The beach strip along A1A, the resorts around the 17th Street Causeway and Port Everglades, and the newer hotels downtown give Fort Lauderdale one of the densest hotel inventories in Florida, and most of it renovates on a cycle. J. Perry & Sons does the hotel and hospitality tile in those properties: guest baths, guest-room floors, corridors, lobbies, restaurants and pool decks, priced per key and per square foot and phased so rooms keep selling. It sits inside our commercial renovation work in Fort Lauderdale.
Hotel Tile Renovation Cost in Fort Lauderdale
| Area | Typical scope | Installed range (labor + setting materials) |
|---|---|---|
| Guest bathroom, floor + tub/shower walls | 40–60 sq ft floor, 100–160 sq ft walls, waterproofing | $4,500–$9,000 per room |
| Guest bathroom, floor only | 40–60 sq ft | $900–$1,600 per room |
| Guest room floor, porcelain wood-look | 250–350 sq ft | $3,500–$6,500 per room |
| Lobby, large-format porcelain or stone | 1,000–5,000 sq ft | $20–$32 per sq ft |
| Corridors, porcelain | 500–3,000 sq ft per floor | $14–$22 per sq ft |
| Pool deck, porcelain pavers | 2,000–8,000 sq ft | $22–$34 per sq ft |
| Public restrooms, floor + walls | per room | $6,000–$14,000 |
Tile is supplied by the owner or purchasing agent. Night work, floor-by-floor phasing and protection of finished areas are in the per-key price. Oceanfront properties with service elevators shared between housekeeping and construction tend to price toward the top of each range.
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Free estimate — call (561) 556-7509 or email jperrysonsgc@gmail.com with project photos, the city, approximate dimensions, and material selections.
Fort Lauderdale hotels and what that means for tile
Beach hotels on A1A range from 1950s and 60s two-story motels that have been converted and expanded to full-service towers built in the last twenty years. The older buildings have guest baths with original mud beds and cast-iron tubs, so a bath renovation means tub-out, new backer board, a bonded membrane and a flood test per room. The towers have post-tensioned slabs and brand standards that call for acoustic mat under any guest-room porcelain replacing carpet.
Salt air drives the pool-deck spec. Decks on the ocean side take spray in any east wind, so exterior-rated 2 cm porcelain on pedestals with stainless hardware, and a drainage check before the first paver, is what holds up.
The 17th Street and Port Everglades properties turn over on cruise schedules. Lobbies, restaurants and public restrooms are renovated in the overnight hours between late checkouts and early arrivals, in zones sized so the path from the door to the desk to the elevator is walkable by six in the morning.
Renovation season runs late spring through early fall, inside hurricane season. Material arrives ahead of storm windows and is stored inside, and no floor is left as open substrate over a weekend when a system is in the forecast. Finish-only replacement usually does not need a permit from the City of Fort Lauderdale Development Services Department; bath renovations that touch plumbing do, and brand design review runs alongside.
Free estimate — call (561) 556-7509 or email jperrysonsgc@gmail.com. Send the key count, finish schedule and a typical bath plan and we'll return per-key ranges the same day.
How we do it in Fort Lauderdale
- Model room built to the brand's finish schedule and signed off by owner and brand before any floor is released; per-key pricing locks against it.
- Phasing plan by floor or wing, sized to the out-of-order room plan and the general manager's revenue calendar.
- Protection and routing: padded service elevator, covered corridors, one debris and material route agreed with housekeeping.
- Demolition during allowed hours with dust-shrouded tools, bagged and carted the same shift.
- Waterproofing on wet walls and floors with clamped drains and a flood test logged per bath.
- Setting: wall tile from a level ledger, floors pitched to drains, wood-look plank on a one-third offset with leveling clips, epoxy or high-performance grout throughout.
- Punch and release room by room to housekeeping with a signed sheet and labeled attic stock for engineering.
Permits and compliance handled. J. Perry & Sons pulls the permit, schedules the inspections, and builds to the city and county codes that apply — Broward and Palm Beach municipal building departments, HVHZ requirements where they apply, and HOA/condo association rules. Licensed Florida general contractor CGC1540699.
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Hotel and hospitality tile in Fort Lauderdale — FAQ
What does a Fort Lauderdale hotel bath renovation cost per key? Floor and tub or shower walls with waterproofing run $4,500–$9,000 per room with the tile supplied; floor only is $900–$1,600. Guest-room wood-look porcelain replacing carpet is $3,500–$6,500 per room.
When do Fort Lauderdale hotels renovate? Late spring through early fall, when beach occupancy is lowest. That overlaps hurricane season, so deliveries are timed ahead of storm windows and work is sequenced so no floor sits open over a weekend.
Can the hotel keep selling rooms during the work? Yes. Floors or wings come out of inventory in blocks, with hours, elevator use, debris routes and noise limits agreed with the general manager before the first block is released to us.
What holds up on an oceanfront pool deck? Exterior-rated 2 cm porcelain pavers on pedestals or sand with stainless hardware, slip-rated wet, over a deck that drains. Salt spray will find any carbon-steel clip or trapped water.
How do I get an exact price? Call (561) 556-7509 or email jperrysonsgc@gmail.com with the key count, finish schedule and typical bath plan. A written estimate is typically ready within 24–48 hours after a site review and scope confirmation.
Free estimate — call (561) 556-7509 or email jperrysonsgc@gmail.com. Licensed Florida general contractor CGC1540699. Serving Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Free Estimate
Free estimate — call (561) 556-7509 or email jperrysonsgc@gmail.com with project photos, the city, approximate dimensions, and material selections.