Vancouver, WA · Portland, OR
Licensed, bonded tile craftsmen who build showers, bathroom remodels, backsplashes, and heated floors on flood-tested waterproofing, and bring tired tile back with grout cleaning, sealing, and regrouts. Written price in your inbox the same day we measure.
Free Estimate
We measure in person, and your written estimate arrives the same day.
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You talk to the owner, and the person who quotes your job knows the crew by name.
Every shower pan is flood-tested and photographed before a single tile goes on.
We measure in person, and your written price is in your inbox before dinner.
Start to finish, with daily photos to your phone. Larger or more complex jobs take longer, and we tell you that before we start.
Tile work built the right way
Buddy Tile is a family-owned tile contractor serving Vancouver, Camas, and Battle Ground in Washington and the Portland metro in Oregon. We build custom tile showers, bathroom remodels, tub-to-shower conversions, heated floors, and backsplashes, and we bring tired tile back to life with grout cleaning, sealing, and regrouts.
Every shower is built on a full Schluter-system membrane and flood-tested before tile. Every job gets floor runners, dust walls, and a vacuumed site each night. And every price is written down before we start.
What we build
Wet climate, old houses, and a lot of tile that was set over drywall. We build for the room you have, on the waterproofing it should have had.
The shower is the hardest room in the house to get right, and the most expensive to get wrong.
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Bathroom tile lives in the wettest room in the house.
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A backsplash is the fastest way to change how a kitchen feels, and the easiest place to spot sloppy work.
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In the Northwest, a heated bathroom floor is the upgrade people say they'd do again first.
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Most families use the tub a handful of times a year and the shower every day.
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Years of mopping push dirt into grout and leave it gray no matter what you scrub with.
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Photographed by the crew that built it, including the waterproofing you'd never otherwise see. No stock photos, ever.
How it works
From your first call to the final walkthrough, you always know what happens next and who's doing it.
1Two minutes online or one phone call. Tell us the room and what you have in mind.
2We measure and sketch your Tile Plan in your bathroom, and your written estimate lands in your inbox the same day.
3Approve online in one tap. Licensed crews, floor protection, and daily progress photos to your phone.
4You walk the finished room with your crew lead. The invoice only comes after you've signed off happy, and the warranty is by name.
The Buddy standard
No disappearing contractors. No mystery schedules. No wondering what's next.
Floor runners from the front door to the work, dust walls up before demo starts, and a vacuumed job site every single night. You live here. We never forget that.
Daily progress photos land on your phone, including the waterproofing you'd otherwise never see. No chasing your contractor for updates. Ever.
A written price before we start, and it doesn't move unless you change the plan. No surprise invoices, no games.
You walk the finished room with your crew lead, and the invoice only comes after you've signed off happy. That's the order it should happen in.
Reviews
We treat every home like it's ours. Here's what that looks like from the homeowner's side.
“Our shower was the room I was embarrassed of. Now it's the first thing I show people. The crew covered every floor, cleaned up every night, and sent photos while I was at work.”
“They flood-tested the pan and sent me a photo of the waterproofing before the tile went on. That's when I knew we'd hired the right people.”
“Herringbone backsplash, two days, cuts so clean the tile looks like it grew there. They treated my kitchen better than I do.”
Tile Talk
Prices, materials, and what to expect, written by the people who set the tile.
A realistic day-by-day timeline for tile installation in Camas, WA, including prep steps, cure times, and what to expect during a home project.
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A realistic breakdown of tile, waterproofing, and repair costs in Vancouver, WA, including when a full tear-out is necessary and when simple repairs make sense.
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A Vancouver, WA tile contractor explains how to compare tile installation bids apples-to-apples and avoid the corners cheap contractors cut.
Read more →FAQ
Most full tile showers run $6,200-$10,500 for labor and waterproofing, depending on size and features like niches, benches, or curbless entries. Tub-to-shower conversions start around $5,600. Finish tile is priced with your selections, and your written in-home estimate is free.
Most showers run 5-8 working days from demo to grout: tear-out, waterproofing with a flood test, tile, then grout and seal. We protect the path to the room and vacuum the site every night.
Yes, every shower gets a full membrane system (Schluter Kerdi, GoBoard, or HydroBan), a flood-tested pan, and photos of the waterproofing before tile covers it.
That is one of our most common projects. We remove the tub, rebuild the wet area with proper waterproofing, and tile a walk-in or curbless shower, usually within a week.
Most jobs land around $950, with a typical range of $750-$1,200 depending on the square footage and how many rooms we treat. Machine deep-cleaning, stain treatment, and penetrating sealer are all included, still the cheapest way to make a tiled room look new.
Adding electric radiant heat to a bathroom floor we are already tiling typically runs about $950-$1,400 including the thermostat, depending on room size.
Free in-home estimate
Two minutes now, an in-home visit this week, and your written estimate the same day. No pressure, ever.
Free In-Home Estimate
We measure in person, and your written estimate arrives the same day.
Just browsing? Design your shower & get an instant ballpark →
