I thought I’d post a couple pictures of a tile surround I completed a couple weeks ago.  Somewhere along the way, the homeowners had added the shower to an old bath-only and had put painted faux-tile paneling around it on the walls.  I wasn’t exactly waterproof and was beginning to show some damage.  It was [...] Read More

When I’m grouting, I’m typically using a tool called a ‘float’ to move the grout around and shove it into the gaps between tiles.  When doing a larger area like a kitchen floor, I normally like to have the largest float I can find.  However, when you’re working on a smaller area, it can be really [...] Read More

One of the keys to making a tile installation look correct is how you approach the transitions to the surrounding flooring.  There are numerous ways to do this depending on your situation and the heights of the adjacent floors.  I have fallen in love with metal trim pieces from a company called Schluter.  If you [...] Read More

Laying out a tile floor is not something you ever want to rush.  In the end you want the lines to look good and hopefully land in convenient places.  For my recent kitchen and dining room project it got a little more complicated. The first complication was that the tile was to be installed diagonally.  [...] Read More

Before setting out to lay 16″ tile diagonally, you must consider how you are going to cut it.  After all, every single piece around the perimeter will need to be cut and that’s just for starters.  Even my larger Felker saw will not cut this tile diagonally because the lip of the sliding tray is [...] Read More