so Eastham subfloors are corrected before the first row goes down.
Countertops
Quartz, granite, marble and porcelain slab countertops for Eastham kitchens and bathrooms, templated on site and fitted to the cabinets that are actually there. Old tops removed and disposed of as part of the job.
Market ranges for Eastham and the surrounding Outer Cape towns, so you can size a budget before anyone visits. Every job is still measured on site, and the written scope is what the price attaches to.
| Work | Typical range | What moves the number |
|---|---|---|
| Shower tile, installed | $18 to $35 per sq ft | Size of the shower, tile format, and whether the pan and curb are rebuilt |
| Bathroom floor and wall tile | $10 to $25 per sq ft | Layout, how level the substrate is, and the amount of cutting around fixtures |
| Kitchen backsplash | $15 to $40 per sq ft | Tile format, outlet and switch cutouts, and whether an old backsplash comes off first |
| Heated floor, tiled | $15 to $35 per sq ft | Mat or cable system, floor area, and the thermostat location |
| Tile removal and demolition | $3 to $8 per sq ft | What is under the tile, and whether the substrate survives the removal |
| Full tiled shower, typical project | $3,000 to $9,000 | Everything above taken together, plus waterproofing, niche and bench work |
| Bathroom remodel, typical project | $9,000 to $34,000 | Scope, fixtures, and how much of the room is opened up |
| Kitchen remodel, typical project | $25,000 to $90,000 | Cabinets, counters, whether the layout moves, and the condition underneath |
Tile of America is registered with the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs as HIC #220711 · CS-123907, which you can check on mass.gov. Work is supervised under CSL #CS-123907.
A lot of Eastham bathrooms were built for a summer house and are now in a year-round one, and that change of use is the problem.
Most of Eastham went up between the nineteen fifties and the nineteen eighties, and a good share of it was built as seasonal housing. Light framing, generous joist spacing, floors sitting over a crawlspace or straight onto a slab, and bathrooms sized for occasional use.
None of that is a defect in a summer cottage. It becomes one when the same bathroom takes two showers a day, every day, through a Cape winter. The moisture load goes up by an order of magnitude and the floor is asked to hold tile it was never specified for.
A floor over an unheated crawlspace is the common case here, and it moves with the seasons more than one over a basement. That movement works the bond layer first, then the grout, then the waterproofing, and a crawlspace is not somewhere anyone looks until there is a reason to.
So an Eastham quote starts under the floor. Deflection and framing are read on site, self-leveling is specified where it is needed, the shower goes on Schluter Kerdi-Board, which is waterproof through the panel, and a bonded membrane is detailed over the seams, corners and curb.
Permit requirements in Eastham depend on the scope, and there is one small historic district around the old town centre.
Setting tile back over a sound substrate is finish work and does not normally need a permit.
It does once a drain is moved, framing is opened, or plumbing is relocated, which covers most full shower rebuilds. The Eastham Building Department determines that per project.
Eastham is not part of the regional Old Kings Highway district. It has its own Olde Towne Centre Historic District Committee covering a defined area around the historic centre, and like every historic district it looks at the exterior rather than the bathroom. Worth a question only if the work reaches an outside wall.
Confirm the scope with the Building Department before work begins, and we will flag anything in a project that is likely to need it.
Permits for this work are issued by the Eastham Building Department, and the permit is pulled before the work starts rather than after.
Two Eastham bathrooms of the same size can price very differently, and the reason is almost always below the tile. Post-war framing over a crawlspace, a slab with no insulation under it, or a floor that has been built up by three previous finishes all lead somewhere different.
It is rarely the biggest line on the estimate. It is the line that decides whether the job lasts.
A foam-core panel with bonded waterproofing fleece. The panel is the waterproofing, not a coating applied over cement board, which is what you want on a shower that went from seasonal to daily use.
Premium wet-area systemWaterproof through the core of the panel, then a bonded Kerdi membrane over every seam, corner and curb. Two independent layers, because the framing under an Eastham floor is not somewhere you want water finding its way.
Two independent layersDeflection, levelness, framing condition, self-leveling and finish height against the adjoining floor, read on site before a panel is cut, and in Eastham that includes what is under the floor as well as on it.
Quoted after site reviewTile of America is based at 15 Adams Rd in West Yarmouth and takes on tile work throughout Barnstable County, including Eastham and the Outer Cape towns along Route 6. From Orleans and Brewster up through Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown, we travel to complete shower, floor, backsplash and tile repair projects for homeowners across the region.
Eastham · Cape Cod · Massachusetts
Tile of America provides a one-year written warranty on every installation in Eastham and across Cape Cod.
Tile of America provides a one-year written warranty on every installation in Eastham and across Cape Cod. Covered workmanship issues are repaired at no charge, with no inspection fee.
The warranty is provided in writing before work begins, so you know exactly what workmanship protection applies to the installation.
“You cannot judge what is behind the tile. You can judge the people you trust to build it.”
What homeowners worry about
We inspect the structure before we quote, define the scope clearly and put one number in writing before work begins.
Marco is personally involved on every project, working alongside installers trained to follow Tile of America’s standards.
Waterproofing, substrate preparation and installation are treated as one complete system, long before the first tile is set.
Clear answers about tile installation, repairs, preparation, service areas, finishing standards, and licensing across Cape Cod.
Shower tile runs $18 to $35 per square foot installed, bathroom floor and wall tile $10 to $25, and a kitchen backsplash $15 to $40. A full tiled shower usually lands between $3,000 and $9,000. In Eastham the floor under the room is usually what moves the figure, particularly over a crawlspace, which is why it is set after we measure.
Tile set over sound existing substrate generally does not. A permit is required from the Eastham Building Department once the work touches plumbing, moves a drain, or opens framing, which covers most shower rebuilds. We pull it before work starts and the number goes on your paperwork.
It matters for how the floor is built up. A floor over an unheated crawlspace moves more with the seasons than one over a basement, and it is often less stiff to begin with. That usually means correcting deflection and sometimes self-leveling before any tile goes down. It is a straightforward thing to deal with if it is priced at the start, and an expensive one if it is found later.
The moisture load, mainly. A bathroom used for a few weeks a year forgives a lot that daily winter use does not, so we build the waterproofing for the way the house is going to be lived in rather than the way it was. It is also the right moment to deal with the floor, because the room is already open.
Yes. Both ask more of the preparation than standard ceramic. Natural stone needs the right setting material and sealing, and some stone will show a reaction to the wrong cleaner for the rest of its life. Large-format tile needs a floor flat within a tight tolerance or the corners lip. We will tell you what your floor needs before you choose the material, not after.
One to two weeks for a standard shower rebuild, longer where stone or a complex layout is involved. Waterproofing has to cure before tile is set, which cannot be compressed. The day-by-day sequence is in writing before we start.
Yes. Tile of America is registered as a Home Improvement Contractor with the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs under HIC #220711, and work is supervised under Construction Supervisor License #CS-123907. Both are public records you can look up on mass.gov before hiring anyone, and we encourage it.
If you are deciding which surfaces to tile, working out whether your current floor can hold new material, or wondering whether repair work needs to happen first, that is the right time to reach out. Tile of America visits the property before quoting, so the estimate reflects the actual conditions of your Eastham home rather than a figure guessed over the phone.
