Marble backsplash behind a range in a modern kitchen

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KITCHEN BACKSPLASH INSTALLATION AUSTIN

The fastest way to change a kitchen

A new backsplash reshapes the whole room, and most jobs wrap in one to two days. H&H Pro Services installs it clean, cut tight around your outlets and windows, in Austin and the surrounding hill country.

A one-to-two-day change with a big return

Of every update you can make to a kitchen, a backsplash gives you the most visible change for the least disruption. The counters stay. The cabinets stay. In one to two days the wall behind your range and sink goes from builder-grade to the thing people notice first.

The tile you pick sets the tone. We install all the common choices and know how each one behaves on the wall.

Alberto Salazar owns H&H and is on site for the work. You get one person who quotes the job, sets the tile, and answers for it.

Subway tile

The classic. Clean lines, tight grout joints, and a look that holds up. Runs in a straight stack, a running bond offset, herringbone, or vertical depending on the feel you want.

Zellige and handmade tile

Handmade Moroccan-style zellige and other artisan tile carry waves, color shifts, and irregular edges on purpose. That character is the point, and it takes a slower hand to lay so the movement reads as intended and not as a mistake.

Mosaic sheets

Small-format mosaics on mesh sheets, glass, penny round, or stone. The work is in keeping the sheet seams invisible so the field reads as one surface, not a grid of squares.

Marble and natural stone

Marble, travertine, and other natural stone need sealing and careful handling. Real stone has veining and tone that shift piece to piece, so layout gets planned before anything is set.

Large-format tile

Big panels mean fewer grout lines and a calmer wall. They also demand a flat substrate and proper coverage behind each piece, because large tile shows every dip in a wall it is set on.

Close detail of a marble kitchen backsplash

What is included

A backsplash lives or dies on the details around it. Here is what goes into the install.

Nothing here is an upsell. It is the difference between a wall that looks set by someone who cares and one that looks rushed.

Templating around outlets and windows

Outlets, switches, a window sill, the underside of the upper cabinets. Every one of those gets measured and the tile cut to meet it. Outlet and switch cuts land clean so the cover plates sit flat against tile, not over a ragged edge.

Edge finishing

Where the tile ends at a wall return, a window, or an open edge, it gets finished. Bullnose, a metal or Schluter trim profile, or a mitered edge depending on the tile and the look. No raw cut sides left showing.

Grout and caulk lines

Grout color gets picked with you, since it changes the whole look as much as the tile does. The joint where the backsplash meets the counter is caulked, not grouted, so it can flex and will not crack when the counter moves.

Protecting counters and cabinets

Counters, cabinet faces, and the range get covered before any tile or thinset comes out. We clean up as we go and haul the mess out, so you get your kitchen back, not a job site.

Happy with the backsplash? We do the whole kitchen too

A backsplash is often the first thing someone tries with us. It is a small, contained job that shows how we work before you hand over anything bigger.

If you like the result and start looking at the rest of the kitchen, the cabinets, the counters, a wall that should come down, we do that too. H&H handles full kitchen remodels and renovations, tile through demo through finish. There is a renovation in Westlake in progress right now, documented as it happens.

No pressure either way. Plenty of backsplash jobs stay backsplash jobs. But if you want one crew for the whole thing when the time comes, you will already know how we work.

Where we work

H&H Pro Services is based in Austin and works the west side and hill country closely: Westlake, Rollingwood, Tarrytown, Bee Cave, and Lakeway, plus the greater Austin area.

If you are nearby and not sure you are in range, call and ask. Alberto will tell you straight.

Questions

Answered straight.

How long does a backsplash installation take?+
Most kitchen backsplashes are a one-to-two-day job. Day one is prep, layout, and setting the tile in thinset. The tile then needs to cure before grouting, so grout, caulk, and cleanup usually land on day two. Larger runs, intricate patterns like herringbone, or natural stone that needs sealing can add time, and we tell you the honest window when we quote.
Do you remove the old backsplash first?+
Yes, when there is one to remove. We take off the old tile, then check the wall underneath, since demo can leave the drywall gouged or uneven. A backsplash is only as good as the surface behind it, so any patching or leveling gets handled before new tile goes up. Removal and wall prep are part of the scope we quote, not a surprise.
Do I buy the tile, or do you?+
Either way works. Many clients like picking their own tile, and we will tell you how much square footage to order and how much extra to add for cuts and breakage so you are not short mid-job. If you would rather we source it, we can point you to suppliers and handle it. Just get the tile decision made before install day so the schedule holds.
Can you work around my existing counters and outlets?+
Yes. That is the normal case for a backsplash, and it is where the careful work lives. Counters and cabinets get covered and protected before we start. Tile gets templated and cut to meet every outlet, switch, window, and cabinet edge, and outlet cuts land clean so the cover plates sit flat. Your counters stay right where they are.
What drives the cost of a backsplash?+
A few things. The square footage of wall, the tile you choose, since handmade zellige, natural stone, and mosaic sheets take more labor to set than standard subway. Whether there is an old backsplash to remove and how much wall repair that leaves behind. And the layout, since herringbone, intricate patterns, and lots of edge and outlet cuts add hands-on time. We look at your kitchen and give you a real number, not a guess off a photo.
Finished, renovated Austin interior

Ready when you are

Let's build it right.

One Austin crew, owner on every job, from the first walkthrough to the final detail. Tell us what you have in mind.

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Get a backsplash quote

Call or text Alberto at (512) 954-0407, or email handhproservicesllc@gmail.com. Send a photo of your kitchen and we will take it from there.

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