Local tile and flooring contractor in Port Angeles, WA. Bathrooms, kitchens, fireplaces, and full floors — estimated, installed, and serviced by the same person, in town.
Tessera Contracting is based in Port Angeles. Not a regional outfit with a Port Angeles phone forward; not a Seattle company that drives over for the big jobs. The shop is here, the truck is here, and the tradesman who quotes the work is the same one who sets the tile and answers the phone two years later. Most of our calls come from within ten miles of the marine terminal.
Why Local Matters Here
Port Angeles homes don’t behave like inland builds. The housing stock is older, the air is wetter, and the soil moves. A contractor who knows the neighborhoods builds in the right details from the start.
- Older substrate, every time. Plank subfloors, sagging joists, and original 1940s tile beds are routine in town. We rebuild substrate where it’s needed, not just lay over what’s there.
- Marine humidity. Showers and entry floors see more moisture than the same install in Yakima. Schluter waterproofing membranes, modified mortars, and high-performance grouts come standard.
- Heated floors for January. Forty-degree mornings six months a year make radiant floor heat genuinely worth it. We’ve installed enough to know what works.
- Service after the install. Cracked grout in year three? We’re ten minutes away. That’s the entire point of hiring local.
What We Install in Port Angeles
Bathroom Tile & Showers
Walk-in showers, tub surrounds, niches, benches, and waterproof bathroom floors. The bulk of our Port Angeles work. Highest waterproofing standard.
Kitchen Backsplashes
Subway, mosaic, natural stone, and large-format slab backsplashes. Outlets coordinated, cuts planned around the range and hood, grout matched to the cabinetry.
Floor Tile
Entryways, kitchens, mudrooms, and full bathroom floors. Substrate prep, layout, and heated-floor compatibility built into every quote.
Countertops
Quartz, granite, natural stone, and tile. Templated from the actual installed cabinets, fabricated, and set with epoxied seams.
Fireplaces & Stone Veneer
Fireplace surrounds, hearths, and stone veneer accent walls. Common project in older Port Angeles homes where the original brick is past its prime.
Hardwood, Laminate, LVP
Full-floor replacements with proper subfloor flattening, transitions, and trim. One contractor for tile and the floors that meet it.
Neighborhoods We Work In
Same rates everywhere inside Port Angeles city limits and the immediate surrounding area:
- Downtown and the waterfront — older homes with tight access
- The bluff — mid-century to newer builds, larger remodel scopes
- West Side and Lower Elwha — mix of older and newer construction
- East Port Angeles, Lincoln Park, and out toward Morse Creek
- Black Diamond, Mt. Pleasant, and the rural roads south of town
- Agnew and the corridor toward Sequim
Credentials
Washington Licensed
Registered Washington State contractor. License number in the site footer, verifiable through Washington L&I.
Bonded & Insured
Continuous bond and general liability. Certificates available on request before any work starts.
Port Angeles Washington Based
Family-owned, operated from town. Service and warranty calls answered by the person who did the work.
How an Estimate Works
Basic price estimate. We talk through the space, talk through materials, and give you a price!. Most Port Angeles jobs start within two to six weeks depending on season and materials.
Estimates in Port Angeles
Bathroom, kitchen, fireplace, tile flooring — tell us what you’re working on and we’ll come measure.