Tile & Stone · Nashville, TN
Shower & Bathroom Tile in Nashville
Waterproofed to a tested system, sloped correctly, and detailed at the niche and the curb where showers actually fail.
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Shower & Bathroom Tile in Nashville, Tennessee
Waterproofed to a tested system, sloped correctly, and detailed at the niche and the curb where showers actually fail.
Nashville's Tile and Stone does shower & bathroom tile for homeowners across Middle Tennessee — licensed, insured, with the price in writing before the work starts. Tile contractors who waterproof the shower before they tile it, flatten the floor before they set it, and grout the way the tile wants.
Why homeowners call
What tends to go wrong first
- Grout cracking along the same line
- Tiles sounding hollow underfoot
- Shower leaking into the room below
- Lippage you catch with a bare foot
- Stone stained and never sealed
- Layout that leaves a sliver at the wall
What is included
From subfloor to grout: shower & bathroom tile included
- Waterproofing to a single tested system
- Slope confirmed to the drain before tiling
- Niche detailed and sloped so it drains
- Curb waterproofed on all three faces
- Corners and changes of plane reinforced
- Flood test before any tile is set
- Sealed at the correct joints, caulked not grouted
- Warranty documentation for the waterproofing
How we approach shower & bathroom tile on site
A shower is a waterproofing job with tile on top. The tile is decoration; the system behind it is the product. This is where showers fail, and they fail slowly and invisibly until a ceiling stains downstairs.
Products from different waterproofing systems are not tested together, and mixing them voids both manufacturer warranties. It is extremely common and almost never disclosed.
We flood test before tiling. Filling the pan and leaving it overnight is the only way to know the waterproofing works, and finding a problem then costs hours rather than a full rebuild.
Changes of plane get caulk, not grout. Grout is rigid and the corner between wall and floor moves; grouting it means a crack in the first year and a leak path shortly after.
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More tile and stone work
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Porcelain, ceramic and large-format floors set flat, with the substrate made right before anything is bonded to it.
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Kitchen and bar backsplashes laid out so the cuts land where they are least visible.
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Marble, travertine, slate and quartzite set and sealed, with the veining dry-laid and agreed before it is fixed.
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Failed grout, cracked tiles and loose sections put right without retiling a room that does not need it.
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Freeze-thaw rated materials and exterior-grade setting products, which is what stops an outdoor floor lifting in its second winter.
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Where our tile setters work in Middle Tennessee
Our setters work in Nashville and 64 additional towns in 12 counties. If the job is in Middle Tennessee and no more than about an hour’s drive from Nashville, it is in our area.
FAQ
Shower & Bathroom Tile, asked and answered
Why do showers leak, and how is it prevented?
Showers leak through the substrate, not the tile — water gets through grout and finds a wall or a pan that was never waterproofed. A shower is built as a waterproof box: a sloped pan with a bonded membrane, walls covered in a membrane or a foam board system, and the corners, the niche and the curb detailed with the same. The tile is decoration over it.
Grout or silicone in the shower corners?
Silicone, or a color-matched flexible sealant, in every change of plane — corners, the floor-to-wall joint, around the curb and the niche — because those joints move and grout cracks when they do. Grout is for the field. A shower with grout in the corners is one whose corners are cracked, and it is one of the places water starts getting in.
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Send Nashville's Tile and Stone the room, the tile you have in mind and the square footage; the written estimate spells out the substrate and the waterproofing along with the tile.