Category: Tampa

  • Types of Porcelain tiles…

    Depending on project objectives, porcelain tile may be purchased in glazed, unglazed or polished varieties. There are two main types of porcelain tile: Through-bodied porcelain and glazed porcelain. Through-Bodied Porcelain Term: The term “through-body” refers to the tile being consistent in composition through out the body of the tile. The color and texture runs through…

  • Shade Variation in Ceramic & Porcelain Tile….

    Many popular styles of ceramic tiles are designed and manufactured to appear and feel like natural stone, imitating their rugged surface and color variation. It’s important to understand these variations while selecting and laying out your ceramic tile flooring. You will always be provided with a wide range of glazes, different gloss levels, colors and…

  • Making a Marble or Porcelain Soap Shelf…..

    Customers here in Tampa, Florida are always asking me for a soap shelf to be installed in their new porcelain, marble or ceramic tile shower. Some go out a buy the basic ceramic corner shelf and want me to put that in. They are pretty big and usually the ceramic glaze colors doesn’t match the…

  • 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…