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Custom Tile Shower Waterproofed with Schluter Kerdi-Board
I was called by a customer in Sun City Center, Florida which is near Tampa to give an estimate on a master bathroom tile remodel and waterproofing. They had a shower done at their old home 5 years ago up North with Schluter Kerdi and wanted the same good waterproofing in the new home down…
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Subway Tile & HydroBan Waterproofed Shower
I decided to write this blog about a customer who came to me from reading one of my blogs on how to waterproof a shower correctly. She had the misfortune of having an unskilled tile contractor install a subway tile shower with a liner on her second floor that leaked within the first year. She…
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Glass Mosaic Design Flow with Ceramictec in Tampa, Florida
The design element in this beautiful master bathroom & shower is, gorgeous white, 18” x 18” natural Carrara marble tiles for the flooring, blended with Ice White 3” x 6” subway tiles on all four walls, complicated from an installers point of view by a wainscot and a chair rail cap to match. By selecting…
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Travertine Herringbone Paver Pool Deck
A customer in New Tampa, Florida we did a previous tile project for gave us a call and wanted us to update their pool deck & lanai. They had looked at colored concrete pavers in different sizes and colors and had some samples at the home when I went over to measure up for the…
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Polished Green Onyx Mosaic Backsplash
A customer in Sarasota, Florida contacted us last summer to do a custom backsplash in their brand new remodeled kitchen. They wanted a soft, upscale look to go with the new white cabinets and counter tops. I sent them to a showroom I have used on occasion in their area. The showroom salesperson showed them…
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Installing Stone Shower Soap Shelves
On a job we recently did in Sarasota, Florida the owner decided he wanted to install some type of soap holder in the shower and tub showers as an after thought. Since we already had the showers completed and just finished grouting them we needed to install them in a different way then cutting the…
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Bathroom Shower Tile Renovation – Sarasota, FL.
I was contacted a short time back from a customer in Sarasota, Florida who stopped his plumber from doing the shower pan waterproofing liner when he noticed several problems. He did a little research online and decided to call a shower waterproofing specialist to finish the shower pan waterproofing correctly. He was also nervous of…
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Thin Stacked Stone Veneer In Florida
We were referred to a customer in Sarasota, Florida by another client we did a thin stone veneer job for in the Tampa Bay area. They were looking to add some elegance to their recently built 5 year old home in a nice development. Some of the other homes already had a stone veneer but…