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Hand-set marble and travertine natural stone floor installed by GM Tile Designs in Memorial, TX

Tile and Stone

Natural Stone Installation

Marble, travertine, and slate set by hand and sealed to last in Memorial and The Woodlands.

Natural stone makes a room feel solid and high-end, but it punishes a rushed install. Stone that sits on a poor base, spaced by guesswork, or skips the sealer will crack, stain, or lippage within a year. GM Tile Designs is a family-owned company with decades in the trade, and we set every slab and tile by hand so the floor lays flat and the veining flows. We work natural stone across Memorial, The Woodlands, and the greater Houston area.

What's Included

  • Marble, Travertine, Slate, and Limestone

    We install the full range of natural stone for floors, walls, showers, and fireplace surrounds, matched to the look you want.

  • Flat, Crack-Resistant Base

    Stone is heavy and unforgiving. We prep and flatten the subfloor and use the right setting bed so the stone does not crack or shift.

  • Sealed and Protected

    Marble and travertine are porous. We seal the surface and grout so spills, hard water, and foot traffic do not stain the stone.

  • Skilled craftsmen on every job

    Skilled craftsmen are on site for every install, so we hold the craftsmanship and the cleanup to one standard.

Why Natural Stone Needs a Real Stone Setter

Natural stone is not the same job as a field of porcelain tile. Marble, travertine, slate, and limestone vary in thickness from one piece to the next, they chip on a careless cut, and they show every dip in the floor as lippage you can feel with a bare foot. A crew that treats stone like ceramic will hand you a floor that looks wrong and ages worse.

We have set natural stone for decades, and we plan the job before the first piece goes down. We dry-lay the stone to sort for color and veining, flatten the substrate, and pick a mortar and trowel matched to the stone so it bonds for good. Porous stone like marble and travertine also gets sealed, because an unsealed surface drinks up wine, oil, and hard water and stains from the inside. This is the same hand work behind our custom tile showers and our stone countertops, applied to your floors and walls.

Where natural stone earns its keep

  • Entryways and great rooms that need to feel substantial the moment you walk in.
  • Showers and tub surrounds where marble or travertine reads as true luxury, set over real waterproofing.
  • Fireplace and accent walls in stacked stone or slate that anchor a room.
  • Outdoor patios and pool decking in travertine that stays cooler underfoot in the Texas heat.

Stone Work Built for Memorial and The Woodlands Homes

Homes around Memorial and The Woodlands often call for a finish that matches the rest of the house, and natural stone delivers that when people who respect the material install it. We work out of Magnolia and serve a wide stretch of Montgomery and Harris counties, so a local family-owned company shows up, not a rotating subcontractor.

A local family-owned company installs every floor so it still looks right years later. We are insured, we give you a written estimate before we start, and we keep the site clean while we work. If you are weighing stone against tile for a larger project, we lay out the trade-offs honestly and can pair this with our wider tile and stone services or a flooring package. Homeowners in Memorial and The Woodlands call us when they want the work done once and done right.

Frequently Asked Questions

Set your natural stone the right way

Get a written estimate from a family-owned company that has worked stone for 20+ years. Call (936) 446-8586 to schedule your free in-home consultation in Memorial or The Woodlands.

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