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Benoni tilers charge roughly R180 – R320 per m² labour for floors and R220 – R380 per m² for walls, with a minimum call-out of R350 – R650. Shower waterproofing is R2,000 – R4,500 per shower and removing old tiles R80 – R150 per m². Materials are separate, with ceramic and porcelain tiles from R150 – R900+ per m² and stone costing more.

Parts of Benoni sit on dolomite, where the ground can settle or sink as water dissolves the rock beneath, and older homes on large stands were often built before this was well understood. Cracks that run diagonally across several rooms, or that keep reopening, suggest ground movement rather than a bad tiling job. Have an engineer look before you spend on a retile.

It is — grout and tiles let water through, and in an older Benoni house that moisture rots skirtings, blisters plaster in the next room and sometimes reaches the slab. A membrane over the floor and 1.8m up the walls, dressed into the drain, goes in before the tiler starts. Any quote without it is not a like-for-like comparison.

An exact match is unlikely on tiles from the 1970s or 80s, but salvage yards on the East Rand still turn up old stock, and a tiler can harvest hidden tiles from under kitchen units to patch the visible area. Otherwise a contrasting border or feature strip disguises the change. Take a whole tile with you so thickness and edge profile can be checked.