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Flooring contractor in San Bernardino County, CA

New floors, with the subfloor sorted out first

A licensed Class B general contractor for tile, plank and carpet across the West End and the High Desert. Tile and finish work is done by our own crew, the slab gets checked before anything is laid on it, and you get the scope and the number in writing before the old floor comes up.

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Why homeowners hand us a whole floor

The prep is priced, not assumed

Leveling, membrane and moisture work appear as their own lines in your scope. A quote that only prices material and labor is the quote that grows once the carpet comes up.

Tile is our own crew

Tile and finish carpentry are work we self-perform rather than hand off, which is why the layout gets drawn before anything is cut.

Licensed and bonded

CSLB # 1105333, Class B General Building, plus a $25,000 contractor bond through Travelers. Both are public record and both are linked further down this page.

Change orders before the work

If the number has to move, you see why and you approve it in writing before anything else is built.

Choosing a tile contractor for a whole house

Forty years of flooring, one layer glued on top of the last

The median home in San Bernardino County, CA was built in 1981, and most of them are slab on grade. What that usually means underfoot is carpet from the nineties in the bedrooms, sheet vinyl in the kitchen that was never taken up, and a run of laminate somebody floated over the top of it in the hall. Every one of those layers hid whatever the slab was doing underneath, and none of them fixed it.

That is the part that decides whether a floor lasts. A slab out of flatness gives you lippage on tile and hollow spots under plank. A live crack telegraphs straight through the grout inside a year. A slab still giving off moisture will lift a glue-down floor no matter what was paid for the material. So the prep is not the boring part of the quote you skim past. It is most of what you are actually buying, and it is written out line by line so you can see it.
Gloved hand setting a large gray floor tile into combed mortar

What a tile installation includes

What the flooring scope covers

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Every line below is written into your scope before work starts, including the preparation, which is where floors are actually won or lost.

  • Old flooring, tack strip, staples and adhesive taken up and hauled away
  • Slab and subfloor checked for flatness, cracks and moisture before anything is laid
  • Floor patch or self-leveling compound where the slab is out of tolerance
  • Backer board, waterproofing and crack isolation membrane where they are called for
  • Tile, plank or carpet set to a layout we draw and agree before the first piece goes down
  • Grout, sealer, transitions and baseboard, and the rooms cleaned before we leave

Start with the written scope

The next step is your job on paper

You have just read how the work runs. The next move is a walkthrough of your house, a written scope of what the job covers, and a schedule carrying the same stages. Ask for all three before you commit to anything.

  • Home walkthrough
  • Written scope
  • Working schedule
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Floor and tile preparation

Flat, clean and stable comes before the finished pattern

New flooring will show movement, humps and low spots from the surface beneath it. Tile is especially unforgiving because the finish is rigid and the joints create long visual lines.

After removal, check the substrate for flatness, damage and moisture before installation begins. Any leveling, repair or isolation layer should be approved at that stage, when the condition is visible and the finished material is still protected.
Concrete and block foundation walls under construction for a house

Flooring layout and transitions

Start from the rooms that have the fewest places to hide a cut

Doorways, cabinet runs, tubs and long sight lines determine where a layout should begin. A small shift at the starting wall can prevent narrow pieces at the far edge or an awkward joint in the middle of a doorway.

Confirm transition heights and the direction of the pattern before setting material. That is also the time to decide how the new floor meets rooms that are not part of the project.
Gloved hand setting a large gray floor tile into combed mortar

Reviews from San Bernardino County, CA homeowners

Every one of them is public, and every one is on Google

  • Steve Cowens

    2026-03-11

    My wife and I called Jerome directly at Socal Home Improvement. I heard him on KJLH Radio, Station advertising his business. When calling him, he set up an appointment to come out the same day, which was outstanding perfect. I must say on his arrival he was very professional and knew his job very well…

  • Rewa Cooper

    2026-05-15

    We recently completed a 6-week renovation with Jerome’s So Cal, and we couldn’t be happier with the results. As with any renovation, there were a few ups and downs along the way, but every concern we brought to their attention was addressed quickly and professionally…

