TILE
The material that outlasts the building it's installed in.
Porcelain and ceramic for floors, walls, wet rooms, and feature surfaces. Specified, laid out, and installed as a system — membrane, mortar, grout, and tile together.
What to look at
Characteristics that decide the spec.
The properties below shape every tile consultation — what we narrow on, in roughly the order it comes up.
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Material
Porcelain is dense and low-absorption — the everyday choice for floors, kitchens, bathrooms, and heated-floor applications. Ceramic is lighter and rated for vertical use — backsplashes, feature walls, shower surrounds.
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PEI rating
Floor tile carries a wear rating from PEI 1 (light foot traffic) up to PEI 5 (heavy commercial). We match the rating to the room rather than choosing on look alone.
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Slip resistance
Wet rooms, entries, and exterior-adjacent areas need higher DCOF ratings than a powder room. Spec sheets carry this number; we read it for you so the wrong tile doesn't end up in the wrong room.
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Wet-room suitability
Showers and steam rooms are a system, not a tile. Waterproofing membrane, slope, drain, and tile coordinated together. The visible part is the tile; the part that makes it last is underneath.
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Heated floors
Tile is the natural pairing for radiant in-floor heat. We coordinate the heat system, membrane, and tile as one stack — and we test the system before tile goes down.
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Layout and grout
Layout is a design decision. We sketch large-format and feature-wall layouts before ordering, and we spec grout colour for the field — not for the sample chip.
How we work with this material
What good looks like.
Tile is the material where installation craft matters most. The most beautiful porcelain in the world looks rough if the layout is wrong, the lippage is uneven, or the cuts at the perimeter are inconsistent. Our installers measure twice, dry-lay critical areas, and treat the layout as a design decision — not just a material to spread.
Tile is also a system, not a product. Membrane, mortar, grout, and transitions are the parts of the assembly you don't see; they're also the parts that decide whether the tile lasts. We spec the full assembly and itemise it on the quote — you see what's behind the visible tile.
If you're tiling a wet room, ask about the waterproofing membrane (sheet versus liquid-applied), the slope-to-drain build, and the movement-joint plan at long uninterrupted runs. Honest answers to those three tell you whether you're getting a tiled shower or a tiled shower that lasts.
Suppliers we work with
- Mohawk
- ShawContract
- Olympia Tile
Talk through your tile project.
Tell us a little about the room — square footage if you have it, timeline if you have one, and what you're starting with. We'll come back with the next step.