“We need new tiles in our bathroom. When we shower, water leaks through the floor.”

This past winter I arrived at two separate homes to find very similar situations. Both are old homes with very nice original tiles installed on thick mortar backing. Though anything is possible, the repair budget for these middle class homes likely wouldn’t afford same-quality replacement work.

Since my forté is restoration, and in both situations there was no structural damage to the wood behind, I opted to restore the original work instead of replace it. In both bathrooms, layer upon layer of caulking, upon layer of disgusting old caulk combined with crumbling grout made these showers look gross but seeing beyond the layers of silicon and stained grout lines to tiles that were still in great condition I chose restoration of the original. I love the old basket-weave tile floor and appreciate the style of the old work. (Sometimes not so much a fan of the colors…)

It’s fairly labor intensive to remove all the grout and decades of caulk but in the end the bathrooms do look freshly restored and the homeowners are shocked at the transformation.

I am currently upgrading a bathroom here in New Canaan. I have completed the floor and shower tiling.
Here is a snapshot update:

Installing tiles is completely gratifying work for me. This shower came out flawless!

The 12″ Grecian grey Marble flooring is beautiful. …more pictures to come on WoodDance.com