Blog — January 12, 2026
A wet bathroom floor after a ski day is a different hazard than a normal bathroom. We look at a tile's coefficient of friction (COF) rating before anything else for shower floors and bath floors — textured porcelain or honed stone, not the glossy polished tile that looks great in photos and turns into an ice rink.
Radiant heat cycles the floor through daily expansion and contraction. That means crack-isolation membrane under the tile isn't optional in a heated Park City bathroom — it's the difference between a floor that lasts twenty years and one that grout-cracks in three.
Steam showers and soaking tubs push more moisture into the air than a standard bath. Full-height tile on shower walls, a properly vented fan, and Schluter waterproofing behind every wet wall keep that moisture from finding its way into framing.
For most Park City primary baths: large-format porcelain on the floor with a textured finish, natural stone or slab porcelain on shower walls, and a heated floor system tied to its own thermostat.