Here is a project that started out as doing a guest shower and the master shower/ tub deck that ended up continuing into the entire house. The homeowners who had newly purchased planned on turning the large garage into living space and building a big new garage/shop. In the middle of doing that a storm blew through and water entered into the daylight basement so more work needed done. After the guest and master showers and tub deck were done, the homeowners had me install L.V.T. throughout the main areas of the downstairs but first I had to do a nearly 60 bag pour of self leveler to get the foundation flat enough to install the L.V.T. , the flooring downstairs ran from the 2nd kitchen into a open area and into a movie room and a gym/workout room, around the corner and down a hallway into a 3rd guest bathroom and a bedroom. Then after they had the wood from thier old deck repurposed on the wine room walls, I installed a 12"x24" honed montauk black slate on the floor. Next came a small blue and gray river rock style backsplash in the 3rd bathroom that got lined with 1/2" pencil liners. The entry into the shower of that bathroom needed something for asthetics, I suggested to line the entry with a matching blue glass tile, and a 3"x9" true blue glass got installed, which definetly helped to tie that bathroom shower together with the rest of the decor/theme. Next came the downstairs kitchen backsplash. I installed a 3"x9" subway style ceramic tile after the live edge shelf mounts were installed, behind the induction heat stove, an inlay was installed consisting of a marble hex mosaic with gold accents and framed in with carerra marble liners.

With the garage converted into living space, back upstairs I went. First came the tile flooring, this was a fun one for me. Before anything could begin and knowing all the weight that was going to be added, I went under the main kitchen area floor as that was a storage void in the house, and installed 4"x4" supports about every 4 ft. apart from one another. Then came the fun stuff, I ran 215 sq.ft. of NuHeat in-floor heat wire, which is 849 ft. long. I then damed off the kitchen, pantry, laundry and storage areas and encased the heat wire with a 40 bag pour of heat rated self leveler. After some going back and forth on the tile pattern, I got to install a versalles variation throughout, which consisted of 12"x24", 12"x12" and 24"x24". This pattern ran through the kitchen and breakfast nook, down a hallway which has a pantry and laundry room and down a set of 4 stairs. With having some fall cuts off the 24"x24" when I got to the steps, I was able to talk the homeowners into installing 2 subtle inlays, one at the top and one at the bottom of the steps. After that was all installed it was back to L.V.T. for the rest of the upstairs flooring. After 1/2" tounge and groove plywood was installed, I put down the Luxury Vinyl Tile in the dining area, family area into the main entryway, down a radius hallway and into a guest bedroom. Next came the front entrance patio. Schluter Ditra was installed as the underlayment/waterproofing/crack isolation and the top landing area along with 3 steps got a 12"x24" honed montauk black slate. The verticle sides got black ledgerstone installed. The same black ledgerstone transfered back inside to the fireplace which also has 2 seating areas on either side. All the ledgerstone corners were hand chiseled for a natural look as compared to the cheap looking corners that you can buy in-store. Ofcourse all the tile was sealed with a heavy duty impregnating sealant and the natural stone presealed along with a final seal. A year and a half later and this house was complete.