James Hinkle

    My recently deceased elderly Mom had a fellow take out her "garden bathtub" and replace it with a ceramic tiled walk-in shower.
    After she died and I used the shower I discovered it did not drain. You literally had to mop the water out of the shower.
    I hired James (who touts 25 years experience).
    Cutting the floor tiles out without messing up the side wall tiles looked like a hard job to me. But James and his son (helper) did that with no problem, bringing in their shop vac to keep the dust down, and laying a clear plastic over the carpeted bedroom entrance to the bathroom.
    James corrected the pitch of the shower floor so the water naturally flows to the existing drain. He showed me with his level how the floor was equally pitched from all directions.
    I wish I'd taken "before" photos. The shower really looked nasty because around the drain the first fellow had chipped the tiles and filled in with grout. James cut 4 tiles in a perfectly circular way to fit around the existing drain hole. Looks wonderful now!
    The shower drains like a charm, the smaller tiles on the floor look like a shower should look, the cost was certainly reasonable and they worked effeciently and quickly, but I never had the feeling they were doing a "quickie" job.
    Overall I was not only impressed, but also delighted with the experience. I hope I can find someone like James to do the other jobs that need tending around this house....he only does tile!! And I hope to have him tile the entry way of the front of the house.