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Ceramic Tile
Practical, hard wearing and the workhorse of kitchens, laundries and family bathrooms.
Fully Insured Company
Tile Contractor in Danbury, CT
Danbury is a city, and it does not behave like the towns south of it. Barely half its housing is single family, close to half of all households rent, and a third of the homes here went up before the Second World War. A tile job in a Hat City two family off White Street is a completely different piece of work from a tile job in a 1990s colonial off Mill Plain Road. Magic of Tiles works both, on either side of Interstate 84.
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Fully InsuredConnecticut registered
06810 & 06811Both ZIP codes
Mon – Fri: 7 am – 7 pmWeekend: Closed
We are a tile contractor based in Stamford, about 30 miles south, and Danbury is well inside the area we cover.
06810South of I-84
06811North of I-84
1975Median home built year
~30 miFrom our Stamford base
Services We Provide
Tile Installation in Danbury
The tile is the easy part. What decides whether it lasts is the floor underneath it and how the assembly is built. That is where we spend the attention.
Large format marble look wall tile going up, levelling clips still in place.
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Porcelain Tile
Absorbs 0.5 percent water or less, which is why it is the right answer for entries, mudrooms and anywhere that sees salt and slush from November onwards.
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Marble and Natural Stone
Stone over a wood framed floor needs roughly twice the stiffness ceramic does. In a pre war Danbury house that is a real question, so we check the framing before quoting stone.
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Granite Tile
Heat resistant and tough. Good around hearths and in hard working kitchens.
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Large Format Tile
Large tile magnifies any dip in a floor. On an older Danbury floor it almost always comes with a levelling step, and we say so at quote stage.
Bathroom Remodeling
Bathroom Remodeling in Danbury
Danbury’s median home was built in 1975. Over half the city’s housing, about 18,400 units, went up between 1950 and 1989. Most bathrooms we open here are on their second or third life.
Hexagon marble mosaic floor with a freestanding tub and grey marble look wall tile.
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Shower Tile and Waterproofing
Built as a waterproofing system, not as tile that is hoped to shed water.
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Bathroom Floor Tile
Set on a substrate that has been checked and prepared first, including the floor height question that comes with older houses.
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Bathroom Wall and Accent Tile
Full height, wainscot or a single feature wall, set so the lines actually line up at the corners.
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Tub and Shower Surrounds
Built to the same waterproofing standard as a full shower, whatever the finish material.
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Tile Countertops and Vanity Tops
Tiled tops and vanity surrounds, detailed so the edges and the sink cut out are clean.
Danbury North and South of I-84
Danbury North and South of I-84
Danbury has two delivery ZIP codes and they split along the interstate. When ZIP codes arrived in 1963 the whole city was 06810. In 1984 that was cut back to everything south of I-84, and 06811 was created for everything north. It is a genuinely useful dividing line, because the housing on each side is different.
06810
South of I-84
Downtown and the older core. Main Street, White Street, Spring Street, the Danbury Fair mall area, Miry Brook, Wooster Heights and Long Ridge.
This is where the pre war housing concentrates, where the two to four family buildings are, and where the city’s oldest commercial stock sits. Sixty percent of Danbury’s commercial buildings predate 1980, and the oldest of them are downtown.
06811
North of I-84
Federal Road, Mill Plain, King Street, Pembroke, Great Plain, Hayestown and the Candlewood side.
Newer on average and more single family. Typical home values run noticeably higher north of the highway than south of it.
Neighborhoods We Work In
Mill Plain, Pembroke, King Street, Great Plain, Hayestown, Germantown, Miry Brook, Wooster Heights, Long Ridge, Starrs Plain, Ridgebury, Beaverbrook, Beckettville, Aqua Vista and Lake Waubeeka.
These are the names people here actually use; the city’s own planning documents use directional districts instead.
Under The Floor
What We Find Under Danbury Floors
Three very different situations, depending on the age and type of the building.
Uncoupling membrane and radiant heat cable over the subfloor. The part nobody sees once the tile is down.
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Roughly 1 in 6 homes
Pre War Houses and Board Subfloors
Roughly one Danbury home in six was built before 1940. Danbury was the hat capital of the country for the better part of a century, and a lot of that housing is what the industry left behind. Those floors are often single layer board rather than plywood sheathing. Boards move independently, seasonally, and tile set straight onto them will telegraph every joint. The fix is an overlay and an honest look at the joists first. Ceramic wants a floor that deflects no more than L/360; natural stone wants L/720.
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52.7 percent of housing
Mortar Bed Bathrooms, 1950 to 1989
The single largest block of Danbury housing, 52.7 percent of it, went up in the mortar bed era. Bath floors from that period were commonly set in a poured bed over wire lath. Pulling one out drops the finished floor an inch to two inches. That changes the threshold, and sometimes the door. It is completely normal and completely manageable, but it belongs in the quote rather than in a phone call halfway through the job.
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Nearly half of households rent
Condos, Two Families and Rental Turnover
This is where Danbury really differs from the towns to the south. Only 53.6 percent of housing here is single family of any kind. About 18 percent sits in two to four unit buildings and 26.5 percent in buildings of five or more. Nearly half of all households rent. That means a lot of the tile work in this city is turnover between tenants, condo bathrooms with an association to satisfy, and multi unit buildings where noise, access and elevator time are part of the job.
