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The Pros and Cons of Shower Wall Panels vs. Ceramic Tile

By Mike Foti on April 22, 2019. 30 Comments

Updated January 28, 2023 You’re tired of debating the subject with your husband Steve. You’ve argued whether it’s better to use a waterproof, grout-free shower wall panel system or opt for a completely customizable ceramic tile shower. You want the wall panels (after all Steve’s never picked up your... Continue reading

7 Acrylic Shower Pan Problems You Can Avoid – Here’s the Secrets You Need

By Mike Foti on April 12, 2019. 8 Comments

The popularity of acrylic shower pans cannot be denied (irrespective of whether you love them or hate them). If you’re building a new single-family home in the ‘burbs or renovating hundreds of hotel tub/shower units, acrylic bases are often the product of choice. And why shouldn’t they be? Here’s... Continue reading

Bigger isn't always better when it comes to shower wall panels | Innovate Building Solutions | #WallPanels #EasyInstallPanels #ShowerWallPanels #LaminateWallPanels

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5 Reasons Bigger Isn’t Always Better When It Comes to Shower Wall Panels

By Mike Foti on April 5, 2019. 4 Comments

When it comes to a bowl of Graeters Chocolate Chip Ice Cream, in my book bigger is always better. My wife Rose (who is also a Doctor), has a slightly different opinion. She thinks my obsession with the big bowls of ice cream I eat at the end of the night is a bad idea. She brings up the fat content.... Continue reading

7 Biggest blunders with walk in shower - how to avoid them | Innovate Building Solutions | #BathroomRemodeling #WalkInShower #RollInShower #ShowerAccessible

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7 Biggest Blunders with Walk in Showers (and How to Avoid Them)

By Mike Foti on March 29, 2019. 31 Comments

Updated October 24, 2021 Lisa was excited to tell me when she was on vacation, she experienced the neatest thing in the bathroom or her contemporary hotel room. It was a curbless, doorless walk in shower. It didn’t have a flimsy shower door to clean (like her tired bathroom at home). It was safer... Continue reading

Glass Block shower myths that are downright wrong | Innovate Building Solutions | #glassblockshower #showerdesigns #bathroomremodeling #ShowerDeisgns

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5 Myths about Glass Block Showers Which Seriously Need to Die

By Mike Foti on March 22, 2019. 4 Comments

Maybe I’ve been in the glass block shower business for too long. I’ve been doing this since 1985 and started at the age of 11 (OK – I’m lying, but I’m going with it to protect my tender, not-so-young age). When you’ve been doing something for a long time you hear a lot of misconceptions, assumptions... Continue reading

Reasons why we love contemporary bathroom designs | Innovate Building Solutions | #ContemporaryBathrooms #BeautifulBathroomDesigns #BathroomRemodeling #Showerwallpanels

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7 Reasons We Love Contemporary Bathroom Design (and You Should Too)

By Mike Foti on March 15, 2019. 2 Comments

If your bathroom is stuck in a 1990’s ‘builders-grade’ time-warp we get it (and we see it daily looking at bathroom remodeling jobs also). A pitted bright brass 3’ x 3’ stand-up shower with flimsy doors. This shower feels like an old-fashioned phone booth. It stands next to a mega-sized drop-in Jacuzzi... Continue reading

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5 Reasons You’re Missing Out if you Don’t Have an ‘Internationally-Inspired’ Bathroom

By Mike Foti on March 8, 2019. Leave a Comment

Updated March 31, 2019 (Highlighting cool innovations from the 2019 International Builders Show and Kitchen and Bath Show) I consider myself to be a 100% Italian-American. My Mom and Dad are Italian. Their Moms and Dads were Italian. As far back as we know, all my family are Italian. However, when... Continue reading

Laminate shower and tub wall panels you need to know | Innovate Building Solutions | #LaminateShowers #TubWallPanels #RemodelingTips

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11 FAQ’s about Laminated Shower & Tub Wall Panels You Need to Know (especially if other bathroom panels haven’t excited you)

By Mike Foti on March 1, 2019. 26 Comments

Updated March 31, 2019 If your tile and fiberglass shower and tub wall surround panels today are a disaster, you’re not alone. Moldy, dirty tile grout joints. Yellowed, stained and cracked fiberglass. You know you don’t want to stare at (or deal with the maintenance of) these products any more. So,... Continue reading

Little known tricks to make your shower design and installation simpler | Innovate Building Solutions | #ShowerBase #InstallingAShower #InstallationTips #BathroomRemodelingTips

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7 Little Known Tricks to Make Your Shower Design and Installation Simpler

By Mike Foti on February 22, 2019. 8 Comments

Updated March 31, 2019 Your days are crazy-busy. Now your spouse hits you with their desire (‘er that would be their DEMAND) for a new shower. They tell you your moldy joint, flimsy gold-framed shower enclosure with the teeny-tiny mosaic tiles on the floor has got to go. Worse yet – they’ve elected... Continue reading

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6 Ideas to Rock a Small Minimalist Bathroom Design (without breaking the bank)

By Mike Foti on February 15, 2019. 2 Comments

Updated March 31, 2019 You’ve looked at one too many issues of Architectural Digest to put up with your crappy, outdated 5’ x 8’ bathroom any more. You’ve asked yourself what the heck was the guy who built this home thinking when…. He slapped in a fiberglass tub/shower unit which yellowed, scratched... Continue reading