Professional Tile & Flooring in Duluth

First Choice Tile LLC works out of 2292 Kilkenny Way NE in Marietta, GA 30066. Duluth sits in Gwinnett County on the northeast side of the metro, and we have completed six projects there between 2019 and 2023 — three full-room tile installations and three tile repairs, an even split that says something real about the housing stock. Duluth grew hard in the 1980s and 1990s: inside the city limits, about a third of all homes went up in the 1990s and another quarter in the 1980s, so most floors we open in Duluth were laid for the 12x12 tile of that era, on plywood subfloors that have had thirty or forty years to move. That is why half our Duluth history is repair work — cracked tile, failing grout and hollow spots usually trace back to subfloor movement, a failed bond or missing waterproofing, and we look for the cause before quoting the fix, because a cosmetic patch over a live problem fails again. It is also why new installations here so often need self-leveling underlayment as its own line on the estimate: the 12x24 and 24x48 tile people want now magnifies every high and low spot a 1990s floor has accumulated, and skipping the prep produces lippage — the raised edge that catches light across a room and cannot be fixed with grout. One planning note that cuts the right way: Gwinnett County charges 6 percent sales tax, the same as Cobb where we are based, so on a Gwinnett jobsite the materials line carries no county surprise. We quote materials, labor and timeline separately, a 30 percent deposit holds your start date, and you get daily updates plus a final walkthrough before the last payment. We work in English, Portuguese and Spanish, we are licensed and insured, and every installation carries a 1-year workmanship warranty.