Scope sheet · Surrey, BC
Backsplash work is my favourite thing to do, and Surrey kitchens give me plenty of canvases.
Backsplashes
Interior
The local scope
Backsplash work is my favourite thing to do, and Surrey kitchens give me plenty of canvases. Newer townhouses in Newton and Fleetwood tend toward classic subway tile over the counters, while South Surrey renovations lean into herringbone, picket, and large-format looks. Condo galley kitchens near Guildford Town Centre are small enough that the backsplash is the renovation, one focused stretch of work that changes the whole room. My cuts around outlets stay crisp, grout lines stay consistent, and inside corners get mitred so they meet instead of almost meeting. You pick the tile, from a big-box aisle or a specialty shop, and I will flag anything about your wall layout that could fight the pattern before you order. Thinset needs its cure time, so most Surrey backsplashes are two visits: tile one day, grout and detail caulk the next. Written estimate first, always, with the $150 minimum as the floor.
The complete checklist and service FAQ live on my main Backsplashes page. This page is how the same scope lands in Surrey.
What's included
Same scope, local ground. This is how a backsplashes call actually runs once I am in Surrey.
Field note
Laying out a subway pattern in a Newton kitchen starts from the most visible corner, so the cut tiles land where the eye does not. Large-format tile in a South Surrey kitchen demands a flatter wall than most walls are, and I true up the surface before setting a single piece. Outlets in Guildford condo kitchens sit close together, which makes clean cut-outs the difference between craft and caulk. When an older Whalley home has walls that lean, I split the difference in the layout so the finished lines still read straight.
Tile size, layout and the number of outlets set the hours. This is my specialty, so I quote the layout I would actually cut, including the trim pieces most quotes leave out. You approve a written number before I pick up a tool in Surrey.
If it's not done right, I come back and fix it. No charge. No questions.
See the full backsplashes scope and what a visit includes.
Because thinset needs its cure time before grout goes in. Tile one day, grout and detail caulk the next, and your kitchen stays usable in between. Rushing that is how grout cracks out of the corners a month later.
Once the wall is flat enough for it. Large pieces are unforgiving and they follow whatever is behind them, so I true up the surface first. In an older Whalley kitchen where the walls lean, I split the difference in the layout so the finished lines still read straight.
Guides for Surrey
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For property managers
If you run units, I take turnovers, deficiency lists and recurring maintenance on a written scope, with GST-registered invoicing and one person to call. How trade accounts work.
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I'm based in Langley, so Surrey is a regular route, not a stretch: Cloverdale sits right on my border and South Surrey, Guildford, and Newton are all a straightforward drive.
My backsplashes scope runs 8 line items, and every one of them is read out in writing before I start your Surrey job.
I'm on the tools most of the day, so text is fastest. The form gets you a written estimate.
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