Tile & stone installation in Utah County
Grandview Contractors installs ceramic, porcelain, and natural stone tile in showers, bathrooms, kitchens, and commercial spaces across Utah County and Salt Lake County, under a Utah DOPL B100 general contractor license. Every wet-area installation starts with waterproofing that gets tested before tile goes on.
Tile is a system, not a surface
Tile is the right answer where water, heat, and traffic meet: showers, bathroom floors, kitchen floors and backsplashes, entries, mudrooms, fireplace surrounds. Done right, it outlasts nearly every other finish in the house. Done wrong, it fails from underneath — and the tile itself is rarely the reason.
What decides the outcome is everything below the surface. Along the Wasatch Front, many homes sit on expansive clay or collapsible bench soils, and concrete slabs move with them. Tile set straight onto a moving slab telegraphs every crack, which is why we treat substrate prep, crack-isolation and uncoupling membranes, and movement joints as part of the scope, not as upsells. In wet areas, the waterproofing membrane matters more than the tile you pick over it.
Some tile work arrives as its own project — a shower rebuild, a regrout, a fireplace refacing. Just as often it’s one trade inside a larger bathroom remodel or kitchen renovation. Either way it runs through the same standard: layout approved before mortar, waterproofing tested before tile, grout and caulk placed where each actually belongs. We are fond of straight lines and straight answers.
Bath and wet-area tile
Showers, tubs, and steam rooms are the least forgiving tile environments in a house. Everything here is built over a waterproofing assembly, not just in front of one.
Shower tile & surrounds
Full shower tile from pan to ceiling — pitch, niches, benches, and curbs set over a tested membrane.
ExploreTub surround tile
Tiled tub walls that replace dated fiberglass and hold up in the daily splash zone.
ExploreBathroom floor tile
Water-tolerant, slip-conscious floors set flat, with transitions and drains pitched correctly.
ExploreSteam shower & wet room tile
Vapor-tight assemblies for steam showers and curbless wet rooms, where the waterproofing spec gets strict.
ExploreSchluter & Kerdi waterproofing
Membrane shower systems installed to the manufacturer’s spec and flood-tested before a single tile goes on.
ExploreHeated tile floors
Electric radiant mats and cables under tile — a Utah-winter answer to cold basement and bathroom slabs.
ExploreMosaic & accent tile
Niches, bands, backsplashes, and feature walls where small tile and clean layout make the room.
ExploreFloors, features, and repairs
Field tile across a kitchen floor and a marble fireplace surround are different jobs with different tolerances. Each gets its own page — and its own prep.
Ceramic & porcelain floor tile
Durable floors for kitchens, entries, laundries, and mudrooms, set over properly prepared substrates.
ExploreLarge-format tile
Plank and panel tile 24 inches and up, where substrate flatness and lippage control decide the result.
ExploreNatural stone tile
Marble, travertine, and slate — selected, sealed, and set for how each stone actually behaves.
ExploreCustom tile patterns & inlays
Herringbone, basketweave, borders, and inlays — laid out on paper before they’re laid in mortar.
ExploreFireplace tile surrounds
Hearths and surrounds in tile and stone rated for the heat they’ll live next to.
ExploreCommercial tile installation
Lobbies, restrooms, and back-of-house tile for tenant spaces, sequenced on a lease-driven schedule.
ExploreGrout repair & regrouting
Regrouting, re-caulking, and tile repairs that fix failed joints before water finds the framing.
ExploreHow a tile project runs at Grandview
- Scope and substrate check. We look at what the tile will sit on — slab condition, subfloor deflection, existing waterproofing — before we talk finishes. On Utah’s clay soils, slab cracks are common and manageable; the plan just has to account for them.
- Material and layout decisions. Tile, grout color, joint size, pattern, and where cuts land. Layout gets approved before mortar is mixed, because a centered niche and balanced cuts can’t be fixed afterward.
