Category Archives: Tile Tips

Choosing the Right Tile Size

  If you haven’t already noticed, when you use a large tile in a small [...]

Ask Customers the Right Questions

Don’t mislead your customers! That only leads to false expectations, which leads to unhappy customers, [...]

Customer Approvals

You know the old sayings: “measure twice, cut once” or “installation constitutes acceptance” or “better [...]

Grout Color Variations

If you don’t prepare your client in advance about what they should expect from a [...]

Choose the Right Tile for the Job

Make sure that the tile products you sell, specify or install in interior or exterior [...]

Installers: Best Defense is Offense

When there’s a problem with a tile installation it’s typically the tile installers that are [...]

Show Up For Success

  If you don’t show up on the job you’re not just letting other people [...]

The Truth About Sealers

  Tile and stone sealers can be very beneficial for making tile, stone and grout [...]

Cheap Insurance

Running out of material can be very costly. The “opportunity cost,” or lost potential income, [...]

When Tiles Warp…

Some natural stones and agglomerate resin tiles are moisture sensitive.  So when thin-set mortar comes [...]