Our Services
Solomon Moss installs kitchen backsplashes, bathroom backsplashes, and mudroom and laundry room tile across San Diego, from subway and zellige to porcelain, natural stone, and large-format slab. We're a licensed general contractor, not just a tile setter, which means the same crew that sets your backsplash also handles the outlets, the plumbing, and the wall prep behind it. One crew, one point of contact, and a fixed price after a free on-site evaluation.
A backsplash is a small surface with a lot of ways to go wrong, and the fixes almost always live behind the tile where another trade would normally hand it off. Because we run every trade in-house, nothing gets passed between a tile guy, an electrician, and a drywaller who each blame the last one. One accountable crew sets it right the first time.
The classic behind-the-range and full-height counter-to-cabinet kitchen backsplash. We handle the tricky parts homeowners underestimate: outlet and switch cuts that align to the cover plate, a clean termination at the cabinet edge, and a layout that keeps full tiles where the eye lands instead of a thin sliver in the corner.
Vanity backsplashes, mirror surrounds, accent walls behind a floating vanity, and any backsplash that continues into a shower zone. These sit in a wetter, more humid environment than a kitchen wall, so the waterproofing behind them is Kerdi-Schluter Certified and carries a non-transferable lifetime warranty.
A tiled backsplash behind a utility sink, a run of wall tile above a laundry counter, or a durable mudroom wainscot that takes muddy boots and wet dog paws. As a general contractor we also handle the utility-sink plumbing and the outlet work in the same visit rather than coordinating a separate trade.
Ceramic and porcelain subway tile is the most durable, easiest-to-maintain backsplash for a San Diego kitchen. Running bond, stacked, vertical, or herringbone: the layout you choose changes the cut waste and the setting time, and we walk through those tradeoffs before we quote.
Glass, penny-round, and mosaic sheet tile read bright and modern but punish careless setting. Sheet seams have to be staggered and blended so the grid doesn't reveal where one sheet ends and the next begins. Glass edges chip if they aren't cut properly.
Zellige and Moroccan handmade tile add texture and warmth to a backsplash, but every piece varies in thickness, shade, and surface. That variation is the point, and it takes an experienced setter to account for it in thinset depth and grout spacing. It sets slower than standard porcelain.
Porcelain reads clean and shrugs off grease and water, which makes it the practical pick behind a working range. Natural stone, marble, travertine, or slate, brings real depth and veining to a backsplash but needs sealing and careful layout so the veins run the way you want. We walk through the maintenance tradeoff before you commit.
Large-format porcelain slabs eliminate grout lines entirely for a seamless, contemporary look popular in Rancho Bernardo and Carmel Valley kitchens. Slab backsplashes need laser leveling, back-buttering, and lippage control to sit flat against the wall.