The difference is beneath the surface.

Showers that don't leak, rot, or grow mold.Pueblo Stone builds custom showers, bathrooms, tile and stone with the preparation and waterproofing that keep them performing for years.

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Licensed contractor
30+ years in tile and stone
Residential and commercial
Utah County to St. George

Finished shower floor: gray diagonal mosaic tile with a mitered stone-look border and a square stainless drain — A rebuilt shower floor, sloped to the drain over a protected waterproofing membrane. See how it was built.

What's behind the tile

Tile and grout are not a waterproofing system. A wet-area assembly has to manage water before it reaches the framing, substrate, and subfloor. Here is a simplified shower wall, from the finished surface back to the framing. Tap a layer.

Shower side

This layer keeps water from reaching the framing. TCNA recognizes bonded waterproof membranes as their own installation category. What matters most is continuity: corners, seams, penetrations, niches, benches, curbs, and drains get added reinforcement and careful detailing where the job calls for it.

Inside the wall

Simplified and not to scale. Every project's assembly depends on the materials, the manufacturer requirements, and the conditions on site. See a real job.

A failed shower pan, rebuilt

The homeowner kept seeing mold come back through the grout lines. Cleaning it wasn't solving the problem, so we opened the shower up.

What we found

The pan liner had been installed without a pre-slope, and its weep holes were plugged, so water had nowhere to go. It sat in the pan and soaked the subfloor, which had started to corrode and rot. It was a short time from damaging the flooring in the basement below. We caught it before it got extreme.

The original corner shower with tan tile and a glass door, before demolition — The original shower before demolition.

Blue pan liner pulled back from the broken-up shower floor during demolition — The pan liner pulled back from the shower floor during demolition.

Blue liner at the base of a wall with stained, damaged wood subfloor and debris — Water damage and corrosion at the base of the shower.

Subfloor around the shower drain, dark with moisture and rot — The subfloor under the drain, dark with moisture and starting to rot.

Rebuilt from the subfloor up

New plywood, then a pre-slope bed that carries water to the drain, then a waterproofing membrane with the drain and wall base detailed, then the final mortar bed floated to slope. The remodel also includes a new layout and a waterproofed platform for a freestanding tub.

New plywood subfloor with the drain flange set in place — New plywood subfloor and drain flange.

Sloped mortar bed floated to a drain in the bare shower area — A pre-slope bed that carries water to the drain.

Pink waterproofing membrane laid over the sloped bed with the drain flange in place — The waterproofing membrane over the pre-slope.

Red waterproofing membrane at the drain and wall base, with a level resting on the wall — Waterproofing detail at the drain and wall base.

Final mortar bed being floated over the membrane in the shower — The final mortar bed, floated to slope over the membrane.

Why the membrane goes under the mortar bed

A popular shortcut right now skips the two-piece drain with weep holes, slopes to the drain, lays a fabric membrane over the slope, and sets tile directly on the membrane. It has weak points. The membrane is exposed while the other work goes on. It can be punctured before the tile is set, and a razor knife can cut it when grout joints are cleaned out before grouting. Damage like that sits hidden under the tile and becomes a liability down the road.

On this job the waterproofing went over the pre-slope, a mortar bed went over the waterproofing, and the tile went on the bed. The bed protects the membrane from everything that comes after.

Then the tile

Only after the layers underneath were done did the tile go on.

Shower valve body sealed into the wall with red waterproofing and tape — Waterproofing sealed around the shower valve.

Shower floor tiled with a gray diagonal mosaic and mitered border — The shower floor tiled with a diagonal mosaic and border.

Large-format wall tile going up in the shower with a niche and accent strip — Wall tile going up on sealed backer board.

The finished bathroom

A walk-in shower, a freestanding tub on its own platform, and a new floor, all built over the same layers.

Finished bathroom with a walk-in shower behind a frameless glass panel, a freestanding tub, and a gray stone-look tile floor — The finished bathroom: walk-in shower, freestanding tub, new vanity.

White freestanding tub with a brushed-nickel floor-mounted filler, set against marble-look wall tile on a gray stone-look floor — The freestanding tub and floor-mounted filler.

Finished shower with white marble-look wall tile, a black shower set, mosaic floor and frameless glass panel — The finished shower.

Tiled shower niche with two black shelves and a mosaic back, set in a gray accent strip — A tiled niche, one of the spots we detail for water.

Brass valve body sealed in a ring of green waterproofing in the tile floor — A penetration for the tub filler, sealed before the faucet goes on.

Photos from the job, shared with the homeowner's permission.

Shawn, owner of Pueblo Stone, in an orange jacket and glasses

Meet the owner

What clients say about Shawn

Pueblo Stone is Shawn's company, built on more than 30 years in the tile and stone trade. These are reviews his clients left on Google.

