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Tiling Projects

Kitchen & Bathrooms

By High Altitude Finishes

November 27^th, 2019

Kitchen Remodel

This client hired us to help modernize the kitchen of her mountain home. We up-cycled the kitchen shown below and replaced it with custom cabinets, Moros stone countertops and a custom tile backsplash. We performed all demolition and general contracting for this project. We also did the tile & plumbing. Our client chose a glass tile with a complex pattern. This has been indeed one of our most challenging tiling jobs to date. We had to install tiles individually given that the wall was not square nor was it plumb. Glass tiles had to be cut and then polished individually with a diamond polishing pad to achieve a perfect look. In most of our projects we use Schluter edge technology at transition or ending points. In this project it was particularly important to do so, given that the backsplash ends in a plaster organic wall.

Bathroom remodel with a custom shower pan included

A client called us regarding a bathroom she believed to be outdated. We were tasked with demolishing both plaster walls and a custom shower pan. Demolition showed a previously improperly built shower floor. The subfloor was found to be completely rotten due to water damage. We rebuilt the wall framing and flooring. We also built a custom shower pan following proper protocol.

Ogee Drop Moroccan Tile

In the winter of 2022, we decided to give this 60 sq ft kitchen back splash a try. Although this Moroccan design is very fluid in nature, its execution requires a extreme attention to proper layout and basic building principles. Ironically, the success of this organic/fluid pattern, depends on the installers ability to lean on carpentry principles such as having a plumb wall, a level counter top and a proper cabinet installation protocol. We then came up with a way to make systematic tile cuts by creating a jig that can replicate the same cut to 1/32" precision. A jig also allowed us to make perfect square cuts on a round tile.

For this type of tile, dry setting was extremely important. Dry layout allows to perfectly plan corners. It also allows for planning the grid type of layout that this particular tile design requires. We made a 6" grid in the walls (both vertical and horizontal) to make sure the tile followed a perfectly level pattern. One can do such grid using regular levels or a laser level.

Other tiling projects

The following two projects were done in collaboration with our friend and excellent tiler Mary Greenpole. They included doing three bathrooms on the same house using octagonal tile in the floors and subway tile in the shower.