TESSERA BUILD CO. / WHAT WE BUILD / 04 — KITCHENS & BATHS

The two rooms that make the house.

Gutted, reconfigured, and finished to last decades — the two hardest-working rooms in the house, done once and done right.

04Kitchens & Baths

Everyone notices the countertop. We care just as much about what is under it.

Kitchens and baths fail from the inside out — the cabinet that swells, the tile that cracks over a bouncy subfloor, the vent that dumps shower steam into the attic. We build these rooms from the structure up: flat floors, solid blocking, waterproofing that actually wraps, ventilation that actually vents.

One crew handles the whole room — demo, framing, plumbing and electrical rough, board and plaster, tile, cabinets, counters, and finish. No handoffs between contractors who do not talk to each other, and a schedule measured in weeks that holds.

What’s included

Every job, every time.

No à la carte corner-cutting. These are part of the work, not upsells.

i

Layout & Design

Work triangles, sightlines, and storage planned around how your household actually moves.

ii

Full Gut & Rough-In

Demo to studs, plumbing and electrical relocated right — not worked around.

iii

Waterproofing Done Right

Showers and wet zones membraned and flood-tested before a single tile is set.

iv

Tile & Finish Work

Level lines, tight miters, and grout joints you will not have to apologize for.

v

Cabinets & Counters

Ordered early, stored safely, installed square — the difference between 6 weeks and 16.

vi

One Crew, One Schedule

A start date, an end date, and the same faces in your home every day in between.

How it works

Three steps. No runaround.

01

Measure & plan

We measure the room, talk through layout and finish level, and set a realistic budget range together.

02

Selections & schedule

Everything chosen and ordered before demo day — so the job never stalls waiting on a faucet.

03

Gut, build, finish

A protected work zone, daily cleanup, and a room that is genuinely done when we say it is done.

Good questions

Asked and answered.

How long will we be without a kitchen?
For most full kitchen remodels, four to eight weeks of real construction — and we do not start demo until cabinets and counters are ordered and tracking, which is the single biggest factor in keeping that window short. We help you set up a temporary kitchen before demo day.
Can you work from a designer’s plan?
Absolutely. We regularly build from kitchen designers’ and architects’ drawings — and when there is no designer involved, we guide the layout and selections ourselves so you are not navigating a showroom maze alone.
Why does waterproofing matter so much?
Because tile is not waterproof — the membrane behind it is. Most failed showers we are called to fix were tiled over bare board. Every wet zone we build is membraned and flood-tested before tile goes on, which is the difference between a 30-year bathroom and a 7-year one.
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