Shawn does quality work, always wanting to do things the right way Instead of the fast/easy way. His work looks great, and would definitely use him for another product when I can!

Tim S. · Google review

He has a great eye for slab selection, veining, seam placement, edge details, and the little things that can take a project from looking good to looking really high-end.
… There’s a lot more to quality granite and stone work than just cutting and installing it, and Shawn clearly has the experience and knowledge to know how to get the most out of the material.

Chad O. · Google review

Shawn is a craftsman you can’t go wrong if you use him he’s excellent

Paul F. · Google review

I tell all of my friends about the quality and personal expertise of Shawn.

Jim C. · Google review

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Where water finds a way in

Water goes after the smallest weakness. These are the places we treat as critical, with extra waterproofing and reinforcement where the installation warrants it.

Corners and changes of plane
Seams
Penetrations
Niches
Benches
Curbs
Drains
Plumbing fixtures and fasteners
Transitions between materials

Slope, drainage, and continuity

In a shower, water has to be directed where it belongs and kept from where it does damage. That means correct slopes, drainage, an unbroken waterproofing layer, and compatible setting materials, with careful detailing around drains, curbs, niches, and benches.

Curbless and barrier-free showers raise the stakes. We pay close attention to elevation changes, drainage, waterproofing continuity, and how the shower meets the finished floor around it.

What we build

Showers and bathrooms

Custom showers, bathroom remodels, shower pans, and curbless and barrier-free showers, with waterproofing systems built in from the start.

Tile and natural stone

Floors, walls, and backsplashes in porcelain, ceramic, and natural stone, from mortar-float installations to detailed tile and stone remodeling.

Stone and solid surface

Fabrication and installation of countertops, vanity tops, shower components, and other custom surfaces, fitted to the tile and waterproofing around them.

Residential and commercial projects, with an emphasis on custom work.

More of Shawn's work

Showers, floors, fireplace walls and mosaic from other Pueblo Stone projects. Tap a photo to see it full size.

Shower floor in a herringbone pattern with a linear drain, a corner bench and a stone-capped curb — Herringbone shower floor with a linear drain, corner bench and capped curb.

Tall shower niche with marble trim, two marble shelves and a hexagon marble mosaic back, with a digital shower control set into it — Marble-framed niche with a hexagon mosaic back and a built-in shower control.

Walk-in shower behind frameless glass, with wood-look wall tile and a linear drain at the back — Frameless glass shower with wood-look wall tile and a linear drain.

Bathroom with a walk-in shower at the end, wood-look tile floor and stone vanity tops on both sides — Walk-in shower, wood-look tile floor and stone vanity tops.

Corner shower with a frameless glass enclosure and white wall tile, beside a freestanding tub — Glass-enclosed corner shower beside a freestanding tub.

Fireplace wall clad floor to ceiling in large-format gray tile, with a linear fireplace and tile floor — Fireplace wall in large-format tile, floor to ceiling.

Round floor medallion in fine mosaic tile with a pattern of flowering vines and a blue border — Mosaic floor medallion with flowering vines.

Walk-in shower in stone-look tile set on the diagonal above a rail, with a glass-mosaic niche and a tiled curb — Stone-look shower with a glass-mosaic niche and tiled curb.

Wood-look plank tile running through a hallway into an open living area — Wood-look plank tile through a hallway and living area.

Living room with a tiled fireplace wall, linear fireplace with flames and a mounted TV — A tiled fireplace wall, finished and in use.

GreyStone Granite, a Pueblo Stone service

Stone and quartz repair and sealing

We repair chips, cracks, and fissures in countertops and other stone surfaces, bonding them with epoxy-based products. We also seal natural stone and engineered quartz with a sealer made for the job, to help protect against stains like ink from red and blue pens. This work is offered under the GreyStone Granite name, with the same 30+ years of experience in tile and stone.

A chip in the edge of a white stone countertop above a dishwasher, marked on each side with blue painter's tape — A chipped countertop edge, marked out for repair.

Countertop edge with the cabinets below covered in a canvas drop cloth taped along the underside, and a dust-collection hose on the counter — Cabinets covered and taped off, with dust collection on the counter, before the repair starts.

Low view along the smooth, repaired white countertop edge, looking toward a window with red cliffs and snow-capped mountains — The finished edge, smooth again.

Granite
Quartzite
Engineered quartz (resin-based)
Marble
Onyx
Limestone and other natural stone

We don't repair Corian-type solid surface.

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Call or text: (916) 439-3287
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Email: stonebully@gmail.com
Service area: Utah County, Salt Lake City, Heber, and St. George
Contractor license: 10887572-5501