Our Services
Solomon Moss Tiling installs floor, shower, bathroom, backsplash, large-format, and natural stone tile across San Diego County, and we do it substrate-first. That means proper prep, Schluter-Ditra uncoupling membrane on most floors, and Schluter-Kerdi sheet-membrane waterproofing in every wet area before a single tile is set. Licensed, bonded, and insured in California, owner Solomon Moss reviews every job, with a fixed-price scope after a free on-site evaluation. What we quote is what you pay.
Here's the part most homeowners find out the hard way: the tile is the easy part. The prep hiding under it is what decides whether the install holds or fails, and it's the step the lowest bidder skips. One in-house crew handles waterproofing, setting, and finish work, so there's no subcontract chain to point fingers when a grout line cracks two years in. One crew, one point of contact, from Carlsbad down to Chula Vista.
Porcelain, ceramic, natural stone, and large-format floor tile for kitchens, bathrooms, entries, and living spaces. We set most floors over Schluter-Ditra uncoupling membrane so seasonal subfloor movement doesn't telegraph into cracked tile and failed grout. Flat, sound, dry substrate first: that's the whole game on a floor that lasts.
Shower surrounds, tub walls, and full bathroom wall tile built as a sealed system, not just adhesive and hope. Every shower gets Schluter-Kerdi or an equivalent sheet membrane with sealed seams at every corner and penetration and a verified slope to drain, tested before tile goes up. Wet-area tile is a waterproofing project first and a design project second.
Behind-the-range kitchen backsplashes, counter-to-cabinet full-height installs, and vanity backsplashes. The tricky parts homeowners underestimate are outlet cuts that align to the cover plate, clean terminations at the cabinet edge, and a layout that keeps full tiles where the eye lands instead of a sliver in the corner.
Oversized tile 24x48 inches and larger delivers the seamless modern look popular in Rancho Bernardo and Carmel Valley homes. It also punishes sloppy setting. Our crews use laser levels, back-buttering, and lippage-control spacers to keep large-format flat with consistent grout lines instead of the uneven edges a rushed install leaves behind.
Marble, travertine, and slate add depth that porcelain can't fully mimic, but they carry dimensional variation and sealing requirements that an inexperienced setter gets wrong. We account for stone's thickness variance in the thinset, plan grout spacing around it, and seal it correctly so it earns its place instead of staining or lippage-ing within a year.
This is the line item that decides everything and the one cheap bids leave off. Cement board, moisture barriers, Schluter-Ditra on floors, Schluter-Kerdi in wet areas, and manufacturer-spec thinset coverage. We do not use spray-on coatings or old felt-paper methods, because those are exactly how showers fail behind tile that looked finished on the surface.