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TILE

Floor, wall, shower and fireplace tile in porcelain and ceramic. Done as part of a room rather than alone, so the grout lines, the trim and the transitions all agree with each other.

Finished tiled shower in bathroom in Ambler, PA

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Everything in one quote, with options to choose from.

Substrate checked for flatness and flex, then prepared with backer board, uncoupling membrane or mortar bed as the assembly requires

Every box checked on delivery, batch numbers matched, and the wood acclimated for the manufacturer's specified period

Waterproof membrane continuous on every wet area, with corners, seams and penetrations sealed

Shower pans sloped to the drain and flood-tested before a single tile is set

Layout dry-laid and walked with you before anything is bonded, with cuts planned to land in corners

Grout, sealing, and color-matched flexible caulk at every change of plane

Transitions and thresholds fitted flat to the adjoining rooms

Tile wet-cut or dust-collected, never dry-cut indoors, with daily cleanup and haul-away

HOW WE FINISH IT

Most tile failures start underneath the tile.

Tile itself rarely fails. What fails is what is under it: a substrate that flexes, a membrane with a gap at a corner, a shower pan without enough slope. Every one of those is invisible on day one and obvious by year three.

So the substrate is checked for flatness and deflection, wet areas get a continuous membrane with every seam sealed, and every shower pan is flood-tested and held before tile goes on. It costs a day, and it is the step that keeps a shower from failing behind the tile five years later.

Then the layout is dry-laid and walked with you before anything is bonded. Center lines are set so full tiles land where the eye goes and cuts tuck into corners. Inside corners get flexible caulk matched to the grout, never grout: grout is rigid, and every corner is a movement joint.

RECENT WORK

Tile work we have finished nearby.

WHAT IT COSTS

Tile work usually sits in the Transform band.

A bathroom floor on its own lands lower; a full shower or a patterned feature wall lands higher. The condition of what is underneath moves it more than the tile you choose.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Before you call.

  • On floors, sometimes, if the old tile is well bonded and flat and the added height does not create a threshold or door-clearance problem. In a shower, no. Tiling over old shower tile buries whatever is failing behind it.

  • Because grout is rigid and every corner is a movement joint. Inside corners and changes of plane get flexible caulk matched to the grout color. If yours is cracking, that is why.

  • Large format means fewer grout lines and a calmer room, but it demands a flatter substrate. Small tile and mosaic follow slopes better, which is why shower floors use them. The room usually decides.

  • Yes on cement-based grout, as part of the job. Epoxy grout does not need sealing and is worth considering in showers and on kitchen floors.

PAIRS WELL WITH

Rooms rarely need just one thing.

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LVP Flooring

Waterproof plank on a subfloor that was tested and leveled first.

Patterned Sofa Setting

Wallpaper

Walls skim-coated and primed, pattern matched at every seam.

Moldig installed on wall behind bed in Glenside.

Full Room Transformations

Color chosen against your actual floor, in your actual light.

Every job is run by one project manager, installed by one crew, so no down time between trades, no surprise change orders without notice, no cleanup left for you.

WHICH ROOM?
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT DOING?
BUDGET RANGE

We ask because it saves us both an afternoon. Most single-room transformations land between $4,000 - $8,000. Knowing roughly where you are helps us bring the right samples.

START THE CONVERSATION

Book a Design Consultation.

Tell us about the room. We'll come out, measure, walk it with you, and follow up with an itemized written proposal and fixed price.

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