Grout & Tile Cleaning

I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment or a bit of extra thinset will hide the dip. It won’t. I have seen fifteen thousand dollar projects ruined because an installer was too […]

Why Your Bathroom Grout is Crumbling into Sand Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. I have seen countless homeowners stare at their shower floors with […]

I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. The homeowner was complaining about their tile grout turning a sickly shade of amber, and they thought the solution was to pour straight bleach onto the lines every Saturday. They were wrong. By the time […]

I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment or the tile will hide the dip. It won’t. I walked onto a job site where the previous installer had left a haze so thick […]

Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That job taught me that the smallest fraction of an inch can ruin a five figure installation. It is […]

I can smell the floor wax and oak dust on my clothes as I sit here at my desk, looking at another photo sent by a frustrated homeowner. It is always the same story. They spent thousands of dollars on a custom tile job, and six months later, the pristine white grout lines look like […]

The Right Way to Clean Soap Scum Off Your Bathroom Tile I have spent twenty five years on my knees with a trowel in one hand and a level in the other. I have seen floors that were masterpieces of engineering and I have seen floors that were crimes against architecture. Most people look at […]

Most guys skip the leveling compound. They think the underlayment will hide the dip. It will not. I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor would not click like a castanet. That level of obsession with the substrate is what separates a professional from a guy with a […]

The chemical lie of chlorine bleach on porous surfaces The Mechanic with Sawdust Under His Nails knows that beauty is only skin deep, but a failure in the subfloor or a mold colony in the grout goes all the way to the bone. I smell like WD-40 and oak dust most days, and I have […]

I spent three days grinding concrete on a job last month just so the floor wouldn’t click like a castanet. That is the reality of high-end flooring. Most guys skip the leveling compound and they think the underlayment will hide the dip. It won’t. I have seen fifteen thousand dollar wide-plank walnut floors look like […]