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How to Compare a Custom Tile Shower Pan to a Solid Surface Pan

By Mike Foti on July 21, 2020. 6 Comments

While few people would argue a shower pan isn’t the sexiest part of a bathroom remodel, even fewer would argue (especially if they’ve dealt with a leak or hate, hate, hate grout maintenance) it isn’t important or doesn’t impact how much they like (or don’t like) their bathroom. A shower pan is the... Continue reading

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How to Get a Bathroom Remodel Which is Built Around You

By Mike Foti on July 7, 2020. 2 Comments

Have you ever had a vision of a fabulous bathroom remodel inspired by binge-clicking through Pinterest and Houzz? Then you invited potential contractors into your home. You were so excited. Then they proceeded to throw cold water on your vision with statements like these: Statement #1 – Lady, we’re... Continue reading

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Bathroom Remodeling Shower and Bathtub Wall Panels

5 Best DIY Shower Wall Panel Systems You Can Buy Under $1,750

By Mike Foti on June 23, 2020. 18 Comments

So, you’re living with a cheap fiberglass tub/shower surround the original home builder slapped in YEARS AGO. It’s tired. It’s stained. You’re worried it’ll crack any day now. You can’t clean the scum from the bottom no matter what ‘potion’ you’ve tried. You know you need to replace it. However, you... Continue reading

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Bathroom Remodeling Shower Pan and Bases

How much do custom and standard-sized cultured marble and granite shower pans cost?

By Mike Foti on June 9, 2020. 6 Comments

So, you’re sick and tired of regrouting your tile shower pan or worried your dingy fiberglass pan is ready to crack any day now. You’re looking for a better alternative. You want one with these benefits: You KNOW it won’t crack. You KNOW it won’t ‘bring you to your knees’ (literally) to clean tile... Continue reading

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9 Truly Remarkable Things about Laminate Shower & Tub Wall Panels (and 3 things which could be better)

By Mike Foti on May 19, 2020. 58 Comments

Updated December 26, 2021 Do your ugly, cheap, and yellowed ‘builders-grade’ fiberglass shower wall surrounds make you want to SCREAM! OR does your moldy, bacteria-filled tub or shower tile walls look DISGUSTING? And it doesn’t take a genius to know you hate using your tile scrub brush to try to clean... Continue reading

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Bathroom Remodeling Shower and Bathtub Wall Panels

The Pros and Cons of Acrylic Shower Wall Surrounds and Tub Liners

By Mike Foti on May 12, 2020. 32 Comments

I’ll tell you right off the bat my company started in the shower and tub wall surround business 15 years ago selling acrylic wall surrounds and tub liners. However today we sell them once in a blue moon (OK – I’ve got to admit I’ve never actually seen a blue moon – but if I had to guess if you see... Continue reading

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Bathroom Remodeling Shower and Bathtub Wall Panels

10 of Your Biggest Worries Buying Shower Wall Panels (and information you need to know to NOT make a decision you’ll regret)

By Mike Foti on April 28, 2020. 4 Comments

While I’m no philosopher, I get a chuckle from this quote from 15th century philosopher Michel de Montaigne who said… “My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.” You’ve heard the age-old saying 90% of what you worry about never comes true. However, this still... Continue reading

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Glass Block Glass Block Shower

How much does a prefabricated glass block walk in shower wall cost?

By Mike Foti on April 14, 2020. 22 Comments

If I’ve been asked this question once, I’ve been asked it tens of thousands of time (after all it seems like I’ve been leading a company which fabricates, ships nationwide and installs glass blocks since Moses was a boy – or at least since 1985 to be exact). That question is…. “So, Mike, how much... Continue reading

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11 Reasons You Need a Virtual Home Remodeling Design Appointment Right Now (and how the process works)

By Mike Foti on March 31, 2020. Leave a Comment

The news right now is downright depressing. Cases from the Coronavirus are surging. Deaths are rising. Before this pandemic occurred, you didn’t even know what PPE (Personal Protective Equipment, for the 3 people who aren’t binge-watching the news) was. Being cooped up in your house is NO STAY-CATION! The... Continue reading

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Personal Reflections from Mike

Leading an entrepreneurial business (without Mark Cuban’s money) through the unchartered waters of the Coronavirus

By Mike Foti on March 24, 2020. 4 Comments

Warning – Although this is ‘normally’ a remodeling blog – I sometimes choose to ‘go reflective’ on lessons life is teaching me. This post falls into this category. If I’m being completely honest the word ‘pandemic’ wasn’t even in my vocabulary until a few weeks ago. Although my ‘fancy-schmancy’ business... Continue reading