Ceramic Tile Showers

A small bath gets remodeled, looks larger with new custom shower.

Tiled custom showers have made a huge comeback in recent years, and one of the obvious advantages is that they can be made to fit the available space. Whether large or small they are replacing the plastic one piece showers, especially in the master bath, in many homes.

Shown here is a shower tiled in Casa Dolce Casa Flagstone, a tile of blended shades, and it is accented with hand crafted 1x1 inch Oceanside Glass Tessera Coppertone Blend glass tiles. Two niches were installed to provide storage for things like shampoo or other items, and a corner bench. The bathroom floor tile is a 15" tile, which gives a small bathroom a feeling of more space.

Bathroom design was done by Barry Kirby, CKD of Sharon, PA. The homeowner selected the tile from our catalogs, as well as the glass tiles. All tear out, remodeling, drywall work and finish trim and shower door installation was done by Kevin Rimko, of Sharpsville, PA

One special feature of this bathroom is the under floor heating. It is a special heating mat that is installed underneath the tile itself. A temperature probe installed with the mat senses the temperature and controls the heat from the wall mounted controller.

Replace an old cast iron tub with a stall shower.

The bathroom was small, and there was no shower. Only an old cast iron tub which had seen better days. The homeowner decided to replace it with a new custom shower in the same space. The homeowner did all of the tear-out and re-routing of plumbing himself. As part of our service, we offered advice and some insturction as to what we needed from him for the project. He did a great job, and as a result, the tile installation went smoothly. He had a beautiful new bathroom when work was completed.

There are actually two niches in this shower, but the room is too small to get a good shot of the shower showing both.