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If you’re looking for a tile contractor, think you need photos of their work to tell if they’re any good? Actually, among serious tile professionals, the proof isn’t in photos, but in the finished work itself. The artisan’s term hand is used reverently among quality tile workers, because when serious tile contractors show you their work, they want you to see it in place. They want you to appreciate not just the colors or patterns, but the feel of the tile, the precision of the lines, and the perfection of the solid surface created by piecing together numerous materials. It’s in the way the tile setter moves; it’s how he thinks: This is the hand, and you can’t see it in photos. An Artisan’s Approach to Marble and TileSo will Mark Perri of Perri Marble and Tile in Alameda send us photos of his tiling work? Yes he will, but he says, "Anyone can take a photo of a tile job and say they did it. That’s what gets so many homeowners in trouble. They think, ‘Oh, that’s good work in that photo,’ but they have no solid proof. You’ve got to see more than a photo before you hire a tile setter, or you can have real problems." While we applaud Mark’s ethics, this is the internet era, so we suggested before-and-after photos, which would at least prove that Perri Tile had done the work. Mark felt much better...