Last fall I attended a class from Schluter Systems about some of their products including Ditra.  Ditra is the orange-colored waffle-looking stuff on the floor in this picture.  It’s not only much easier and cleaner to install than cementboard, but it’s touted as being a superior underlayment to actually give you a better tile installation [...] Read More

I recently had the pleasure of helping a client with a complete home renovation.  He was adding a second story to the home that would include a spacious master suite.  I got the job of installing all the tile in the house, starting with the master bath and a very large tile shower that would [...] Read More

I can go on and on about all the different ways to do tile.  That may be one reason I enjoy laying tile so much.  It lets me express my creative side.  Even if a client has all the tile picked out, I get to create the layout and imagine the final product and all [...] Read More

Many of the specialized tile products I use come from a company called Schluter.  This includes the incredible Kerdi shower waterproofing system which is a superior way to construct a tile shower.  To educate tile contractors on their products they host regional “Innovation Workshops”  where they put us up in a nice hotel  for a couple [...] Read More

There are a multitude of choices of tile or stone for your next project, but if you want something completely unique you might look at using handmade tiles.  That’s what this homeowner chose for her fireplace.  This home in the Belmont-Hillsboro neighborhood is full of old house character mixed with the homeowner’s own wonderful taste [...] Read More