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  • Tampa Kitchen Tile Refreshing for a Realtor….

    With home sales slow throughout the US some Realtor’s are finding ways to make the homes they are selling more appealing and fresh. Here’s a job I did for a Realtor I do work for in the Tampa, Florida area. They were trying to spruce up a house to sell so I came up with…

  • Floor Tile Comparisons in Florida…

    Tile Comparison for your Florida tile selection: (Granite Tile – Marble Tile – Slate Tile – Pebble Tile – Glass Tile – Porcelain Tile) Tile is the often choice for the surface of high-end applications. They are averagely priced but they provide incomparable beauty and elegance to your Florida home. If you are considering tile…

  • Travertine Tile Installation in Florida…..

    One way of making your Florida home standout in style is by installing Travertine tile flooring. Having installed our fair share of Travertine tile in Florida in area’s like Tampa, Lakeland, Sarasota, Orlando & Daytona, this style of flooring will work virtually everywhere in your home and the designs and styles are numerous which also…

  • Florida Condo Owner’s Tile Nightmare

    About 9 months ago I got a call from a Custom Home Builder I do work for. He asked me to take a look at a lady’s job a handyman/painter/tile guy did in a condo at the Beach. He was contacted by her through a friend of a friend and I like this builder so…

  • Achieving a Flat Tiling Surface….

    When doing a tight joint with a polished natural stone or a tight joint with a polished or unpolished porcelain tile it is very important that your substrate be very flat so the finished tile work will look great. To get a nice finished tile floor you need to start from the beginning and make…

  • Glass Tile in Bathrooms and Beyond……

    Here in Florida we install all sorts of tile sizes, textures, colors and makes. Porcelain, Ceramic & travertine being the most widely used. One of the trickiest tile to set would be Glass Tile. Glass tile are tricky due to numerous setting reasons as you will see when researching a tile contractor. I would recommend…

  • Accessible Handicap Shower…..

    I just wanted to post this video documentary that the homeowners emailed me of them and their child. An Unexpected Gift after seeing the documentary I am very happy to have done this special tile job and shower waterproofing for them and Caleb. I worked my hardest to give them what they wanted and tried…

  • Barrier Free, Accessible, Curbless, Roll In Shower…..

    These showers are becoming increasingly popular with older people who don’t feel like or cant step over a curb. Some homeowners even want it for the smooth style flowing look. Or the most important reason for building one is a child, elderly or loved one who is handicapped. In any of these cases someone can…

  • Using Proper Tile Setting Materials…….

    I’m sure this has been written a thousand ways…………. But choosing the right setting material for your job is very important. there are certain types of adhesives used to set various types of tile. The most common used material is thinset. thinset mortar is a blend of portland cement, finely graded sand and a water…

  • Ameris Bank Tile Project in Jacksonville, Florida

    The Tile was Ergon Engineered Porcelain Tile Alabastro Evo spec’d by the Ameris Bank & Architect and purchased through Virginia Tile Co. The Builder was Auld-White Constructors. Laticrete thinset was used on this project. 255 Multimax on the walls and 252 Silver on the floors. TEC AccuColor XT #933 Standard Grey was spec’d and used…

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  • I Cant Say Enough Good Things About Laticrete’s SpectraLock Epoxy Grout…

    I have been using Laticrete products now off & on for nearly 20 years. But I cant say enough about the SpectraLock grout. Yeah cement grouts have came a long way with TEC’s Accucolor XT, Custom’s Prism and Laticrete’s Permacolor. But when you want to get right down to it and make sure you have…