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Updated July 2026
NHK Tiling is a licensed tiling contractor serving Hunters Hill, about 23 kilometres from the NHK Tiling base in Kellyville. Hunters Hill is one of Australia’s oldest garden suburbs and holds an unusually high concentration of sandstone and heritage housing, sitting under its own council rather than Ryde or Lane Cove. Natural stone work makes up more of the tiling here than in any other suburb NHK Tiling covers.
Yes. NHK Tiling works with sandstone, limestone, granite, slate, marble, bluestone, travertine, terrazzo and basalt, and also offers feature rock cladding, which is directly relevant in a suburb built substantially from stone.
Natural stone behaves differently to manufactured tile in three ways that matter on a Hunters Hill job.
Stone is porous and needs sealing. Sandstone, limestone, travertine and marble all absorb water to varying degrees. Sealing is not optional on these materials, and it needs repeating over the life of the surface rather than being done once.
Colour and grain vary between pieces. Natural stone is not manufactured to a consistent shade. Pieces are laid out and sorted before fixing so variation is distributed across the surface instead of concentrating in one area.
Weight and thickness change the substrate requirement. Stone is heavier than ceramic or porcelain, so the floor or wall carrying it has to be assessed for the load before anything is fixed.
Heritage status in Hunters Hill affects a tiling job more than it does in most Sydney suburbs, because the concentration of heritage-listed properties here is high.
The distinction that matters is between a property individually listed as a heritage item and one that sits inside a heritage conservation area. A listed item can require council approval even for internal work such as retiling a bathroom. A property in a conservation area is generally not affected by internal work that leaves the external appearance unchanged.
Because Hunters Hill has so many listed items, checking the property’s status with Hunters Hill Council before booking any trade is worth doing rather than assuming. External work, including verandahs, paths, terraces and anything visible from the street, is more likely to need approval.
Products used are Mapei, Davco, Laticrete and Ardex, with colour and epoxy grouting available.
Older Hunters Hill homes generally sit on a timber subfloor rather than a concrete slab, and the floor has to be stiffened and sheeted before tiling. Australian Standard AS 3958 limits how far a floor may deflect before tiles and grout fail, and a timber floor left unprepared will move enough to crack both.
Settlement is the second factor. Houses of this age are rarely square or flat, which affects setout and the practical tile size. NHK Tiling has worked with out-of-square substrates before, including brickwork that was not true where the finished tiling still came up flush.
NHK Tiling also tiles in Woolwich, Huntleys Point and Gladesville. 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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