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57 to 61 percent of homes
Pre-1980 Flooring
Resilient flooring installed up to 1980 is treated as presumed asbestos containing until tested. Between 57 and 61 percent of Danbury homes predate 1980, so this comes up often. If we open a floor and find old sheet vinyl or black cutback adhesive, we stop and discuss it with you before going any further.
Entryways & Mudrooms
About 106 days a year cross the freezing point
NOAA’s normals for Danbury Municipal Airport show about 106 days a year that cross the freezing point. March is the worst month for it, at around 20 crossings. The city averages 45 inches of snow and nearly 53 inches of total precipitation a year, and 93 percent of the heating season falls between October and April.
What that means in practice:
- Entries and mudrooms need impervious porcelain. Salt, grit and meltwater for half the year will find any tile that absorbs water.
- Exterior tile needs a frost resistance rating, not just low absorption. Those are two separate things, and we check for the right one.
- Movement joints tighten up outdoors. Interior fields want a joint every 20 to 25 feet. Outdoors or in direct sun that becomes every 8 to 12 feet, plus joints at every perimeter and plane change.
Danbury’s city water is moderately hard at around 86 parts per million, which is worth knowing when choosing grout and sealer for a shower that will be cleaned every week for the next fifteen years.
Checkerboard floor in an entry and mudroom, where salt and meltwater land first.
Frost rated porcelain on an outdoor terrace, where movement joints come every 8 to 12 feet.
Downtown, Storefronts and Ground Floor Work
47 acres, 132 buildings, and a documented drainage problem
1983
On the National Register
Danbury’s Main Street Historic District has been on the National Register since 1983 and covers 47 acres and 132 buildings. The city’s own plan notes that Main Street largely escaped the demolition that hit other downtowns, so the historic fabric is still there.
Flooding
Aged and undersized systems
There is also a real, documented drainage problem downtown. Aged and undersized systems feeding a culverted watercourse have produced decades of flooding on Main Street between Liberty and South, on Liberty Street, and around Keeler, Center and State Streets and Park Place.
If you are tiling a ground floor or below grade space in that part of the city, waterproofing and crack isolation are not optional extras. We would rather build for it than be called back after the next storm.
Why Danbury Property Owners Choose Magic of Tiles
We are a tile contractor first
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We are a tile contractor first.
Tile and stone is the entire business, not a sideline to general remodeling, which is why the substrate conversation happens before the material one.
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The prep is the job.
Levelling, deflection checks and proper underlayment are why a floor is still tight in ten years.
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Fixed written quote after we see the space.
Condition drives the price far more than square footage, so we look first.
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Straight answers about what is under the floor.
If demolition changes the job, you hear it the same day.
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One team from first visit to final walk through.
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Connecticut registered.
Home improvement contractors here are registered with the Department of Consumer Protection, and anyone can verify a registration at elicense.ct.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers before you reach out
Both delivery ZIP codes, 06810 south of I-84 and 06811 north of it. That includes downtown, Mill Plain, King Street, Pembroke, Great Plain, Hayestown, Germantown, Miry Brook, Wooster Heights, Long Ridge, Starrs Plain, Ridgebury and the Candlewood side.
Almost certainly a mortar bed. It was standard practice in the decades when most of Danbury was built. It is a durable assembly. The thing to plan for is that removing it drops the floor an inch or two, so the doorway transition changes.
Flooring of that type installed up to 1980 is treated as presumed asbestos containing until it is tested, so we do not disturb it on assumption. We will stop, show you what is there and talk through the options before anything else happens.
It is about 30 miles, roughly 45 minutes to an hour depending on traffic, and Danbury and Stamford sit in the same regional planning area. Plenty of the tile contractor listings that show up for Danbury searches are run from further away than that.
There is good trade supply in the city. Floor and Decor is on Federal Road, and there is a Daltile and Marazzi trade counter on Nabby Road that runs weekdays only. If you want to see samples in person, both are easy to get to.
What Our Clients Say
5.0 from 45+ Google reviews
Roman Brovchuk
★★★★★
I’m delighted with the quality that Serhii provided for us. Well done job, everything is perfectly even. Anyone who wants it done on time should call this guy.
Clifford Anderson
★★★★★
Serhii and his colleagues are wonderful! I recommend them wholeheartedly for any tile job. They take the time to perform the job well and show evident pride in their labor and craftsmanship. 10/10!!!
Tatiana Ramras
★★★★★
We recently had our shower redone by Serhii Didur and his crew and we are very happy with the quality of work, punctuality, and tidiness! We highly recommend them to anyone looking for high- quality tile installation!
Get In Touch
Get a Quote from a Danbury Tile Contractor
Tell us about the space and we will come and look at it. The written quote comes after we have seen the floor.
Contact us today to get a quote on your project or learn more about our company. We look forward to speaking with you.
We also work in Brookfield, just south of Danbury on US 7.
Contact Information+1 203-556-3385
Service Area
Serving Fairfield County, CT
Working Hours
Mon - Fri: 7 am - 7 pm
Weekend: Closed
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Areas We Work In
We also work across Fairfield County
Danbury, CT
The largest city in northern Fairfield County
Danbury is the largest city in northern Fairfield County, built on the hat industry that gave it the Hat City name. Its housing runs from pre war two family buildings downtown to 1990s colonials north of Interstate 84, and the tile work reflects that whole range.
Magic of Tiles works across both of Danbury’s delivery ZIP codes, 06810 and 06811, from downtown and White Street to Mill Plain, King Street, Pembroke and the Candlewood side.