Auburn
Auburn is the Placer County seat and one of the oldest towns in the foothills. Gold was found here in May 1848, and Old Town still has buildings from the mid-1800s. Whether it’s original tile in an older foothill home or travertine in a newer one, Mike can usually restore it instead of replacing it. He also serves nearby Meadow Vista, Newcastle and Penryn.
Lincoln
Lincoln has been a clay and tile town since 1875, when Gladding, McBean opened its plant on a deposit of fine kaolin clay. The company still makes clay roof tile and floor tile there. Lincoln is also home to Sun City Lincoln Hills, an active-adult community of more than 6,700 homes that opened for sales in 1999. Homes from those first years are now more than 25 years old. If yours still has its original grout, it has likely darkened, and it can usually be cleaned and sealed.
Rocklin
Rocklin grew up around granite. Quarrying started around 1864, and by 1910 twenty-two quarries were working. Rocklin granite went into the State Capitol in Sacramento and into buildings in San Francisco. Today the city mixes established neighborhoods with newer ones, and Mike restores tile floors, showers and stone in both.
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Roseville
Roseville grew up as a railroad town and incorporated in 1909. It’s now the largest city in Placer County, and its population more than tripled between 1990 and 2020, much of it in new single-family homes. That means a lot of tile floors and showers from the 1990s and 2000s that are ready for a deep cleaning, a regrout or a color seal.
Granite Bay
Granite Bay sits between Roseville and Folsom Lake and takes its name from a bay on the lake. It’s almost entirely residential, and about nine in ten homes are owner-occupied. For homes with travertine, marble or granite, Mike’s stone work starts with the right cleaner and sealer for the stone, so nothing gets etched or dulled.
Loomis
Loomis was once the second-largest fruit-shipping station in Placer County, and its old packing sheds still stand between Taylor Road and the railroad tracks. The town incorporated in 1984 to keep its small-town character, and the Fruit Shed Festival, formerly the Eggplant Festival, is still its biggest event. Mike cleans, repairs and seals tile in homes across the Loomis Basin.
Colfax
Colfax sits at about 2,400 feet on Interstate 80, at the northern edge of Mike’s regular service area. It began as a stop on the transcontinental railroad and is named for Schuyler Colfax, Vice President under Ulysses S. Grant. Foothill entries and patios take a lot of mud and grit, and Mike cleans and seals both.
Fair Oaks
Fair Oaks sits on the bluffs above the American River, at the southern end of Mike’s service area. Old Fair Oaks Village is known for its free-roaming chickens, about 200 of them, and for the Fair Oaks Chicken Festival each September. Mike restores tile floors, showers and stone in Fair Oaks homes of every age.
Folsom
Folsom is known for historic Sutter Street and for Folsom Dam, which created Folsom Lake. The city has grown well beyond its historic core, and new neighborhoods south of Highway 50 are still being built. Whether your tile is decades old or a few years old, Mike can clean, repair and seal it.
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Send Mike a few photos and a quick note about the job, and he’ll get back to you with next steps. Prefer to talk? Call (916) 802-5043.