A Philadelphia bathroom from open walls to finished room: large-format tile set with a leveling system, gray plank floor tile, a white vanity and an oval mirror.

Before & After Transformation

See the dramatic improvement in both appearance and functionality.

Bathroom mid-remodel with floor tile being set and walls open around the tub

Before

Bathroom with gray tile tub surround, gray plank floor, white vanity and oval mirror

After

Project Gallery

Browse through photos from this completed bathroom remodel

Floor tile leveling clips and plumbing rough-in during a bathroom remodel

Large-format wall tile with a recessed niche around a protected tub

Tile leveling system on fresh wall and floor tile during a bathroom remodel

Gray plank floor tile being set around a protected tub

Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Completed September 2025

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Service Bathroom Remodeling Bathroom Remodeling in Philadelphia, PA

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Large tiles only look good when they are flat, so this remodel was as much about prep as finish.

What we did

Opened the walls around the tub for new plumbing rough-in.
Set large-format tile on the walls and gray plank tile on the floor with a leveling system, for flat, even joints.
Finished with a white vanity, an oval mirror and new lighting.

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Why a leveling system

The bigger the tile, the more any dip in the wall or floor shows up as lippage, where one tile edge sits higher than the next. The orange clips in the photos are a tile leveling system: they hold neighbouring tiles flush while the thinset cures, and they are snapped off once it sets. It takes longer than setting tile by eye, but it is the difference between a floor you feel underfoot and one you do not.

Completed in September 2025 in Philadelphia.