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San Diego County bathroom remodeling · Since 1983

Remodel your bathroom once.

We built the bathroom in this photo 23 years ago. It still looks sharp. Start with a free design consultation with Raelene Mathis, Certified Interior Designer.

Free bathroom design consultation

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We remodel homes across San Diego County.

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Mathis bathroom completed 23 years ago with glass tile chair rail, tiled shower with heavy glass door and glass pedestal sinks

Mathis bathroom

Built 23 years ago.
Still sharp.

Glass tile chair rail, heavy glass shower door, glass pedestal sinks, custom cabinets.

  • Since 1983 · San Diego County
  • 11-time Best of Houzz
  • BBB A+
  • CSLB #665399 · B, C-36, C-61
  • Certified Interior Designer #6994

What's behind the tile

Most showers today are built on wallboard. Ours are floated in mortar.

It's how tile was set 50 years ago. The pan gets a hot mop liner. The walls get a mortar bed floated flat by hand. It takes longer. It gives the tile the flattest surface it can sit on.

Real · METHOD-01Raelene on site, Ad 3 · 1:1
"We're one of the few people in San Diego that still use that method."Raelene Mathis, on a job site in Eastlake
1 2 3 flat 1 2 3 4 5
  1. 1Framing
  2. 2Wallboard sheets
  3. 3Tile
  1. 1Framing
  2. 2Paper and lath
  3. 3Mortar bed, floated flat by hand
  4. 4Tile
  5. 5Hot mop pan liner

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How it works

Start with a free design consultation.

No cost and no obligation. You get a designer's eye on your space before you spend a dollar.

Raelene with tile and finish samples at a client's home

  1. Meet Raelene at your home.

    Raelene is a Certified Interior Designer (#6994). She walks the space with you and listens to how you use it.

  2. One team designs and builds it.

    Interior design, drawings, engineering and permits stay under one roof. You work directly with the owners, so you don't get lost in the shuffle.

  3. Built the slow way, on purpose.

    Hot mop pan. Mortar-floated walls. A realistic timeline we stick to, and a job site kept as clean as we can.

In their words

The things that don't show.

"They really care about doing the job right, especially the things that don't show. Phil always is thorough in developing the correct build quality of the structure, plumbing and electric, not just the finishes."
Douglas N., kitchen and all baths remodeled
Detail: glass tile chair rail and pedestal sink, 23-year-old bath
23 years later. Glass tile chair rail and pedestal sinks.
Same home, just finished. The second bathroom, built the same way.
Eastlake shower mid-build: vertical subway tile on floated walls
Eastlake, in progress. Vertical subway tile on mortar-floated walls.

"I live in New York and would not be able to oversee the project directly. Raelene and her husband Phil were exceptionally professional, attentive to detail, and treated my house as if it was their own... weekly reports and photos."

Jenny S., full remodel of her late father's house

"Phil and Raelene allowed us to be as involved as we wanted to be... Throughout the duration of the project we could count on their dependability, perseverance, and attention to detail."

Bob & Kristy H., 1920s home

Testimonials quoted from mathiscustomremodeling.com.

Free design consultation

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Owner-run since 1983 · La Mesa, CA

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