Tiler Hurstville

At Leerberg Tiling we specialise in the areas of bathroom tiling, apartment and strata tiling, floor and wall tiling, kitchen splashbacks, tile repairs and licensed waterproofing across Hurstville, Kogarah and the surrounding St George area. 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 St George area. See our page on tiling across St George for nearby suburbs, or visit the Leerberg Tiling home page for everything we do.

Our Hurstville tiling services at a glance

Apartment and unit bathroom tiling
Strata wet area renovations and balcony remediation
Bathroom tiling and full wet area renovations
Floor and wall tiling over reactive clay
Kitchen splashbacks and floor tiling
Waterproofing to Australian Standards (AS 3740 and AS 4654)
Tile repairs, regrouting and resealing

Tiling in Hurstville: The Local Issues

Hurstville is the largest centre in southern Sydney, and it tiles like a small city with a clay problem.
The centre of Hurstville and neighbouring Kogarah form one of southern Sydney’s largest mid-rise apartment redevelopment corridors, with unit towers going up across the area, while the surrounding streets sit on Wianamatta shale that weathers into reactive clay rated medium to high.
So the tiling work splits two ways: a lot of apartment and strata work in the towers, and floors over reactive clay in the houses.
A generic page that just swaps a suburb name in cannot capture that combination of high-rise wet areas and moving clay slabs.
We tile across Hurstville, from unit bathrooms and balconies in the towers to houses on reactive clay, and we prepare each for the building and the ground it sits on.

Apartment and Strata Tiling

A large part of the work in central Hurstville is apartments.
The unit bathroom is a tight, fully tiled wet area on a concrete slab, where a waterproofing failure tracks straight into the unit below.
We strip back, confirm the substrate, build the falls so water runs to the waste, and lay a continuous membrane to AS 3740 across the floor, up the shower walls and over hobs before any tile goes on.
Balcony and bathroom leaks are one of the most common and most disputed strata maintenance issues, so we establish where water is getting in, carry out compliant remedial waterproofing and retiling, and work in with the owners corporation, strata manager and building access.

Floor Tiling Over Reactive Clay

In the houses around Hurstville, where reactive clay moves with the seasons, we install crack isolation and uncoupling membranes between the slab and the tile so movement does not telegraph straight up into cracked tiles and split grout.
We set proper expansion and perimeter joints, and check and re-screed levels before laying, because large format tiles in particular show any dip or movement.
Where a floor has already cracked, we look at what the slab is doing before relaying rather than just covering it over.

Bathroom, Kitchen and Repair Work

Bathrooms across Hurstville range from original wet areas in older homes through to unit bathrooms in the towers, and in every case we confirm the substrate, build the falls and lay a continuous membrane to AS 3740 before tiling.
Kitchen splashback and floor tiling covers subway, herringbone and custom layouts.
For repairs, cracked or drummy tiles, failing grout and leaking showers and balconies can often be sorted without redoing a whole room, and in apartments we are often called to a leaking wet area before it becomes a bigger strata problem.

Recent Hurstville Projects

Recent work in the area includes re-waterproofing and retiling a unit bathroom in a Hurstville tower where a leak was tracking below, remediating an apartment balcony with a new membrane and falls, and relaying a cracked floor in a Hurstville house where the reactive clay slab had moved.
All work is completed by our own licensed tradesmen, not subcontractors.

Areas We Service

Leerberg Tiling service Hurstville, Kogarah, Bexley, Penshurst, Mortdale, Allawah, Carlton, Beverly Hills, South Hurstville and the surrounding St George area.
We work on apartments, strata buildings, houses on reactive clay and commercial properties 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 apartment strata work and reactive clay floors
Waterproofing to standard, never skipped or rushed
Fixed written quotes measured on site, no hidden fees

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you do apartment and strata tiling in Hurstville? Yes, it is a large part of our work in the Hurstville and Kogarah towers. We tile unit bathrooms and balconies and carry out compliant strata remediation, working in with owners corporations and building access.

Why do floors crack in Hurstville? The houses around Hurstville sit on reactive Wianamatta shale clay that swells and shrinks with the seasons, which cracks tiles laid straight onto the slab. We use crack isolation membranes and movement joints, and check the slab before relaying.

Who pays for balcony waterproofing in a strata building? It depends on the strata plan and by-laws. The membrane is often common property while surface tiles can be the lot owner’s, so a leak investigation to establish the source is the sensible first step.

Do you remove the old tiles? Yes, demolition and removal of old tiles is part of the job where a wet area or floor is being redone.