Tile in Sherwood, OR
Tile showers are one of the things we specialise in, and they are the job in this trade where the difference between good and bad work is completely invisible on handover day. Anyone can set tile that looks straight. What determines whether a shower is still sound in fifteen years is the waterproofing system behind it, and that is the part we will talk to you about first. Installed by our own crew across Sherwood.
Tile done right, the first time, in Sherwood.
Homeowners across Sherwood, OR call Norman's Floor Covering for tile because every job runs with our own crew, no subcontractors, no surprise charges, and one number to call from first sample to finished floor.
We install tile across Sherwood and the surrounding area, including King City, Tualatin, Wilsonville, Tigard.
What's included
- Tile showers as a specialty, waterproofing system included
- Bathroom, entry and mudroom tile floors
- Proper slope to drain, set before any tile is laid
- Substrate and movement joints detailed correctly
- Full-service — we handle the whole job, not just the setting
- 10 year labor warranty, plus the manufacturer warranty on the material
Built for Sherwood homes.
Sherwood was platted in 1889 when the railroad arrived, incorporated in 1893, and spent a century as a small town — 350 people in 1911. Then it went from 11,791 residents in 2000 to 18,194 in 2010 and 20,450 in 2020. Money magazine ranked it fifth among the best places to live in the United States in 2014. Old Town still holds the original blocks, but the great majority of Sherwood housing went up in that 2000s wave, and it is all reaching the same age at the same time.
There is a very specific job we do a lot of in Sherwood: the fifteen- to twenty-five-year-old subdivision house where the builder-grade carpet is worn through in the traffic lanes, the kitchen vinyl has curled at the seams, and everything else is structurally fine. That work is fast and satisfying because the subfloor is flat and square — the money goes into the material, not the prep. Old Town is the exception, with turn-of-the-century housing that wants a proper look underneath first.
Sherwood sits in the Tualatin Valley and gets the same wet-winter, dry-summer swing as the rest of our area, so acclimation and expansion gaps still apply on every floating floor.
Tile jobs near Sherwood
What homeowners say
"I have dealt with Norman's for many years, always found them to be professional and fair. My last project was to install new tile and carpet prior to sale of my home. They recommended the perfect carpet to balance cost and quality."
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Tile in Sherwood, questions
Our house is from 2004 and the carpet is shot. Is the rest likely fine?
Usually. Subdivision homes from that era were built on flat, square subfloors, and builder-grade carpet wearing out on schedule is not a sign of anything worse. We still lift a corner and look before quoting, but on a house that age the honest answer is often that it is a straightforward replacement and the budget belongs in the material.
Can you replace flooring room by room instead of all at once?
Yes, and plenty of people do. The thing to plan for is transitions — doing it in stages means deciding now what the finished floor height will be everywhere, so the rooms still meet cleanly when you get to the last one. We will map that out with you at the estimate.
Do you repair an existing tile shower?
Generally not, and it is better to say so up front. We do not take on repair work for hard surface flooring, tile or countertops on projects we did not install. With a shower the reason is specific: the waterproofing is buried behind the tile, we cannot inspect it, and patching the visible part of a system that may already have failed does you no favours. If we built it, that is a different conversation.
Is grout waterproof?
No, and this is the most common misunderstanding about showers. Grout is a filler between tiles and it lets water through. Sealing it helps with staining and slows things down, but the thing actually keeping water out of your wall is the membrane and pan behind the tile. That is why we spend the time there rather than on the part you can see.
How long does a tile shower take?
Longer than people expect, because the sequence has waiting in it — the waterproofing has to cure before tile goes on, and the setting mortar has to cure before grouting. Rushing any of those stages is how failures start. We will give you a realistic schedule at the estimate, including the days when nothing appears to be happening.
Can I have a large-format tile on the shower floor?
On the walls, easily. On a shower floor it is more constrained, because the floor has to fall to the drain and a large rigid tile cannot follow a slope in two directions without help. Smaller formats or a mosaic conform to the fall naturally, which is why you see them on shower floors so often. We will show you what works with the pan we are building.
Flexible financing available
Every floor type we install in Sherwood, OR
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SherwoodLuxury vinyl plank (LVP) in Sherwood
Luxury vinyl plank installed throughout Newberg and the surrounding valley — waterproof, hard-wearing and warm underfoot.
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SherwoodLaminate in Sherwood
Laminate flooring supplied and installed around Newberg — a hard, realistic surface that has come a long way since the 1990s.
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SherwoodCarpet in Sherwood
Carpet supplied and installed across Newberg and the Willamette Valley, from bedroom re-carpets to whole houses.
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SherwoodFloor removal & demo in Sherwood
Floor removal and demolition around Newberg — the old floor out, the subfloor assessed, and the mess taken away with it.
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SherwoodStairs & trim in Sherwood
Stair and trim work across the valley's hillside towns — treads, risers, nosings and the transitions that finish a floor properly.
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SherwoodQuartz Counters in Sherwood
Quartz countertops for Newberg kitchens and bathrooms — templated, fabricated and installed as part of a full-service job.
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