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Verified flooring case study • West Hartford, CT • Completed August 2026
Porcelain Tile Entryway Installation
Replace the existing entryway tile with a new 12-by-24-inch porcelain tile floor
Residential Project · Residential Home
46 sq. ft. tile removal12-by-24-inch porcelain tileTwo-day entryway project
- Engagement
- Residential Project · Residential Home
- Supplied flooring material
- 53 square feet; supplied quantity, not exact installed coverage
- Elapsed work time
- Two workdays
The problem
Can a tile entryway be replaced in two days?
The entryway in this West Hartford home needed a new tile floor, starting with the removal of the existing tile set on concrete. Tile bonded to concrete doesn't lift out in sheets — it has to be mechanically removed and disposed of, and the exposed concrete has to be ready to receive the new tile system before anything is set.
The crew removed and disposed of 46 square feet of existing tile, then set Anatolia Lumino Grigio 12-by-24-inch glazed porcelain tile with rapid-setting mortar and finished it with non-epoxy grout. Rapid-setting mortar shortens the wait before grouting and before the floor can take traffic, which is what made a two-workday schedule realistic for an entryway the household uses every day.
The finishing scope stayed tight: the new tile, non-epoxy grout, and 20 linear feet of existing baseboard removed and reinstalled to meet the new floor at a clean edge. No transitions were replaced — a contained replacement rather than a bigger remodel.
Project overview
The goal, materials, and finished scope.
In August 2026, Floors Now completed a two-day residential entryway tile replacement in West Hartford. The crew removed and disposed of 46 square feet of existing tile from concrete, then set Anatolia Lumino Grigio 12-by-24-inch glazed porcelain tile with rapid-setting mortar and finished it with non-epoxy grout. Fifty-three square feet of tile was supplied for the project; that figure is not presented as exact installed coverage. Twenty linear feet of existing baseboard molding was removed and reinstalled, and no transitions were replaced.
Project facts
- Completed
- August 2026
- Documented scope
- Residential entryway porcelain-tile replacement
- Property type
- Residential Home
- Rooms
- Entryway
- Flooring
- Anatolia Lumino Grigio 12-by-24-inch glazed porcelain tile
- Project goal
- Replace the existing entryway tile with a new 12-by-24-inch porcelain tile floor
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The finished result.
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Scope of work
What we did, step by step.
Existing tile removal, tile setting, grouting, and baseboard work completed in two days.
- Removed and disposed of 46 square feet of existing tile from concrete
- Supplied 53 square feet of Anatolia Lumino Grigio 12-by-24-inch glazed porcelain tile; the supplied quantity is not presented as exact installed coverage
- Set the new porcelain tile with rapid-setting mortar and finished it with non-epoxy grout
- Removed and reinstalled 20 linear feet of existing baseboard molding
- Completed the entryway project in two workdays without replacing any transitions
Common questions
Questions homeowners ask about this kind of project.
Why use rapid-setting mortar in an entryway?
Entryways can't be closed off for long, and rapid-setting mortar shortens the wait before grouting and before the floor can take traffic. We set the new porcelain tile with rapid-setting mortar, and the project was completed in two workdays.
What is non-epoxy grout?
It's the standard cement-based grout used between tiles, as opposed to epoxy grout. We finished the entryway tile with non-epoxy grout after setting it with rapid-setting mortar.
What happens to the baseboard when tile is replaced?
We remove it before the new tile goes in and reinstall it afterward so the tile meets a clean edge. This project included removing and reinstalling 20 linear feet of existing baseboard molding.
Does the tile quantity tell me how big my entryway is?
Not exactly. The 53 square feet here is the supplied tile quantity, not the exact installed coverage — tile is ordered with cutting waste in mind, so it's larger than the finished floor area. We removed 46 square feet of existing tile from the concrete.
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