Tiler Hunters Hill

At Leerberg Tiling we specialise in the areas of bathroom tiling, heritage and natural stone tiling, floor and wall tiling, tile repairs and licensed waterproofing for the historic homes of Hunters Hill. We are a family owned business with over 53 years in the tiling trade, fully licensed and insured, and we do all the work ourselves rather than sending subcontractors. The same team handles your job from the first measure through to the final grout line.

We tile right across the region. See our North Shore tiling page, or the full picture at Leerberg Tiling.

Our Hunters Hill tiling services at a glance

Heritage home bathroom and floor tiling
Tiling in and around solid sandstone houses
Original tessellated and period tile restoration
Natural stone tiling, sealing and repair
Floor tiling on split-level and foreshore blocks
Waterproofing to Australian Standards (AS 3740 and AS 4654)
Tile repairs, matching and resealing

Tiling in Hunters Hill: The Local Issues

Hunters Hill is not like anywhere else we tile, and the difference is the houses themselves.
This is Australia’s oldest garden suburb, a peninsula between the Lane Cove and Parramatta rivers whose early homes were built in the 1850s and 1860s of the local golden sandstone, many of them by the Italian stonemasons brought out by the French developers who gave the suburb its French Village reputation.
Those stone cottages and villas are still here, along with the stone walls and stone steps running down to the foreshores, and they sit inside one of the most protected built environments in the country: more than seventy per cent of the municipality is a declared conservation area, with hundreds of heritage-listed places.
Tiling here is not a swap-the-suburb-name job.
It is work inside solid stone houses, over Victorian timber floors, under conservation controls, on a peninsula falling to water on both sides.
That combination changes how every job is approached, from how a bathroom is built inside 160-year-old stone walls to whether an original verandah floor should be lifted and saved rather than replaced.

Bathrooms Inside Stone and Victorian Homes

A bathroom in a mid-Victorian Hunters Hill home is a different job to one in a modern build.
The walls may be solid sandstone from the 1850s and the floor a timber structure that has carried the house for a century and a half, so before anything else we confirm what the substrate is and that it is sound and supported.
Old stone and timber handle moisture differently to concrete and plasterboard, so we use appropriate bedding and preparation rather than trapping moisture behind modern impervious systems where it can quietly do damage.
Then the wet area is built properly: falls rebuilt to the waste, a continuous membrane to AS 3740 across the floor, up the shower walls and over hobs, and tiles set out so the room reads cleanly.
Failed or absent waterproofing under earlier renovations is the most common problem we find in these houses, and it is the first thing we put right.

Original Tessellated and Period Tile Restoration

Many Hunters Hill homes still carry original tessellated verandahs, paths and hallway floors, and in a suburb where the original fabric is what makes a home valuable, they deserve saving rather than replacing.
Where the original tiles are sound we lift and reset them so the pattern is kept.
Where they are cracked or missing we source matched replacements and blend them in so the repair does not announce itself, and we sort the bedding underneath so the restored floor sheds water and sits true.
Where a property is listed or within the conservation area, we keep the work in line with the existing fabric.

Floors on the Peninsula

Hunters Hill falls to water on both sides, and its homes step down the slopes with the ground.
Split levels, half levels and rooms at different heights are normal here, so we set floors out across the changes, check levels across each plane, and re-screed where needed so tiles sit flat rather than following a floor that was never true.
On the older homes the substrate is often timber, where we use crack isolation and breathable, appropriate preparation so movement below does not crack the tiles above.
On foreshore homes the outdoor work counts too: terraces and paths exposed to the water get external membranes to AS 4654, correct falls, and grouts and sealers that stand up to the salt.

Natural Stone Work

In a suburb built of sandstone, stone tiling has to be done properly.
We lay, seal and repair natural stone to suit where it is going, seal it against salt and moisture on the foreshore, and match new stone work to the character of homes where the original masonry is the whole point.
Stone laid or sealed wrong stains and spalls; done right it lasts the way the suburb’s own walls have.

Tile Repairs

Not every job needs a full renovation.
Cracked or drummy tiles, failing grout, lifted verandah sections and leaking showers can often be repaired without redoing a whole room, and we match replacement tiles as closely as the available materials allow, which matters in homes where the original ranges are a century out of production.
We assess the damage honestly and advise whether repair or replacement is the better option.

Recent Hunters Hill Projects

Recent work in the area includes restoring a tessellated verandah on a stone villa near Alexandra Street, lifting and resetting the sound tiles and matching in replacements, rebuilding and re-waterproofing a bathroom inside a solid sandstone cottage with the falls and membrane done to AS 3740 over the original timber floor, and retiling a foreshore terrace with salt-resistant materials.
All work is completed by our own licensed tradesmen, not subcontractors.

Areas We Service

Leerberg Tiling service Hunters Hill, Woolwich, Huntleys Point, Henley, Boronia Park and the surrounding Lower North Shore.
We work on heritage and stone homes, Victorian and Federation properties, waterfront homes and modern renovations across the area.

Why Choose Leerberg Tiling Pty Ltd?

Family owned with over 53 years experience
Fully licensed and insured, all work warranted
No subcontractors, the same team start to finish
Experienced with solid stone houses, timber substrates, tessellated restoration and conservation-area work
Waterproofing to standard, never skipped or rushed
Fixed written quotes measured on site, no hidden fees

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you tile inside an old sandstone house? Yes, and it needs a different approach. Solid stone walls and Victorian timber floors handle moisture differently to modern construction, so we confirm the substrate, use appropriate bedding and preparation, and never trap moisture where it can damage the original fabric.

Can you restore an original tessellated verandah or hallway? Yes. Where the tiles are sound we lift and reset them, and where they are cracked or missing we source matched replacements and blend them into the original pattern, then sort the bedding underneath so the floor sits true and sheds water.

Do you work within the conservation area rules? Yes. Most of Hunters Hill sits within a declared conservation area, and we tile in a way that respects the original fabric and detailing of these homes.

Can you fix a leaking shower without removing all the tiles? Sometimes. If the membrane is sound and the issue is failed grout or silicone, we can re-grout and reseal. If the waterproofing has failed, which is common under older renovations in these homes, the tiles need to come up to redo it properly.