Tile Installation in Sarasota, FL

Pulling up old tile in a Gulf Gate or Bee Ridge kitchen is where a lot of our Sarasota tile jobs actually start, and it's not unusual to find intact terrazzo underneath a layer that was glued down sometime in the 1980s. We flag that during the estimate, because a terrazzo grind-and-reseal is a different scope and often a smaller bill than a full tile replacement. Where the original slab surface isn't salvageable, we set new porcelain with the crack-isolation membrane a slab that's already forty or fifty years old usually needs, following the same TCNA-spec prep we'd use on new construction.

Bird Key, Lido Key and St. Armands are the other end of the Sarasota market: large-format porcelain, 24-inch and up, set flat across open living areas, and primary bathrooms that call for a Schluter Kerdi or Wedi shower system rather than a traditional mortar pan. AE and VE flood zone designations are common on these keys, which is one more reason we favor porcelain and waterproof membrane systems over anything with a fiber-cement base near the water. A 600 sq ft living-area retile paired with a primary bath shower rebuild is a fairly typical scope on a Bird Key renovation, and we schedule around the same freight and staging logistics a waterfront home usually requires.

Pinecraft and the smaller homes around Arlington Park tend toward simpler scopes: a hall bath reset, a rental unit's kitchen backsplash, a cracked tile or two after a slow plumbing leak. If you searched flooring companies near me from anywhere south of downtown, we cover all of it from the same crew. See tile installation for how we handle substrate prep and lippage control on large-format work, and our floor repair page covers the hollow or cracked tile calls that come up often in Gulf Gate kitchens. For terrazzo specifically, ask us about it at the estimate; it isn't a service we've built a dedicated landing page for yet, but it's routine work in this part of the county.

What tile costs in Sarasota

A 600 sq ft Bird Key living-area retile in 24-inch porcelain runs $9 to $15 per sq ft, a typical 2026 installed range of $5,400 to $9,000, and a Schluter Kerdi shower system in the primary bath adds $1,800 to $3,800 on top of that. A Gulf Gate kitchen retile in standard 12-to-18-inch porcelain or ceramic, roughly 250 sq ft, runs $6 to $10 per sq ft, or $1,500 to $2,500 installed. Removing old glued tile with thinset chip-out first adds $2.50 to $4.50 per sq ft. These are typical 2026 ranges for Sarasota and Manatee County, not quotes, and the free in-home estimate confirms slab condition and format before we finalize a number.

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Sarasota communities where we install tile

• Downtown Sarasota
• Laurel Park
• Southside Village
• Indian Beach/Sapphire Shores
• Gulf Gate
• Bee Ridge
• Palmer Ranch
• Arlington Park
• McClellan Park
• Hudson Bayou
• Pinecraft
• The Meadows
• Bird Key
• Lido Key