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Tile & Backsplash Installation in Naperville, IL

Layout first. Everything else follows from it.

Bathroom tub and shower surround finished in large-format gray wood-grain tile with a brushed nickel shower fixture, handheld sprayer and white alcove tub

Tile & Backsplash

What we do, and how we do it

Good tile work is decided before any thinset is mixed. Where the first full tile lands determines where the cuts fall, whether the grout lines run true across a doorway, and whether the course at eye level is a full tile or a two-inch sliver. We dry-lay and snap our lines first, work off the most visible sightline, and put the awkward cuts where the eye does not go.

We install ceramic, porcelain, natural stone and large-format tile — kitchen backsplashes scribed to the counter, full-height shower and tub surrounds, bathroom and mudroom floors, and entry landings. Floors get a checked and flattened substrate, uncoupling membrane where the situation calls for it, and movement joints where the tile meets a wall or another material.

Our Process

Our Tile Installation Process

Four steps, in this order, every time.
  1. 1

    Check the substrate

    We check the wall or floor for flat and for movement. Anything out of tolerance gets corrected before layout, not compensated for during setting.

  2. 2

    Plan the layout

    Lines snapped and tile dry-laid so cuts land out of the primary sightline and grout lines run true through doorways and corners.

  3. 3

    Set the tile

    Proper trowel and full coverage on the back of the tile, with leveling clips on large format. Spacing consistent all the way through.

  4. 4

    Grout and seal

    Grouted, cleaned back before it hazes, and changes of plane finished in color-matched silicone so they do not crack out.

Our Work

Tile & Backsplash — from our own jobs

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  • Bathroom tub and shower surround finished in large-format gray wood-grain tile with a brushed nickel shower fixture, handheld sprayer and white alcove tub
    A tub and shower surround in large-format gray wood-grain tile, run full height with tight grout lines, finished with brushed nickel fixtures.

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Tile & Backsplash near you

  • Naperville, IL
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  • Plainfield, IL
  • Bolingbrook, IL
  • Lisle, IL
  • Wheaton, IL
  • Downers Grove, IL
  • Woodridge, IL
  • Warrenville, IL
  • Oswego, IL

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