  • jacqueline wright

    2026-03-27

    My Jerome’s SoCal Home Improvement experience was great. He remodeled my two bathrooms and I was very pleased and impressed with the outcome. Jerome’s team was amazing. They were punctual, efficient, hard working, courteous, skilled fast and accommodating. They clean behind their work; leaving no mess. His worker came to me at each stage of the progress to ensure I approved the work…

  • Debra Tucker

    2026-03-10

    I've worked with Jerome and his staff on two separate occasions. They are very professional and very nice. I had my house painted, windows replaced and a roof. my home is beautiful…

  • Joseph Ford

    2026-03-31

    Very reliable and professional company. Communication was clear throughout the project, and the final result was perfect. I highly recommend Jerome's SoCal Home Improvement

  • Elijah Brooks

    2026-03-31

    Jerome's SoCal Home Improvement did an amazing job on my house renovation! The team was professional, punctual, and paid attention to every detail. Highly recommended for anyone looking for quality work

Questions about Flooring and Tile

Straight answers before you commit

All questions
Can you lay the new floor over the one that is already there?
Sometimes, and less often than people hope. Floating a plank floor over sound sheet vinyl can be legitimate. Tiling over an existing floor usually is not, because you inherit whatever that floor is doing and you raise every threshold and appliance height in the room. We will tell you which of the two you are looking at after we have seen it, and we will tell you when going over the top is the cheaper answer and is fine.
There is a crack in my slab. Does that stop the job?
Almost never. Most slab cracks out here are shrinkage cracks that stopped moving decades ago, and they are handled with a crack isolation membrane under the tile so the movement does not telegraph through the grout. A crack with a height difference across it, or one that is still opening, is a different conversation and we will say so rather than tile over it and hope.
Tile, luxury vinyl plank or laminate for a house out here?
Tile is the most durable thing you can put on a slab in this climate and it stays cool underfoot, which matters in July. Luxury vinyl plank is waterproof, quieter, warmer in the High Desert in winter, and far more forgiving of a slab that is not perfectly flat. Laminate is the weakest of the three around water and we would rather you knew that from us.
How much of the price is preparation rather than the floor itself?
More than most people expect, and it varies enormously, which is why we itemize it instead of burying it in a square-foot rate. Taking up three glued layers and leveling a slab can rival the cost of the material going down on top. You will see both numbers separately in your scope.
Do you move the furniture and the appliances?
We agree that in writing before the day rather than leaving it to be sorted out on the morning. Say what you want moved when we come and look and it goes into the scope, including the fridge and the washer, which are the two that catch people out.
Do you do the tile in a bathroom or a kitchen as part of a bigger job?
Yes, and that is the more common way it happens. Tile sits inside most bathroom and kitchen remodels we do, which is the argument for one contract over hiring the flooring separately: the trade laying the tile and the trade setting the shower valve are on the same schedule and answer to the same company.

How your flooring job runs

A written schedule, and what happens once the old floor is up

The full process

Schedule of work

Flooring and Tile · CSLB # 1105333

  1. We come and look at the floor

    We measure the rooms, find out what is already down and how many layers of it there are, and check the slab where we can get to it. There is no charge for this and no expectation that you decide anything on the day.

  2. You get the scope and the number

    A written scope, a written schedule and a written number, with the preparation itemized separately from the material so you can see what you are paying for. Nothing is ordered until you sign.

  3. We lay it, and we clean up

    Rooms done in an agreed order so you keep somewhere to live, layout drawn before the first cut, and transitions and baseboard finished rather than left. The site gets swept at the close of every day.

If we find something

Opening a wall sometimes turns up rot, old wiring, or a leak nobody knew about. When that happens the work stops and you get a written change order with the new scope and the new number. Nothing further is built until you sign it. You will never learn about an extra cost from the invoice.

Permits are pulled in the licensed name, CSLB # 1105333, and we meet the inspector. That is our job, not yours.

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Check the record

Licensed and bonded, and you can verify both

  • Class B General Building ContractorActive
    Number
    1105333
    Issued by
    Contractors State License Board
    Expires
    Verify on Contractors State License Board
  • Contractor's bond
    Number
    $25,000
    Issued by
    Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America

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