Marisol Vega

Tile setter — large-format porcelain, stone and waterproofed wet areas

Twenty years setting tile, the last twelve on my own. I take one job at a time, I do my own waterproofing, and I do not leave a bathroom half-finished to start another. Most of my work comes from three builders and the people they built for.

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Curbless wet room in large-format grey porcelain — Curbless wet room, Travis Heights — linear drain, fall built in mud

Herringbone marble floor in an entryway — Carrara herringbone entry, Tarrytown — 2mm grout joints throughout

Bookmatched porcelain slab shower wall — Bookmatched 3m slab shower, Barton Creek

Glass mosaic waterline tile on a swimming pool — Glass mosaic waterline and spa spillway, Westlake

Handmade zellige backsplash behind a range — Zellige backsplash, Hyde Park — every tile hand-sorted for tone

Electric underfloor heating mat before tiling — Heated bathroom floor, Mueller — tested at four separate stages

How the wet rooms are actually built

Building a shower fall in a traditional mud bed

Flood-testing a wet room before a single tile goes down

Setting a 1.6m porcelain slab without cracking it

Training and certification

Certified Tile Installer #2214 · Ceramic Tile Education Foundation (CTEF)

Since 2014

The hands-on certification, not a weekend card. Re-tested on large-format and shower assemblies.

Advanced Certification — shower receptors and membranes · CTEF / NTCA

2017 and 2022

Bonded and traditional waterproofing assemblies
Curbless and linear-drain construction

Certified installer, bonded membrane systems · Schluter-Systems

Since 2013

Membrane and heated-floor assemblies, which is what carries the manufacturer warranty on my wet rooms.

Owner · Vega Tile

2014 — present

Austin, TX

One job at a time, no subcontracted labour
$2m general liability, workers comp carried
380+ bathrooms, kitchens and floors completed

Lead setter · Barrow & Kline Custom Homes

2006 — 2014

Austin, TX

Ran the tile crew on high-end custom builds, which is where the slab and stone work came from.

What I work in

Materials

Large-format porcelain

Natural stone — marble, limestone

Gauged porcelain slab

Glass and zellige mosaic

Terrazzo and encaustic cement

Assemblies

Bonded waterproof membrane

Traditional mud beds

Curbless / linear drain

Electric underfloor heating

Exterior and pool tile

From builders and homeowners

“Marisol flood-tested our shower for 48 hours before setting a single tile and made us come look at the water line. Nobody else has ever shown us that.”

Alicia & Dev · Travis Heights

“I have used her on eleven custom homes. She calls me when something in my design will not work rather than building it wrong and letting me find out.”

Ray Kline · Barrow & Kline Custom Homes

“The zellige took three extra days because she hand-sorted every tile for tone. Worth every hour of it.”

Sunni P. · Hyde Park

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