Tile installation process

Materials

Selection of building materials is critical to the integrity of the project. Each project has its own differences and challenges requiring custom material selections. We choose only the best products to use as they produce the best final product. In addition many of these premium products come with warranties up to lifetime. What’s under the hood does matter a tremendous amount even if no one will ever see it once it is covered.

Prep

This is the most important area of tile installation but is all too often overlooked. The final product must be visualized before beginning. Walls must be shimmed or otherwise made plumb, flat, and square. Layout must be thought about at this time; no sliver cuts here. Floors must be made level and flat to TCNA standards of one eight inch variance in ten feet. The integrity of the building and substrates must be considered. At this time, showers are waterproofed using modern, water in - water out waterproofing systems. Shower systems must be completely waterproofed from drain to shower head. Time well spent leads to speedy and precise tile installation in the next step. With perfect prep comes perfect work.

Installation

Attention to detail is critical. This is where craftsmanship and art come together. To the untrained eye, tile and stone products appear as though they are perfectly sized and consistent. This is never the case. Installed correctly, that inconsistency and variability is what makes tile a beautiful, custom, and unique surface that will last a lifetime.