Our most recent completed master bathroom remodel was located in Acworth, GA. This client acted as his own general contractor for this project and hired us for the tile work. The original shower to the home was a mud job, so it was a bear to tear out! A mud job is the traditional way of building a shower where they would embed common masonry material (sand, lyme, portland cement) in wire and set tile on that. It’s heavy and nasty to tear out, but it works! We replaced that with a Schluter Systems shower, lightening the load. We built this shower according to Schluter System’s standards, complete with official paperwork. It has a lifetime factory warranty. How much peace of mind would you get knowing that your bathroom is covered by a lifetime factory warranty and installed by two of the only 1600 Certified Tile Installers in the entire United States?
We take our preparation stage very seriously. The whole job hinges on how well we prepare the area before any tile is set. We would be the fastest tile guys in the world if we didn’t have to rebuild all the shoddy work from when your home was built! We do this everyday and when we think about the amount of going backwards we have to do, it is mind boggling. We build according to Maximum, not minimum standards. Tile work: it’s like a barbecuing a brisket, low and slow but when it’s done it melts in your mouth! Step by step, no corners cut and when we’re done your bathroom will last a lifetime.
My favorite part of building these is the thought of showing you all our work. I always say that people who show their work, take pride in their work. It’s like my high school algebra teacher, “Show your work!” When people hire us, it’s never a mystery what they are going to get. I feel like it provides great peace of mind for our customers. Our target market: “If you care about how your project is built, we want to work for you!”
Part of our “Full service tile job” is handling all aspects of the job. Including acquiring all the material in order to ensure a consistent finished product. This is day two, all materials loaded at Tile House in Marietta and delivered to the job site!
I’m constantly harping on this, because I know what kind of thin set coverage most tile installers are getting under their tile. It doesn’t look anything like this! Full thin set coverage under the tile is so important to getting a lasting finished product! These tiles are 24” x 24” and 12” x 24” respectively, they need to be supported!
Lippage systems (the green clips) are a pro grade tool. This tile was a gloss tile, so we used a specific type of lippage system called MLT. It will not scratch the tile like wedge style lippage systems. Check out the video below for a full explanation of what these lippage systems are all about and watch how professionals install tile.
My marketing is directed specifically to those who want to know and trust the people who work in their homes. We market and sell to folks who want to hire people that share similar values. We understand your standards of etiquette, because we SHARE your standards of etiquette. If you wouldn’t want the people building your master bathroom USING your master bathroom, you should think twice about hiring them to construct your master bathroom. My name is Ben Santos, this is Jason Hamilton and we close the toilet seat.
This bathroom received Kohler all the way. The bar below was a Kohler piece, that we installed. We covered all bases by putting significant amounts of wood blocking behind the tile so this thing is sturdy as all get out! We also installed this Kohler glass door. Obviously, Kohler is extremely pricey stuff. If you’re spending thousands on certain items, how important is it to you to have competent, conscientious, credentialed people install these items? We are those people!
The installation video above gives you an inside look at this bathroom being installed!
I enjoy the final days of the tile install. I spend a lot of time fine tuning details like polishing the gloss 24” x 24” porcelain tile on the floor. I kept thinking about the final reveal, all the cardboard finally up, when the homeowners would finally see the finished floor. I did’t want them to see one spot in the sunlight when they looked down! Every time I thought I was done, I would get up and see the sun hitting the tile at such an angle and I’d see a spot! So, I’d get down and do some more polishing! I did this for about an hour and a half, until I got it perfect!
Below are a few finished pictures for your viewing enjoyment. David did excellent with his side of the job. He was very invested into this project doing much of the work himself. I mention often that we are ‘winners’. Part of being a winner in the trades, is running toward accountability and not away from it. Feel free to have high expectations when you hire us. We invite it.
Free standing tubs are what I lovingly and respectfully call “Budget Busters”. Not only can the tub be remarkably expensive, but the filler neck, which is all finished, traditionally has a jaw dropping price tag. Add the cost of the plumber to set all this up and the movers to get this behemoth into place; the extra tile underneath it and the wainscoting around it, you’re easily looking at an extra $8k. At the same time, bathrooms sell houses, home buyers love to see free standing tubs, so think about the value added when trying to offload your home.
In order to get a finished shower floor that looks like this, notice there are no sheet lines; we pulled all the stones off of the sheets and set them individually. Check out this blog post for an in depth explanation on why we do this, and any tile installer you hire should do the same! Way more time, but a much better finished product. You aren’t paying us to see distinct lines on your shower floor!
Finally, our five star google review, that is absolutely on point! Thanks David!
