Osterville · Village of Barnstable
Tile of America is a tile contractor based in West Yarmouth serving homeowners in Osterville 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 Osterville home actually requires.
Subfloor inspection, waterproofing, layout, and professional tile installation for Osterville 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 Osterville that regularly means natural stone and large-format tile, which ask more of the preparation than ceramic does.
Tile Work for Osterville Homes
Osterville is a village of the Town of Barnstable, and the work here skews toward larger houses and more demanding materials: marble, natural stone, slab, and large-format tile through Wianno, Seapuit and out onto Grand Island at Oyster Harbors. Those materials are less forgiving than ceramic in every respect, and the tolerance they need from a floor is tighter. Tile of America looks at the substrate against the material you actually want before quoting, because with stone the preparation is the job.
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 Osterville. 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 Osterville 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 Osterville 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 Osterville subfloors are corrected before the first row goes down.
Countertops
Quartz, granite, marble and porcelain slab countertops for Osterville 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 Osterville and the surrounding Mid Cape towns, so you can size a budget before anyone visits. Natural stone and large-format work sit above these ranges, and every job is measured on site.
| 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.
Osterville bathrooms tend to be finished in stone, and stone is the least forgiving material we install.
Marble, limestone and large-format porcelain behave differently from a six-inch ceramic tile. They are heavier, they span further, and they have far less ability to absorb any movement in what is under them. A floor that would carry small ceramic tile for twenty years can lip or crack large-format within a season.
Flatness is the measurable part. Large-format needs a floor within a tight tolerance across its whole span, and on a floor that is merely acceptable the corners of the tiles stand proud of each other. That is not a finish problem, it is a substrate problem, and it cannot be grouted away.
Stone brings its own chemistry too. The setting material has to suit it, some stones will stain from the wrong sealer or react permanently to the wrong cleaner, and a marble shower needs to be specified knowing how it will be looked after.
So an Osterville job is quoted against the material, not just the room. Deflection and flatness are measured, the floor is corrected to the tolerance the material needs, the shower is built on Schluter Kerdi-Board, waterproof through the panel, and a bonded membrane is dressed over every seam, corner and curb.
Permit requirements depend on the scope, and in Osterville they are handled by the Town of Barnstable rather than by a village office.
Worth settling first: Osterville is a village of the Town of Barnstable, so there is no Osterville building department. Permits come from the Town of Barnstable Building Division.
Replacing tile over a sound substrate is finish work and normally needs no permit. Moving a drain, opening framing or relocating plumbing does, and that is most full shower rebuilds.
Osterville lies south of Route 6, so the Old Kings Highway Regional Historic District does not reach it. On Grand Island and in some of the private associations there are separate covenants and architectural rules that have nothing to do with the town, and those are worth checking on your own deed before a larger project.
Confirm the scope with Barnstable before anything is opened up. We pull the permit before the work starts and the number goes on your paperwork.
Permits for this work are issued by the Town of Barnstable Building Division, and the permit is pulled before the work starts rather than after.
When the finish is marble or a large-format slab, the substrate stops being a detail and becomes the specification. Flatness has to be measured to a tolerance, deflection has to be inside what the material allows, and the waterproofing has to be right the first time, because taking a stone shower apart is not a repair anyone wants to price.
It is the least visible money on the job and the only money that decides the outcome.
A foam-core panel with bonded waterproofing fleece, waterproof through the board rather than through a coating over cement board. It is also dimensionally stable, which matters when the finish going on it is stone.
Premium wet-area systemWaterproof through the panel core, then a bonded Kerdi membrane over every seam, corner and curb. Two independent layers, because the cost of getting it wrong behind a marble shower is the whole shower.
Two independent layersDeflection, flatness measured to the tolerance the material needs, framing condition, self-leveling and finish height against the adjoining floor, all read on site before anything is ordered.
Quoted after site reviewTile of America is based at 15 Adams Rd in West Yarmouth and takes on tile work throughout Barnstable County, including Osterville and the other villages of the Town of Barnstable. From Wianno and Oyster Harbors across to Centerville, Cotuit, Hyannis and Mashpee, we travel to complete shower, floor, backsplash and tile repair projects for homeowners throughout the area.
Osterville · Cape Cod · Massachusetts
Tile of America provides a one-year written warranty on every installation in Osterville and across Cape Cod.
Tile of America provides a one-year written warranty on every installation in Osterville 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. Natural stone and large-format tile sit above those ranges, and both are common choices here, so the figure is set once we have seen the room and the material together.
Tile set over sound existing substrate generally does not. Osterville is a village of the Town of Barnstable, so when a permit is needed it comes from the Barnstable Building Division rather than a village office. That applies once the work touches plumbing, moves a drain, or opens framing. We pull it before work starts and the number goes on your paperwork.
Three things. The floor and walls have to be flatter and stiffer than ceramic would require, so the preparation is a larger share of the job. The setting material and the sealer have to suit the specific stone, because the wrong one can stain it permanently. And some marbles will etch from everyday acidic cleaners for the rest of their life, so it is worth agreeing how the shower will be maintained before it is built rather than after.
A flatter floor than most floors are. Large-format spans further, so any dip or hump in the substrate shows up as lippage at the tile edges, which cannot be corrected with grout. We measure flatness rather than estimate it, and where the floor needs self-leveling to reach the tolerance, that goes in the quote at the start.
Yes, and in Osterville it comes up on most jobs. We book work for the shoulder seasons and hold firm end dates where an arrival, a closing or a rental calendar depends on it. Stone work is the one thing we will not compress, because the setting and sealing have their own curing times, so if a date is tight we will say so before you commit rather than halfway through.
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 choosing between materials, working out whether your current floor can carry stone or large-format tile, 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 Osterville home and the material you want rather than a figure guessed over the phone.
