St. George, UT · Tile & Flooring
Tile Demo and Wood-Look Plank Tile Installation
Full tile demo and new wood-look plank tile installation across a hallway, laundry room, and two bathrooms in a St. George home. Old tile out, clean subfloor, fresh tile in, with the same layout and grout color running through every room.
- Location
- St. George, UT · Washington County
- Service
- Tile Demolition & Installation
- Property type
- Residential
4
Rooms Completed
Hallway, laundry, two bathrooms
Plank
Tile Format
Wood-look, warm gray tone
Full Demo
Approach
Down to subfloor, properly prepped
St. George
Location
Washington County, Utah
What the customer called us about
The homeowner had outdated tile through the main living areas: hallway, laundry room, and both bathrooms. It was not only cosmetic. The tile was cracked in places, the grout was stained, and the overall look made the home feel older than it was.
They wanted one consistent floor through the whole area rather than a patchwork of rooms done at different times.
What Viking did
- Full tile demo in the hallway, laundry room, and two bathrooms
- Old tile chiseled out with a rotary hammer and vacuum dust collection to keep dust contained
- Subfloor cleaned and inspected for soft spots and high points before any new material was staged
- Wood-look plank tile set in a staggered offset pattern so grout lines align through doorways and transitions
- Tile spacers and blue tape used to hold the layout consistent from room to room
- All cuts made at a dedicated tile saw station set up in the garage, keeping the mess out of the living areas
- Grout applied and sealed after the tile set and cured
- Toilet pulled for the bathroom install and reset on completion
Photographs from the job
Original photos taken by Viking Solutions on site in St. George.
During the work
Finished
Detail
On site
The prep is what decides how long a tile floor lasts
Tile demo is loud, dusty, and physically demanding, but the work before the first new tile gets set is what determines how well the finished floor holds up. A rotary hammer with vacuum collection pulled the old tile cleanly instead of shattering it across the room, which protected the surrounding surfaces and kept dust out of the rest of the house.
Every room was cleared, the subfloor inspected for soft spots or high points, and the surface cleaned before staging any material. Skipping that step is how tile ends up hollow-sounding or cracked a year later.
The job ran in phases so the home stayed livable. Dust containment, daily cleanup, and careful sequencing kept the homeowner out of a construction zone longer than necessary.
Materials and products used
Wood-look plank tile
Warm gray tone, plank format, run in a staggered offset pattern to read like hardwood
Thinset mortar
Mixed and applied in manageable sections to keep full coverage under every tile
Grout and sealer
Applied after the tile cured, single grout color across all four rooms
Tile spacers and layout tape
Held grout lines aligned through doorways and room transitions
The result
The same tile, the same layout, and the same grout color now run through the hallway, laundry room, and both bathrooms, so the floor plan reads as one intentional space instead of rooms finished one at a time.
The warm gray plank works with the white vanity and black hardware in the bathroom without competing with it, and the continuous run through the arched hallway doorway makes the area feel larger than the old tile did.
Worth knowing
If you are replacing tile in more than one room, do them in a single run with one layout and one grout color. Matching a floor later is harder and more expensive than doing it together the first time.
Questions about this kind of work
Can new tile be installed over old tile?
Sometimes, but it was not the right call here. Layering over cracked tile carries the old problem into the new floor and raises the finished height enough to cause issues at doorways and appliances. On this job Viking demoed everything down to the subfloor and prepped the surface first.
Does the toilet have to come out to tile a bathroom floor?
Yes, if you want it done properly. Tiling around a toilet leaves a visible cut line and traps dirt at the base. Viking pulls the toilet, tiles the full floor, and resets the toilet with a new wax ring when the tile has cured.
How do you keep tile demo dust out of the rest of the house?
A rotary hammer with vacuum dust collection catches most of it at the source, and the work area is contained and cleaned daily. Cuts were also made at a saw station in the garage instead of inside the living space.
Should tile in connected rooms be done at the same time?
It is usually worth it. Doing the hallway, laundry room, and bathrooms in one run let Viking hold a single layout, a single grout color, and aligned grout lines through every doorway. Matching a floor later, after the run has been discontinued, is harder and more expensive.
Have something similar at your place?
Tell us what is going on and we will give you a clear scope and a clear quote before any work begins.