You're going to have to excuse this long-winded review of this place because I have so much to say about them and nothing good! First let me make 2 things clear; this is a ZERO STARS establishment and my review is based on The Tile Shop's recommendation of installers, not on their selection of tile. Where to begin? Let's start with their recommendation of installer Bill Covey. It was probably my own dumb fault for listening to the salesclerk and choosing him for my tile installation for how hard she pushed him on me seeing that the guy is her father! However, I tried to give the benefit of the doubt and take her advice. BIG MISTAKE! This guy had me waiting for 3 weeks, promising that he would get to me as soon as he finished the jobs he was currently working on! Even though when I originally talked to him on the phone he said that it would be a week at the most. We agree upon a designated time to meet at my house so he could get me an estimate(which was between 5or6 pm) and he's calling me at 4:00 asking me where I'm at, stating that he's at my house waiting on me. I explain to him that I'm on my way home from work and what happened to between 5-6 pm? He gives me some lame ass excuse,says he can't wait around that he has another job to get to and now I have to wait another week for him to come back! So he finally makes it to my house, takes some measurements, and again I don't hear from him for about 3 more days and I try calling him only for him to ignore my calls and avoid responding to my voicemails. After that, I say the hell with him and now on to the next clown on their list, John Degand. Talk about things going from bad to worse! So I call this idiot (John Degand) & explain to him that I'm in a hurry to get my floor finished because the previous idiot set me back 3 weeks and my carpenter couldn't move forward with the kitchen until the floor was complete. So he says all the right things, yeah The Tile Shop has had complaints on Bill Covey before, all his potential customers are turning to me, I'll fit you in ASAP and get your floor done, etc.,etc. So I say this sounds like my guy! Boy was I wrong! So he leads me to believe that he's going to be true to his word and comes to my house within a day or two of us speaking and gets started installing the subfloor. Sounds good right? Well as soon as the subfloor is installed I don't hear a word from him for over 2 weeks! Finally frustrated as can be I call him to find out what the hell the hold up is! He tells me, "I'm going to be out there Monday". Monday comes, he's a no-show. "I'm going to be there Tuesday." Tuesday comes, he's a no-show. "I'm going to be there Wednesday for sure." Wednesday comes, still a no-show!! Finally I get nasty with the guy and tell him I want this floor done and I want it done now!! This clown has the audacity to try and blame my carpenter for the delay with my kitchen claiming he's worked with him on other jobs and knows how he works! Which was total bullshit because my carpenter had all the upper cabinets installed and couldn't do anything else until the floor was complete! So when this idiot finally completed the job this is what he left me with: he didn't follow the grain pattern when laying the tile,he had sloppy non-uniform grout joints (some which are already starting to crumble),he didn't backfill grout along the walls or water and gas lines, he didn't use the grout additive I purchased and mixed the grout with plain tap water, left a mess for me to clean up and that's just the short list of problems! You can look at the pictures I've posted here for the proof.And this idiot claims he's been doing tile work for 16 years! I wouldn't have this fool back to my house to change a freaking light bulb! So to make this long story short, if you plan on purchasing tile from the Tile Shop, make sure that you have a reputable installer chosen and do not use the ones that they recommend! To make sure that you avoid John Degand for any type of carpentry work whatsoever, his company is called JD3 Remodeling & Design. I believe he's out of Hebron. You can look his picture up on Facebook. I've even looked to see if he had complaints with the BBB (after the fact unfortunately) and he does have a complaint with the BBB. Soon to be 2 after I'm done! read more