What we install
Bathroom shower walls, kitchen backsplashes, hand-laid mosaic feature walls, and large-format porcelain floors — same Schluter or RedGard membrane underneath, same dry-laid mockup before adhesive, same in-house tile and stone setters. The tile changes; the standard on the substrate, the membrane, and the joint does not.
Shower walls, tub surrounds, full-bath floors, and powder-room feature walls. Schluter or RedGard membrane on every wet wall and shower floor. Pan slope verified before tile goes down. Linear or point drains both supported.
Slab-continuation backsplashes, hand-laid mosaic, large-format porcelain, hand-glazed subway, and custom patterns. Sometimes a standalone scope on an existing kitchen; often part of a full kitchen remodel.
Sheet-mounted glass mosaic for faster installs and broader pattern selection; fully hand-laid mosaic for custom or pictorial work. Common in powder rooms, behind kitchen ranges, and on accent walls behind freestanding tubs.
Twenty-four-by-forty-eight, forty-eight-by-forty-eight, and slab-format porcelain panels up to 5×10 feet. Reinforced substrate, leveling-lippage systems during set, and double-back mortar buttering. Increasingly the spec for high-end bath floors and shower walls because it minimizes grout lines.
Materials & Standards
Tile work lives or dies on the millimetre details — the membrane underneath, the joint width, the angle of an outside corner, the seal on porous stone before grout. The six standards below run the same on a powder-room feature wall and a bookmatched master bath floor.
Schluter Kerdi or RedGard membrane on every wall and floor in a wet area — showers, tub surrounds, wet-room layouts. Pan slope verified before tile. Linear and point drains both supported. No tier-based shortcut on the membrane — every project, every wet wall.
Small-format, large-format (24×48, 48×48), and slab-format porcelain panels up to 5×10 feet. Reinforced substrate prep on large-format. Leveling-lippage systems during set. Double-back mortar buttering — standard, not an upgrade.
Marble, limestone, travertine, and slate in tile format. Pre-sealed before grouting (so the grout doesn't stain the surrounding tile), final seal applied at completion. Care guide and re-seal schedule delivered with the warranty packet.
Sheet-mounted (chips pre-mounted on a backing) for faster installs and broader pattern selection. Fully hand-laid mosaic — chip by chip, no backing — for custom patterns, pictorial work, and high-end statement walls. We do both.
Two tiles cut at 45 degrees so the visible edge reads as a single continuous piece of stone wrapping the corner. Default on natural stone where the design calls for it; Schluter or bullnose profile on porcelain and ceramic where mitring isn't visually warranted.
Electric mat or hydronic tubing installed beneath the tile, on top of the membrane, controlled by a thermostat. Best in master bathrooms, primary bathrooms used in the morning, and basement floors. Line-itemed on the proposal so the floor-area economics are clear.
Process
Tile work runs as part of a remodel. A typical bathroom tile run is 1 to 2 weeks once the rough-in is closed and the membrane is up; a kitchen backsplash runs 3 to 5 days. Standalone tile-only scopes are possible — a backsplash replacement, a single-bath re-tile — but they share the same four-step process below.
On site or by video. We bring real samples — porcelain, ceramic, mosaic, natural stone — plus a Schluter sample so the membrane standard isn't abstract. Pattern, joint width, and outside-corner approach discussed in person.
Cement board on floors and wet walls (over wood subfloor) or direct-to-membrane on concrete. Schluter or RedGard membrane on every wet area. Pan slope verified. Heated-floor mat installed where specified, before tile goes down.
Complex patterns, mosaic feature walls, and large-format work dry-laid in front of the install location to confirm pattern, joint width, and outside-corner approach before adhesive. Mortar back-buttered for large-format. Lippage-leveling systems on big tile. Mitred outside corners on natural stone where called for.
Grout color confirmed against a wet sample on a small section before bagging. Pre-seal applied to natural stone before grouting; final coat at completion. Care guide and the 2-year written workmanship warranty delivered at handover.
Featured Projects
A few recent tile projects across NYC and northern NJ. Each links to a full case study with the tile spec, the membrane system, and the timeline.
Service Areas
We’re based in Newark, NJ, and we work across the NYC metro from there. Five boroughs, Long Island, Yonkers, and northern New Jersey are all on the standard route.
And 30+ surrounding cities within a 50-mile radius of Newark, NJ
FAQs
Everything we get asked about scope, timeline, materials, and how the work actually runs.
Porcelain (small-format, large-format, slab-format up to 5'×10'), ceramic (hand-glazed, machine-made, subway, custom), glass mosaic (sheet-mounted and individual chip), natural stone tile (marble, limestone, travertine, slate), and cement-look porcelain. We also install heated-floor systems under tile in any of these formats. We don't install vinyl tile or peel-and-stick — those aren't our category.
Yes. Large-format porcelain — 24×48, 48×48, and slab-format porcelain panels up to 5×10 feet — requires special handling: leveling lippage systems during set, double-back buttering of mortar, and reinforced subfloor preparation to prevent cracking under load. We use these techniques as standard. Large-format is increasingly the spec for high-end bathroom floors and shower walls because it minimizes grout lines.
Schluter Kerdi or RedGard membrane on every wall and floor in a wet area — showers, tub surrounds, wet-room layouts. Pan slope verified before tile goes down. Linear drains and point drains both supported. We don't shortcut the membrane by tier; it goes on every project regardless of finish tier. The membrane is the single most important detail in a tile job because every other failure traces back to it.
Yes. Sheet-mounted mosaic (where the small chips come pre-mounted on a backing) installs faster and is more common; we install plenty of it. Fully hand-laid mosaic — chip by chip, no backing — is slower and more expensive but produces a more crafted look, especially for custom patterns or pictorial work. We do both. Most powder-room feature walls use sheet-mounted; high-end statement walls often justify hand-laid.
Yes — mitred is the high-end finish on outside corners (where two perpendicular tile planes meet). The two tiles are cut at 45 degrees so the visible edge looks like a single continuous piece of stone wrapping the corner. The alternative is a Schluter or bullnose edge profile, which is faster and more economical. We default to mitred on natural stone where the design calls for it; we use Schluter on porcelain and ceramic where mitring isn't visually warranted.
An electric mat or hydronic tubing system installed beneath the tile, on top of the membrane and substrate, controlled by a thermostat. The mat heats the tile from below; the tile spreads the heat evenly across the floor. Best in master bathrooms, primary bathrooms used in the morning, and basement floors. The system adds about $8-15 per square foot to the floor depending on size and control type — we line-item it on the proposal so you can see the cost vs. the floor area.
Yes. If you've sourced tile already — a specific Italian porcelain, a hand-made ceramic from a specific maker, a tile you've been holding for two years — we'll install it. We add a clarifying note to the contract: warranty on the installation is ours; warranty on the tile itself stays with whoever sold it. We confirm tile quantity (with the standard 10–15% overage for cuts) before the order is placed so you don't run short mid-project.
Natural stone tile (marble, limestone, travertine) is porous and needs sealing to prevent staining. We pre-seal stone tile before grouting (so the grout doesn't stain the surrounding tile), then apply a final seal at completion. We deliver a written care guide with the warranty packet listing the specific sealer used and a re-sealing schedule (typically every 2 to 3 years for residential interior use).
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Call to walk through your project, or schedule a free consultation — by video if you can’t be on site, in person if you can. We bring sample materials, a measuring kit, and a written scope back to you within a few business days.
