Installation · Coachella Valley
Shower & bathroom tile
Showers, tub surrounds and bathroom walls — waterproofed properly, then tiled to last.
Shower and bathroom tile installation is the waterproofing and tiling of wet areas — shower walls and floors, tub surrounds, niches, curbs and benches — built so water goes down the drain and never into the wall.
A shower is the one tile job where what you can't see matters more than what you can. Behind the tile there has to be a continuous waterproofing membrane, a pan sloped to the drain, sealed corners and a flood test before a single tile goes on. Skip any of that and the prettiest shower in the valley is a leak with a countdown.
We build showers to the TCNA handbook: sheet or liquid membrane rated to ANSI A118.10, pre-sloped pans, proper curbs and niches, movement joints at every change of plane. Then the part people see — large-format porcelain, mosaic floors, stone, glass — laid out so the cuts land where they belong.
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What’s included
- Demolition and haul-away of the old tile, backer and pan
- New cement board or foam board substrate, plumb and flat
- Waterproofing membrane over the whole wet area and a flood-tested shower pan
- Niches, benches and curbs built in, not glued on
- Tile set in thinset — never mastic — with silicone at every change of plane
- Grout sealed (or epoxy grout if you choose it) and glass-ready for your door installer
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How it works
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Site visit and estimate
Josh measures the shower, checks the subfloor and the drain, and talks through tile size, layout and niche placement. You get a written estimate with a schedule.
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Demo, prep and waterproofing
Old tile out, new substrate in, membrane applied and corners sealed. The pan is flood-tested overnight before any tile goes on it.
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Tile, grout and walkthrough
Walls and floor tiled to the layout you approved, grouted, cleaned and sealed. We walk it with you and leave it ready for the glass.
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Showers & bathrooms by town
Palm Desert
Country-club condos in Palm Desert often have 1980s mud-set showers hiding soft drywall behind the tile; we open them up and rebuild the wet area properly.
La Quinta
Primary-suite showers in La Quinta tend to be large walk-ins with benches and double niches — more waterproofing, more layout, and the place large-format porcelain shines.
Palm Springs
Mid-century bathrooms in Palm Springs call for period-right tile: 4×4 squares, penny rounds and colored grout lines laid out with the same care as the originals.
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Fair questions
How long does a shower tile job take?
Three to five working days for a standard shower or tub surround: a day for demo and substrate, a day for waterproofing and the flood test, two to three days for tile and grout. Grout and silicone then cure for a couple of days before the first shower.
Do you waterproof behind the tile?
Every shower, every time. Tile and grout are not waterproof — the membrane behind them is. We use sheet or liquid membranes rated to ANSI A118.10 over the full wet area and flood-test the pan before tiling.
Can you build a curbless or walk-in shower?
Yes, when the floor allows it. On a slab-on-grade home — most of the valley — a curbless shower means recessing the pan into the slab, which we quote after looking at the floor. Linear drains and large-format floor tile work well with it.
Is grout or epoxy grout better for a desert shower?
Epoxy grout doesn't absorb water, doesn't stain and never needs sealing, which matters with the valley's hard water. It costs more and is less forgiving to install. High-performance cement grout, sealed, is the usual choice; epoxy is worth it on shower floors and white grout lines.
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Showers & bathrooms by town
Palm Desert · Indian Wells · La Quinta · Rancho Mirage · Palm Springs · Cathedral City · Indio · Bermuda Dunes
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