Visiting every showroom for ceramic tiles in Cape Town takes weekends. Send one request instead, with the rooms, the size in square metres and the look you want, and we pass it to tile suppliers, showrooms and tilers who supply and lay in Cape Town and nearby areas of Western Cape.
Ceramic Tiles in Cape Town
Tile shops and hardware stores around Cape Town carry a wide range of ceramic floor and wall tiles at budget prices, often in stock the same week. Suppliers in Western Cape can match colours from a sample, so mention your suburb and the colour or size you have in mind.
Want to know more first? Our ceramic tiles guide covers the options, what to check and what affects the price.
Homes and buildings in Cape Town
Cape Town has wet winters, dry windy summers and salt air along the coast. Victorian terraces in Woodstock and Salt River, and old Cape homes in Claremont, often have Oregon pine boards or original clay and encaustic tiles that deserve careful repair. Atlantic Seaboard apartments and Southern Suburbs houses want large porcelain slabs, and wet stoeps and pool surrounds call for R11 non-slip finishes. Century City and Montague Gardens have offices, showrooms and warehouses needing hard-wearing floors. Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain add steady demand from owners tiling room by room. Showrooms and tilers work across the peninsula, and many specialise in stone and bathrooms.
Typical ceramic tiles requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners renovating: budget bedroom floors, bathroom walls and kitchen splashbacks in plenty of colours
- Patios, stoeps and pool areas: better avoided in frost areas, with porcelain used on stoeps and patios
- New builds and extensions: affordable wall and floor tiles for houses and units priced in bulk from the plans
- Landlords and body corporates: cost-effective tiles for flats and rooms that are easy to replace between tenants
- Shops, offices and showrooms: wall cladding and light-traffic floors in offices, stockrooms and small shops
- Guesthouses, hotels and restaurants: glazed wall tiles for en-suites and guest bathrooms, with porcelain on busy floors
- Workshops, warehouses and gyms: wall tiles in canteens and washrooms, with tougher tiles kept for floors
- Schools, clinics and public buildings: easy-wipe glazed wall tiles for clinics, ablutions and school toilets
Local tips for Cape Town
Most asked for in Cape Town: repairs to old Cape floors, large porcelain, stoep tiles and bathrooms. Suppliers and tilers: showrooms in Montague Gardens and Paarden Eiland, tilers across the peninsula. A useful tip: ask for R11 non-slip tiles on stoeps and a tiler experienced with old Cape floors.
Ceramic Tiles usually suits bedrooms, bathroom walls, studies, splashbacks. Material: red-body or white-body glazed ceramic. Sizes: 200 x 300, 300 x 300 and 400 x 400, 600 x 600. Rating and finish: pEI 2 to 4, absorption 3% to 10%. Climate here: wet winters and dry summers: use R11 tiles on stoeps that stay wet in winter.
What to include in your request
- Rooms and wall or floor area in m²
- Gloss or matt, and the colour you like
- Tile size and the PEI rating needed
- Tiles only, laying only, or both
- Your suburb and when you need it done
The more detail you give, the more accurate your quote will be. The plan below counts tiles and boxes for you.
Service area: Cape Town and surrounds
Tile suppliers and tilers on our network work in Cape Town and surrounding areas, including Century City, Woodstock, Epping, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, Claremont, Salt River. Give the suburb so the quote can include delivery or travel, and the date that suits you.