Tile a tub surround with beautiful marble tile in a weekend—without spending a fortune

Staging is your key to getting noticed and getting sold, says this expert

Find out how to install a tile floor in this kitchen catch-up project.

Finding the right flooring for your condominium can be a challenge. Condo owners are relieved of many of the responsibilities home owners have, but there's a trade-off in adhering to condo bylaws.

The same characteristics that make tile a good choice in other parts of the home can make tile the best choice for the bedroom of an allergy sufferer. Tile can be many colors and patterns, giving the room the exact look you love. A child's room can have bright basic shapes or a cheerful solid. The master bedroom can be an oasis of cool hues or spa-like neutrals. Breathe Easier With Tile Floors One of the challenges allergy sufferers face is keeping dust from collecting in the room where they…

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Each year, thousands of Arizona residents email or call Romero’s radio show with questions about everything from preventing chimney fires to getting rid of tree roots in their sewer systems.

The floor of a basement is not like the floors in the rest of the building because it is below ground level. The basement walls are the foundations the structure rests on, and they shift slightly (they are supposed to) with changing temperatures. The effects of water drainage around the base of the building make a difference in hydrostatic pressure pushing moisture into the walls and floor. This means there will be some flexing and moisture potential in your floor that you need to compensate…

Many people wonder how to best keep their beautiful new tile floor clean once it is installed. It really isn't difficult, and there are four basic tips that apply to every type of tile flooring you could have in your home. Protection Every tile either has an impervious glaze or comes with some type of recommendation for a sealant that will keep spills from seeping into it. Grout, too, generally needs to be sealed. When you choose your tile, ask about what type of protective sealants might be…

Even if your flooring tile is made of enduring granite, the grit that shoes track in will act like sandpaper and slowly etch the surface. Granite tile is more durable than many others, but eventually it will show wear from the traffic of dirty shoes. It's a good idea to keep that grit from coming into constant contact with your tile floor by using the lowly door mat. Protect By Prevention Commercial properties often will use entrance mats to collect the grit off the bottoms of shoes when…

Anyone considering marble as flooring tile has probably done some research and ended up with more questions than answers. Do you still want marble if it stains and etches? Is the sealing process going to be horrendous every time it needs it? How do you decide between polished or honed finishes? Generally, the decision comes down to what you like. Some people want their tile to look like it did at the installation. Those folks will be the ones willing to go through the maintenance that marble…

In the tile industry, an eye is always kept on the future because eventually there will be a demand for the latest in tile surfaces for a home or business near our Montreal stores. Therefore, we keep the classics that always are in style, but we also will give you a glimpse of the possibilities you might be interested in. In 2014, there are a variety of predicted trends in tile: plain tumbled stone backsplashes are losing popularity but can be updated with decorative elements like a glass…

Tile is a popular material for residential flooring in the Montreal area because it has features that are suitable to the climate: impervious to water and slush from winter streets, cool in the summer and warm in the winter if you put radiant heat beneath it, difficult to damage despite the active Quebec lifestyle. Tile is a property improvement that brings value to your home if you decide to sell it and improves your quality of life while you are in that home. At the same time, everyone…

A bubbling floor in Tampa, Florida, that prompted a family to run outside was not a sinkhole, as suspected, but rather, bad tile work, an official says.

One of the mistakes often made in choosing home surfaces is that of choosing based on looks alone. There are other factors to consider that will make a big difference in how happy you will be with your choice in the years to come: What kind of traffic will this surface experience? What kind of dirt will this surface encounter? How will this surface be cleaned? What will damage this surface? Tile is a surface used in many homes because it is a strong, beautiful choice that will hold up to…

The winter season in Montreal can feel long and cold if your floors are also cold. Tile flooring with an underlying radiant heating system has a number of advantages that no other combinations of flooring and heating will offer: Heat rises, so the warm floor will make the entire room warm. Tile will retain heat and release it slowly, so there is warmth even when the heating system has cycled off. Tile is impervious to the salt, grime, and melted snow tracked into the house, so it is an easy…