Category: rip out

  • Custom Bathroom Tile Remodel In Tampa, Florida

    We recently completed a custom bathroom renovation in the Westchase area of  Tampa Florida. The customer had contacted us with an idea to do a full bathroom remodel and wanted help on the tile. After a phone conversation with them I had a feel of what they were looking for and sent them to a…

  • A Moldy Mess to a Beautiful New Tile Bathroom Shower

    I was contacted by a client in Wesley Chapel, Florida which is just North of New Tampa to do a master bathroom tile remodel. They had just purchased the house and didn’t like the existing bathroom and also told me they thought there were problems with the shower. They decided they wanted to redo the…

  • 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…

  • Pebble Shower & Plank Tile Bathroom – St. Petersburg, FL.

    Here is a small bathroom remodel we did for a client in St. Petersburg (St. Pete Beach), Florida. The old shower was constructed with the traditional pan liner. The one thing it didn’t have was the pre-pitch under the liner and vapor barrier on the walls when originally constructed. The shower did last about 16…

  • Porcelain Plank Tile Installation – (Tampa, Florida)

    I recently did a Porcelain Plank tile floor in Wesley Chapel, Florida which is just a little North East of Tampa. The homeowner wanted a harder floor then real wood and also didn’t want the noisy cheap floating laminate floor look and loud sound when walked on with shoes.  I showed them a rectified porcelain…

  • Granite Tile Counter with a Travertine & Glass Splash

    Here is a Granite tile counter top project we completed as part of a full master bathroom remodel in Wesley Chapel “Tampa”, Florida. The old shower tile was removed and ripped down to the metal studs, the shower floor tile and mud bed was removed, the main floor tile was removed, cabinets, mirrors, lights, old…

  • Ceramic Tile HydroBan Shower – Tampa, Florida

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