Cal Tile

Contacted Cal Tile as a result of Angie's List recommendations and the owner/manager visited our home a day later and provided a written estimate, which we accepted. The work was completed with a week of our initial contact. it was done in a professional and satisfactory manner, including clean-up and removal of the old flooring materials. It was a totally positive experience.

The people were very friendly and great at giving advice to a tile newbie. When I asked how to do something different (like cutting holes in the tile to let the shower head pass through) they were quick to pull out the tool that should be used. They did give me a hard time for renting the tile saw three weekends to finish one bathroom, but there is nothing wrong with a little good-natured ribbing.

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The kitchen was completed 3 1/2 years ago but I still hadn't chosen a backsplash. Driving by Cal Tile one day I decided to stop and check out their tile selection. They had a HUGE selection and variety of tile; one of the best I've seen in this area and so large it was a little overwhelming. The owner Calvin pointed out that they had a designer available to assist in designing and selecting tile: it's a $75 charge which then gets applied to tile purchase if it's over a certain amount.
Janet the designer came to my house,looked at the other fixtures in the kitchen, looked at our style and came up with several suggestions. We fell in love with a few of her suggestions and (after several rounds of design and quot;tweakingand quot;) agreed on the tiles and design. The tiles were special ordered from Japan: took 6 weeks or so to come in.
Installation finally done in July. Mario showed up ON TIME, took one day to quick-set the tile in place, then returned to grout and do finish work. He was very careful to keep tiles in line, matching level lines, finished edges, cleaned up thoroughly, even attached all the electrical outlet covers.
I'm waiting for the final work to be done by another artisan (copper panels to be placed inside the expanse of tiles) and I'll take a picture of the final effect when done.
It looks fabulous! I'm really pleased.

The experience was very good. They have an extensive showroom and they have a great selection of tile. The price wasn't cheap.