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Recycled Glass Tile Backsplash Installation

May 17, 2010

With glass tile becoming more popular the use of it in bathrooms, pools and on back splashes I have seen quite an increase of installations over the years here in Tampa, Sarasota, Orlando & this project in Winter Haven, Polk County Florida. Glass tile is pretty much endless in colors, sizes and shapes. There is [...]

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Travertine Backsplash – Wesley Chapel, Florida

May 2, 2010

With the elegant look of travertine tile back splashes I really don’t think the love for them will die down anytime soon. The only thing that I see replacing them in the future is glass tile, but it is considerably more costly and very temperamental to install. Glass tile takes a very good tile installer [...]

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Kerdi Tiled Shower – (Tampa) New Port Richey, Florida

April 25, 2010

We recently did a renovation of a small hall bath corner shower for a customer in the Tampa/New Port Richey area. The old shower was a 6×6 almond glazed ceramic tile and had the usual dirty stained grout along with some mold stains and pretty dated looking. The homeowner located us by a Google search [...]

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Making a Travertine Marble Niche Shelf

March 22, 2010

In my last blog I showed how to make Carrara marble corner soap shelves and two niche shelves. In this blog I will explain how I made wide Travertine marble shelves for a custom niche in a shower. So let me get right to it. Some details about the job first before I get into [...]

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Making a Carrara Marble Soap & Niche Shelf

March 14, 2010

Recently here in Florida I have been asked to build more niche’s in showers these days then ever before. Not only is a niche a good way to get a little extra room in the shower it also adds a little bit of style to your newly tiled shower. A niche will give you some [...]

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How to Cut Glass Tile

February 24, 2010

Installing glass tile can be tricky, but cutting it can be even trickier. People are always asking how to cut small glass tile without chipping it, cracking it, having the pieces fall into the wet saw trays groove or having it shoot out of their fingers when they cut it. From over the years of [...]

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Ceramic Tile HydroBan Shower – Orlando, Florida

February 5, 2010

Rip Out, Prep, Waterproofing, Tile Installation : We completed a hall bath shower rip out & replace in Orlando for a Architect we know. This is his personal home and is located in Central Florida and is about 30 years old. The shower pan was done incorrectly and it didn’t have a pre-slope under the [...]

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To DIY Tile or Not to DIY Tile

January 26, 2010

That is the question… So you’re planning on doing a DIY tile job huh? It’s not for everyone and it sure isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s fun to plan and have a vision of doing your own tile work be it a small foyer, back splash, back patio/lanai or even a shower area. [...]

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A Moldy Situation – Info on Mold

January 18, 2010

* This safety article was sent to me and used with permission from a well respected tile contractor I know. With me being a Tile Contractor in Florida I know how bad mold is from seeing it in so many failed showers we replace here. This article has good info on it and I think [...]

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Multi-Color Tumbled Slate Kitchen Backsplash

January 15, 2010

A few months ago I completed a kitchen backsplash for friends of mine just outside of  Tampa, Florida. They wanted a tile backsplash that would match but not clash with their green Verde Butterfly granite counters and also accent their nice wood cabinets. I had showed them some nice porcelain tile and also some glass [...]

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