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Updated July 2026
NHK Tiling is a licensed tiling contractor serving Chatswood, about 23 kilometres from the NHK Tiling base in Kellyville. Chatswood carries more high-rise residential and retail floor space than any other suburb on the Lower North Shore, so tiling work here splits between apartment wet areas and commercial floors. Chatswood falls under Willoughby City Council. NHK Tiling has worked on residential, commercial and industrial properties since 1995 under NSW contractor licence 316043C.
Tiling a Chatswood apartment is usually straightforward on the substrate and demanding on the building. Apartments sit on a concrete slab, which needs levelling and priming rather than the structural sheeting that older Lower North Shore houses require.
The constraints come from the tower itself. Owners corporation approval is generally required for bathroom waterproofing and tiling, because the membrane protects the lot below. In taller Chatswood buildings, lift bookings and loading dock windows are limited and shared with every other trade in the building, so materials and waste have to move in scheduled slots. Permitted work hours are set by building management.
Water isolation affects more lots in a tower than in a walk-up, so notice periods tend to be longer. NHK Tiling confirms approvals, access and isolation before scheduling, so a job does not lose its first day waiting on a lift.
Yes. NHK Tiling works on commercial and industrial properties as well as homes. Chatswood’s retail and hospitality density means commercial tiling here is usually fit-out work in an occupied centre.
Trading hours drive the programme. Retail and hospitality tiling is frequently done overnight or across a weekend so the space can trade again on Monday. That shapes the sequence and the tile choice, since some adhesives and grouts need cure time that a short shutdown will not allow.
Slip rating matters more in commercial spaces. Entries, amenities and kitchen or food preparation areas each need a rating suited to the surface and the traffic. This is a specification decision made before tiles are ordered.
Traffic favours dense porcelain. Commercial floors take far more foot traffic than domestic ones. Large format porcelain, available up to 3600mm slabs, is often used in lobbies and retail floors where fewer grout lines are wanted.
Products used are Mapei, Davco, Laticrete and Ardex, with colour and epoxy grouting available.
Balcony waterproofing is a common Chatswood job because apartment balconies are exposed wet areas sitting directly above habitable space. When a balcony membrane fails, water reaches the lot below rather than the ground.
Three details decide whether a balcony holds up: the fall to the drainage outlet, the treatment where the balcony slab meets the building, and the detailing around the outlet itself. NHK Tiling waterproofs balconies to AS 3740 and sets falls so water reaches the outlet instead of pooling at the door threshold.
NHK Tiling also tiles in Artarmon, Willoughby and Northbridge. See the full Lower North Shore tiling service area.
Insured and licensed tilers are accredited to handle most types of tiling projects. At NHK we specialise in bathroom, kitchen, outdoor space tiling. We can also handle all types of tiling jobs – anywhere you are in Sydney.
Safety is our #1 priority. And to ensure everything is safe and secure, we use high-quality tools, keep training our crew, and acquire a $20M Public Liability Cover. Public Liability insurance can protect us, our workforce and our clients in case injuries or damages happen on the job site.
We use a customer-centric approach which means, clients, come first. Regardless of your needs, with our combined knowledge and expertise, we’d be able to give you the right advice about the type of tiles suited to your space.
We’re professional and we genuinely care for our workers, and we have prepared a required statutory form of insurance for them.
We only use high-quality materials & work with a wide range of products for indoor and outdoor tiling, such as ceramic, granite, marble, limestone, sandstone, natural stones, porcelain, cobblestone and more.
Backed by 30 years’ experience, there is no tiling job that we cannot undertake. Offering you 100% attention to details & quick turn-around – you will be amazed at our work’s quality.
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