Guides

Practical advice on tile, showers and tub-to-shower conversion, from the crew at Summit Home Services.

Cracked or Dirty Grout? Why We Don't Regrout, and What to Do Instead

Grout rarely fails on a sound tile job. What's usually behind cracked grout, when a cleaning company is the better call, and why we don't regrout.

Out of 10 showers we redo, maybe 1 or 2 are just updates. What we find under the old tile, two real jobs, and how the quote plans for it.

Starts at $9,000 for a pull and replace. A real 6x8 example priced line by line, and what a full gut changes.

Starts at $6,000 for the whole shower area. Here's what that covers, what's not included, and how to read a quote.

Tile floors start at $14 per square foot, and no price includes the tile. Here's what changes the number.

What the per-square-foot price covers, and why small rooms and custom patterns cost more.

Grout isn't waterproof. Here's what actually keeps water out of your walls, and what it costs to tile a shower.

Usually a 1 to 2 day job, quoted per job. The pattern you pick and the number of outlets in the way matter more than the size.