Tile installation and repair in Pacifica

Tile for Linda Mar tract homes and Park Pacifica

Linda Mar, Pacifica's largest neighborhood, is mostly tract homes from the 1950s and 1960s; Fairway Park dates to the late 1950s, and Park Pacifica's large modern homes to the 1970s. After fifty or more years, what's under the tile decides the job: the backer, the waterproofing, and whether the floor is flat enough for the large-format tile many people want now.

Send photos of the tile, the grout lines and any cracked piece, plus a leftover tile if you have one; it's the best match there is. Sharp Park has plenty of narrow one-way streets and Pedro Point's hug the hillsides, so we plan tile and mortar deliveries around parking. Give fresh grout the one to three days the product calls for before the first shower.

Worth knowing about Pacifica

• The City's neighborhood guide dates Westview's Cape Cod-style homes to the late 1940s, Linda Mar's tract homes to the 1950s and 1960s, and Park Pacifica's large modern homes to the 1970s.
• About 82.3% of Pacifica's 14,665 housing units were built before 1980, and the 1950s were the biggest single decade, with 27.4% of units.
• A City planning report says Pacifica's fog and roughly 30 inches of yearly rain reflect a climate more like the Pacific Northwest, with year-round fog in Sharp Park.