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Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 5:13 PM
A few days ago we completed a 200 sq. ft. floor in the South Land Park/Green haven area. The floor consisted of 12"x24" porcelain tile in a off set pattern.
The existing floor was a few layers of laminate flooring, Particle board and linoleum. We removed all of the existing materials and found out that the existing sub floor was tongue and grove planks.
For us to tile the floor a layer of 3/4" plywood needed to be installed prior to the cement board. After all of the plywood was installed, we installed 1/4" cement board. |
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Posted on Friday, April 27, 2012 3:46 PM
We just finished up a travertine fireplace in elk grove ca. The existing fireplace was a standard brick fireplace from the late 1980's.This home owner has had extensive tile and stone work done by us. We also remodeled their entire guest bathroom. Anyways, they wanted a modern look for their outdated brick fireplace. They chose a 18x18 travertine. All edges of the travertine were bull nosed and polished.
All of their floors were tiled by Divine Tile & Stone.
www.divinetileandstone.com
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Posted on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 1:17 PM
We get asked all the time if we install tile in elk grove ca. We actually do quit a bit of tile work in Elk Grove.
Anything from a tiled bathroom floor, tiled master bathroom showers, full bathroom remodel to full kitchen remodels. Our most recent tile installation was a tiled kitchen counter top and tiled kitchen backslash.
That project consisted of tearing out all of the existing Formica counter tops, installation of new plywood decks, mud floating and of course installation of porcelain tile. We also removed and re-installed the sink, garbage disposal and all if the electrical plates. |
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Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 6:07 PM
We are currently working on a tile shower/roman tub project in Davis Ca.
This project consists of gutting all of the existing tile, mud, thin set and grout. New hot mop tub, sheet rock installation, mud float and new tile installation. This tile tub will be able to function like a regular tub and also like a shower. Every square inch will be tiled, including the walls, tub walls, shower/tub floor and outside walls.
There will be a layer of waterproof membrane that will prevent any water prom penetrating the tub walls when filled up. |
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Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 9:00 PM
Divine Tile & Stone provides full bathroom remodels for the Sacramento and surrounding areas. Our bathroom remodeling techniques offer great quality work at affordable prices. We can provide great prices for tile and stone from our suppliers. We can also provide cabinets, plumbing fixtures, mirrors and lights at a great price from different sources. We specialize in building master bathroom showers from the ground up.
Our procedures when it comes to remodeling a bathroom are very different from other contractors. |
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Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 10:55 AM
This tile job was located in El Dorado Hills CA. It consisted of a full demo of the existing wood framing, slate and cement board. This tile installation failed over time due to no water proof membrane and improper materials used. The original contractor failed to use any waterproof membrane. Over time the water penetrated through the grout, cement board and past the 3/4" plywood down to the actual wood structure. The wood framing was so damaged that 95% of the wood framing had to be removed. |
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Posted on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 9:48 AM
We were contracted to tile a bathroom floor in Downtown Sacramento CA. The existing sub floor was a bit of a headache due to half of it being wood and the other half being gypcrete. We used a high quality crack isolation membrane before any of the tile was installed.
The home owner chose a 1"x1" hexagon tiles on a mat. They also chose to install a ceramic cove base instead of the usual wood base boards. Like always we used a high quality thin set to install the tiles to the membrane and wall. |
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Posted on Saturday, April 07, 2012 1:51 PM
This Monday we will start a very unique tile shower in Davis Ca. This shower will take some very unique tile work. The walls and the actual tub will be mud floated and tiled. This whole shower will be tore out, there will be new plumbing and all of it will be mud floated and water proofed. This is also another shower installation that failed over the years due to improper waterproofing and installation techniques.
This is what the shower looks like currently:
 I will upload new pics of the tear out in the next few days! |
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Posted on Saturday, April 07, 2012 1:42 PM
We started a slate tile patio in El Dorado Hills CA this week. This is an existing slate patio and steps that had been tiled a few years ago. The tile company who installed the tile failed to use any type of waterproof membrane. There were many steps that needed to be done to fully waterproof this patio.
We tore out the existing slate, cement board and plywood that was fully saturated with water. The existing wood structure was totally rotted and really bad shape. We agreed to tear the wood structure that was below the tile installation. |
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Posted on Saturday, April 07, 2012 1:14 PM
A couple weeks ago we started a ceramic tile floor project in Granite Bay. The area to be tiled was a kitchen floor that currently had linoleum and was over a wood sub-floor. The home owner chose a 12x12 ceramic tile with 2x2 mosaic inserts. He requested the tile to be set in a off set pattern, also know as brick joint.
We started by removing all of the appliances, and placing them aside. We then removed the linoleum and the particle board that it was installed on. After all of the existing materials we removed, we installed 1/4" cement board. |
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Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2012 11:44 PM
This week we started a full shower remodel. The home owner stated that for the last two years she smelled a foul odor coming from the shower. She currently has a cultured marble surround that is about 20 years old. We started to tear out the old cultured marble slabs and we found the cause of the problem. The window seal had a crack, that caused water to flow behind the cultured marble. The water water then stayed there until it dried up. this caused mold to grow for the next few years.
This is fairly common, most showers we tear out usually have some sort of mold or water damage. |
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Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 12:45 PM
Thanks to a client of ours we are now on Angies list! Feel free to browse thier website and read our review. We really apreciate our loyal clients. You can find us by typing in Divine Tile And Stone or type in ceramic tile and sacramento for the location. Thanks! |
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Posted on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 2:04 PM
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Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 4:15 PM
Here are some pictures that I would like to share regarding tile over concrete slab. Usually, a concrete slab does not move or crack. If it does move or crack is does it in a minute way. But in this case, the cracks that formed were huge. This is a top view of the crack. In this case the crack caused the tile to tent which then caused the tiles to crack and come loose. What we did was we ground down the existing thin set and also ground down both sides of the crack to completely flatten out the floor. |
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Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 1:54 PM
With so many tile installation methods and products it easy easy to straw from the methods that are time tested. I am referring to the process called mud floating. Most tile contractors and tile companies in the Sacramento area do not mud float anymore. Their version is installing cement board directly to the studs of a shower or installing it over Sheetrock. This method is fine and dandy if the studs are plumb and flat, but in 90% of showers the studs are out of plumb and bowed. What this does is it makes the finished product sub standard (tile cuts are not the same, grout joints close up or open up, lippage between the tiles etc). |
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