Tile is durable, but the things around it wear out: grout erodes, caulk shrinks, a dropped pan chips a floor tile, a house settles and a crack runs across the kitchen. Left alone, small failures let water in, and water turns a simple repair into a rebuild.
Nova Tiling Pros repairs tile and grout in homes across Arlington and Northern Virginia. We look for the cause, not just the symptom, and we are straight with you about whether a repair will hold or whether you would be throwing good money after bad.
Problems Worth Fixing Now
These are the calls we get most often. Each one is cheaper to fix early.
- Grout that is cracked, missing or permanently stained
- Caulk that has split or turned black where the tub or shower floor meets the wall
- Tiles that are cracked, chipped, loose or sound hollow
- A musty smell, or water stains on the ceiling under a bathroom
- Shower wall tile that flexes when pressed near the valve or the bottom rows
- White haze or mineral deposits weeping from grout lines
Our Tile Repair Services
For joints that have failed in spots, grout repair cuts out the damaged sections and fills them to match. When the whole shower or floor looks tired, regrouting removes the old grout throughout and replaces it with a modern, stain-resistant grout. Fresh shower recaulking seals the corners and the tub line with silicone, which is where most water gets in.
Damaged pieces, whether bathroom tile repair, kitchen tile repair or a cracked floor, are handled with cracked tile repair and replacement, and wet-area problems with shower tile repair. Once joints are sound, grout sealing keeps them that way. If water is escaping and you are not sure from where, our leaking shower repair service starts with testing to find the source before anything is taken apart.
Repair or Replace? An Honest Answer
A repair makes sense when the tile is well bonded, the substrate behind it is dry and solid, and the damage is limited. Regrouting and recaulking a sound shower can add years to it for a fraction of the cost of a remodel.
A repair does not make sense when the wall behind the tile is soft, when tiles are coming loose in several places, or when the shower was built without waterproofing and has been leaking for a while. In those cases we will show you the evidence and price a proper rebuild. If that is where you end up, the repair visit is not wasted: see our shower remodel and bathroom tile installation services.
Matching Existing Tile
The hardest part of a repair is often finding tile that matches. Check your basement, garage and attic for leftover boxes first, since previous owners frequently leave spares behind. If there are none, we look for the closest current match in size, shade and finish, and we can sometimes borrow a tile from a hidden spot such as inside a closet or under an appliance.
Grout color is matched from samples against your cleaned existing grout, because the color on the bag rarely matches a ten-year-old joint.
Looking for a trusted tile contractor in Arlington, VA? We handle every part of a tile project, from demolition to the final bead of caulk.
