Tile Installation, Maintenance & Repair

Q. Describe the most common types of jobs you do for your clients.

A. I specialize in Showers: tub, stall & custom steam showers.

Q. What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A. Quality has it's price, price has no quality.

Q. If you were a customer, what do you wish you knew about your trade? Any inside secrets to share?

A. That my project has the same lasting quality as beauty, what measures I provide that lead to protection from moisture especially on counter tops, back splashes & showers.

Q. What important information should buyers have thought through before seeking you out?

A. To begin all I require is your proper adress & phone number,

Q. Why does your work stand out from others who do what you do?

A. What separates my work from others is the methods I utilize in constructing my projects, I use black paper, wire mesh & cement as a base when many others use prefabricated cement boards, I work with you using your ideas couples with my skills to provide a project that meets your satisfaction, I offer references & a portfolio.

Q. What do you like most about your job?

A. The look of pleasure in clients faces & It satisfies my creative needs.

Q. What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A. The most common questions I receive deal with keeping grout joints clean & stone tile from stains & my answer is always a good silicone sealer which repels.

Q. Do you have a favorite story from your work?

A. I learned tile from trial & error before being taken under the wing by old man who was a union formen & his son who taught me according to union standards how to water proof & prepare the tile base for any surface, how to layout a project & complete.

Q. What do you wish customers knew about you or your profession?

A. That I have a passion for the Masonry & Tile trade with over 25 years of experience in basic to custom quality craftsmanship. I worked as a union brick mason before becoming a tile setter.

Q. How did you decide to get in your line of work?

A. Since I was about 20 I wanted to learn Tile setting.

Q. Tell us about a recent job you did that you are particularly proud of.

A. I have done a few bathroom & showers & notice I have gotten better with time in being able to complete a bath & shower in around a 10 day period.

Q. Do you do any sort of continuing education to stay up on the latest developments in your field?

A. I consult with other tile setters, I read trade journals & have recently branched out into mosaics after being inspired by a group of to conduct work shops for a park project in El Monte (Dreaming of Mosaics in El Monte).

Q. What are the latest developments in your field? Are there any exciting things coming in the next few years or decade that will change your line of business?

A. The latest developments are more big & bold tiles as well as the introduction of a variety of natural stone tiles.

Q. Describe your most recent project, what it involved, how much it cost, and how long it took.

A. My most recent was a shower stall done with my clients choice of 13"x13" floor tiles with no trim for the outer edges in which i convinced my client to use natural stone chair rails for the outer vertical edges & a few 18"x18" tile which I cut & bullnosed & polished to fit over the shower dam, you can't tell the difference between the porcelain & travertine. My client was extremely pleased.

Q. If you have a complicated pricing system for your service, please give all the details here.

A. My system is fairly simple but requires me to view the project in which i may charge by the day or by the project, I use the square foot as a guide.

Q. If you were advising someone who wanted to get into your profession, what would you suggest?

A. Start at the bottom.

Q. Write your own question and answer it.

A. Would you like to see my web page? http://www.CreativeTileandMosaics.com