- Prep and waterproofing. Self-leveling or patching to flatness spec, crack-isolation or uncoupling membrane where the substrate calls for it, and full membrane waterproofing in wet areas — flood-tested in showers before tile.
- Set, grout, and seal. Tile set to plane, movement joints honored at perimeters and plane changes, grout cured, and silicone — not grout — at every change of plane. Stone and cement grout get sealed.
- Walk-through. You inspect the work with us: lippage, joints, caulk lines, and how to care for the surface, including how often to reseal given Wasatch Front hard water.
Where a tile scope touches plumbing — moving a drain, setting a new valve, adding a floor-warming circuit — Grandview holds the contract and manages the licensed plumbers and electricians who do that work. We coordinate, sequence, and quality-check it inside your project.
What moves tile cost up or down in Utah
As ballpark planning numbers — not a quote — straightforward ceramic or porcelain floor tile in Utah typically runs about $10–$25 per square foot installed, including setting materials. Tiled showers usually land between $4,000 and $12,000 or more depending on size, tile, and how much rebuild sits behind the walls. A real estimate follows a real scope; these numbers are for orientation.
The variables that move those numbers most:
- Substrate condition. Flattening a wavy slab or stiffening a bouncy subfloor costs less than replacing cracked tile in two years. This is the most common hidden line item.
- Tile choice. Large-format, natural stone, and small mosaics all set slower than standard porcelain. Stone also needs sealing — and along the Wasatch Front, hard water spots and etches unsealed stone quickly, so maintenance belongs in the decision.
- Waterproofing scope. A membrane shower system costs more up front than a plastic liner and saves the framing behind it. Steam showers add a vapor-management layer on top of that.
- Pattern and layout. Herringbone and diagonal layouts add cutting time and roughly 10–15% material waste over a straight lay.
- Location. Exterior steps, porches, and entry landings need frost-rated porcelain and exterior-grade setting materials — the Wasatch Front sees roughly 100 or more freeze-thaw days a year, and tile assemblies that ignore that fail fast.
Tile decisions also ripple into neighboring scopes. Floor heights have to meet adjacent flooring cleanly, backsplashes land against cabinetry and countertops, and a full bath gut belongs in a coordinated remodel rather than a stack of separate trades.
Questions we actually get
Why did my grout crack, and won’t new grout just crack again?
Usually the substrate moved — common on Utah’s expansive clay soils — or grout was used where flexible caulk belonged, like corners and tub edges. New grout alone often does crack again. We diagnose the movement first, then regrout with the right joints and silicone at every change of plane, so the repair holds.
Can you tile over my existing tile or vinyl floor?
Sometimes, but we rarely recommend it. Tiling over an existing floor raises heights at doors and appliances and hides whatever caused the old floor’s problems. If the existing surface is sound, flat, and well-bonded, an overlay can work; otherwise tear-out and proper prep is the cheaper path over ten years.
How long does a tile shower take to build?
Typically about one to two weeks of work: demo, any plumbing rough-in, backer and waterproofing, a 24-hour flood test, then setting, grouting, curing, and sealing. Cure times are real — using a shower before grout and silicone cure undoes good work, so we build those days into the schedule up front.
Do you use Schluter or Kerdi systems, and do they matter?
Yes — bonded membrane systems like Schluter’s Kerdi line are our default for showers because they waterproof the assembly at the surface, not just behind it. What matters most is following the manufacturer’s spec exactly: seams, corners, and penetrations are where shortcut installs leak.
Related services
Tile rarely travels alone. It’s one trade inside most renovation and build-out projects, from bathroom remodels to kitchen updates and commercial tenant spaces. Grandview’s B100 general contractor license is verifiable at dopl.utah.gov, and the same accountable-team standard applies whether tile is the whole job or one line of a bigger one.
Tell us what you’re working on
We reply within a couple of hours during business hours — a day at most. You’ll get a straight read on scope, sequence, and budget before anyone commits to anything.