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Tile Installation — Showers, Floors and Backsplashes

Waterproofed showers, flat floors, straight grout lines and a backsplash that finishes the kitchen — tile set by the crew that also does the trim around it.

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Tile is unforgiving of what is under it. We flatten the floor, waterproof the shower, and lay it out so cuts land where nobody looks. Each page below is one tile job with what you supply, what we bring, and how it is priced.

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Tile jobs we do (16)

Oak-trimmed window over a corner jetted tub with an oak vanity

Add a Niche to a Tile Shower — Cut In, Waterproofed and Tiled

The shower is fine, but the shampoo bottles live on the tub edge or a rusting caddy. You want a recessed niche without retiling the whole shower.

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Oak-trimmed double-hung window in a bathroom

Bathroom Floor Tile Installation — Porcelain Set Flat and Level

Old vinyl or cracked tile out, the subfloor flattened and stiffened, new porcelain set flat with straight grout lines and the toilet reset — one crew from demo to the last bead of caulk.

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Oak-trimmed casement pair over the kitchen sink with black hardware

Bathroom Tile Wainscot — Half Wall of Tile With a Cap

The powder room or the wall behind the toilet takes splashes and scuffs — tiled to chair height with a clean cap, without tearing the bathroom apart.

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White slider window over the kitchen sink with oak casing and a deck view

Cracked Tile Repair — Replace Broken Tiles, Reset Loose Tile, Regrout

One cracked tile in the middle of the floor, a few that sound hollow, or grout that is crumbling out — fixed one tile at a time, without tearing up the room.

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Finished room with new plank flooring, painted walls and white trim

Entryway Tile Inset — Tile Landing Set Flush Into LVP or Hardwood

A landing of tile inside the door, cut into the wood or vinyl plank so nothing sticks up to trip on — the spot the winter lands on, made of something that does not care.

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Kitchen windows with white painted casing and a sunny sill in a Twin Cities home

Fireplace Tile Surround Installation — Over Brick or Cement Board

The fireplace has dated brick, cracked builder tile or a bare drywall face, and you want new tile around the opening and on the hearth.

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Heated Tile Floor Installation — Electric Radiant Heat Under Tile

A bathroom or mudroom floor that is warm on a January morning — electric radiant heat under new tile, installed with the floor so nothing gets done twice.

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Kitchen Backsplash Installation — Subway, Mosaic and Full Height

The countertops are in and the wall above them is bare — subway, mosaic, or full-height slab-look tile set on a level line, cut tight to every outlet, and finished behind the stove.

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Mudroom Tile Floor — Porcelain Entry Tile That Takes Boots and Salt

The back entry takes snow, salt, dog paws and hockey bags all winter — a porcelain tile floor is the one surface that shrugs it off, if it is set on a base that does not flex.

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Shower Regrout and Recaulk — Old Grout Ground Out, Silicone Corners

Grout that is cracking, crumbling or black in the corners, caulk that has pulled away from the tub — fixed properly, or told straight when the shower needs more than new grout.

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Shower Tile Installation — Waterproofed Walls, Pan and Niche

A tiled shower that stays dry behind the tile — membrane, pan and niche built as one system, then wall tile set plumb with the cuts where you never see them.

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Shower Wall Tiles Coming Loose — Soft Wall Behind the Tile Rebuilt

A tile by the valve popped off, the wall behind it is soft when you press it, and more tiles sound hollow — it is the wall, not the tile.

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Small Bathroom Remodel Contractor — Tile Floor, Vanity, Trim and Paint

The hall bathroom is fine but dated: builder vanity, vinyl floor, hollow door — a remodel that keeps the walls and plumbing where they are and replaces everything you touch and see.

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Tile Floor Removal — Ceramic Tile and Thinset Out, Floor Ready for New

The kitchen, bath or entry tile is dated, cracked or in the way of a new floor, and it does not come up without a fight — we break it out, get the thinset off and leave a floor ready for the next thing.

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Tub Surround Tile Installation — Three-Wall Alcove on Cement Board

The yellowed fiberglass surround or the cracked tile above the tub comes off, the walls get cement board and a membrane, and porcelain goes up plumb with a niche where the shampoo bottles used to sit on the tub edge.

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Tub to Shower Conversion — Walk-In Tile Shower in the Tub Alcove

Nobody has taken a bath in years and stepping over the tub wall is getting harder; this is the job that turns that alcove into a walk-in tile shower without touching the rest of the bathroom.

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