Del Mar Tile & Stone

We hired Del Mar Tile & Stone to install tile in three different areas (kitchen backsplash, bathroom floor & ADU kitchen window) at our home in Cardiff. John Nelson and his team did an excellent job and were a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend.
Steve

John and his team were great. They showed up with a positive attitude and got the job done on time and on budget.

Lasers! One of the tools John at Del Mar Tile and Stone used to install our entryway, kitchen, and backsplash tile. Part of a larger kitchen remodel. Very professional and clean tile installation. Several trades people have come by since to work, and all have commented on how great the tile looks and the installation. John and his team did a great job in a timely manner. He also helped with new countertop fabrication and demolition. I highly recommend John and his team; I would not hesitate to hire him again.

My wife and I couldn’t be more pleased with the work John and his crew did in renovating our master bathroom. From start to finish, John guided us through the process, making suggestions along the way to beautify our project. John was more than just a contractor working on our house. He also became a trusted friend. We had no qualms about leaving our home in his care while he worked in it. I enthusiastically recommend him to anyone who has a tile project no matter how big or small it is. It may be the best the decision you make.

We were interested in refreshing our fireplace in our modern home and had always dreamed of having a black marble fireplace instead of just white drywall.

I Yelped and found Del Mar Tile and Stone and checked out photos and crossreferenced everything. He had stellar reviews everywhere. John the owner came out within a day or two (on a Sunday!) to look at the project and gave me a quote the next day. The project involved tiling on the fireplace surround and also into a cutout for our TV and the vent for the fireplace above.

The quote was fair for the amount of work involved and I thought, hey if he's already there maybe get him to re-do tile in one of our bathrooms (a much smaller project)? I texted him a video and measurements of the space prior to him working on the space and he was able to quote the bathroom without coming back! Super cool.

The quality of work is amazing. I am a detail-oriented, visual person and with the beautiful black marble with white veining that we chose (with a fluted pattern!) I wanted to be particular with what tiles we should use and which we should not. He was more than accommodating and we have a beautiful, beautiful fireplace now and a gorgeous bathroom.

Not everybody could do this job. It was technical as a fireplace surround. The tile contractor had to use the right mortar and he had to level it out just right. As we homeowners know, rarely is your house completely true and flat and square everywhere and the tile had to be done to accommodate all of the imperfections in our visually perfect house. The corners and leveling had to be perfect. He had to carve into drywall to make the corner of the fireplace square. It was crazy and it would have taken me decades of experience to do this myself (enter John). The cutouts for the fireplace and the TV surround had to be perfect.

The bathroom turned out flawless as well. John is an awesome person and was so kind and courteous to our pets (he told my dog Thatcher she was beautiful) and was respectful of other contractors we were having at the house at the same time.

His son Hunter and his other employee Carlos who worked with him were conscientious, clean, and all three were just all around good people.

Please see photos! They do not do the fireplace justice!

I had Del Mar Tile replace my old shower and they did amazing work. John was great to work with and made solid recommendations for both construction and design. They got it done on schedule, on budget, and with great craftsmanship. I'm very happy with the results. Highly recommended!