Builder Referral Partners — KC Metro
Entriquit: KC Metro's Tile & LVP/LVT Install Sub for GCs & Remodelers
Entriquit Tile by Designs LLC is the tile + LVP/LVT install sub that KC-metro general contractors and remodeler subs hand bath, kitchen, and whole-floor scopes to. We commit to a schedule before demo starts, leave the jobsite clean for the next trade, and build the install so the callback rate stays at zero.
The page below lays out the partner economics, the scope categories we close most often from GC handoffs, the real cost of one bad tile sub on a build, and the simplest ways to start a sub-contract relationship — one-off introductions or a recurring arrangement. Pick whichever fits your practice.
What you get
A sub you can put on the project list
You give your client a move-in date, and we hold it. Every scope you hand us comes back with a day-by-day schedule before demo starts, and we lock our slot in our queue the day we sign the contract — not the day the deposit clears. If a scope change comes up mid-project, we re-baseline the schedule in writing the same day, so the rest of the GC trade pipeline (paint, cabinetry, punch) does not have to absorb slippage on the floor-finish work.
We leave the bath or kitchen the way you would want to walk your client through it. Demo debris goes out the same day, subfloor and substrate are left broom-clean at end-of-day for the next trade, and tile/LVP offcuts are broken down and bagged — not stacked in the corner. Punch on the tile scope is owned by us, not by the GC: if anything reads as a callback, we come back on our calendar, not yours.
We build the same way on every job: single-sheet waterproofing membranes behind shower walls (not felt paper and a prayer), full-bed thinset on every large-format floor tile (not five-spot), and expansion gaps at every perimeter transition where LVP meets tile. The callbacks we used to see on builder jobs — cracked grout at the curb, peaking LVP at a threshold, lippage at a doorway — go to zero when each install follows the same written checklist.
What GCs send us
Scope categories we close from GC handoffs
Four scope types account for most of our GC sub-contract volume out of the KC metro: new-build bath tile, kitchen backsplash, and whole-floor LVP/LVT — plus mid-scope waterproofing hits we absorb into the same contract when a GC has already opened the wall.
What the GC sends
A primary or second bath in a new build or full-gut remodel, typically 40-110 sq ft of floor tile plus a 60-80 sq ft shower or tub surround. The GC has already framed the bath, run the rough plumbing, and is ready for waterproofing and tile. Single-trade scope — no cabinetry or fixture install in our contract.
What we scope and install
Single-sheet waterproofing on the shower walls (Schluter Kerdi or equivalent), full-bed thinset on the floor tile, and a pre-formed pan (PVC or foam) under the shower base. We do not sub the waterproofing out — it stays on our own schedule with our own written checklist. Typical 3-5 day install on a single bath, longer on a primary-suite shower if the footprint is custom.
What the GC sends
A kitchen where the cabinets are on the wall, the countertops have been templated, and the GC is ready for the tile line between countertop and upper cabinets. Often 25-45 sq ft of wall tile, sometimes a full-slab or notch-around-window layout. The GC usually does not want a tile sub on-site for more than 2 days on this scope.
What we scope and install
Two-day install from template-to-grout, with outlet-box and switch-box cuts made on the bench (not on the wall) so we are not chasing electrical pencil-marks mid-tile. We schedule this scope against the countertop install and the cabinet punch, so the painter has a clean substrate behind us when we wrap. Typical 1.5-day install on a straight run, 2 days on a notched or full-slab layout.
What the GC sends
A whole-floor resale-grade LVP or LVT scope across one or two contiguous rooms, typically 600-1,400 sq ft. The subfloor is plywood or OSB, level to within 3/16" over 10 ft, and the GC has already handled the transition strips at the doorways. Single-trade scope — no furniture or appliance move-off in our contract.
What we scope and install
Floating-floor install with the manufacturer-specified underlayment, perpendicular to the long axis of the room, and staggered end-seams per the manufacturer pattern (not random). We acclimate the planks on-site for 48 hours before install and leave expansion gaps at every perimeter and at every threshold — the two details that decide whether the floor peaks at the doorway 18 months later.
What the GC sends
A GC has already pulled the trigger on a tile-and-subfloor replacement in a second bath, then opened the shower wall and found a saturated substrate behind the tile — black mold on the backer board, a rotted curb, soft plywood at the threshold. The GC needs a tile sub who can absorb the waterproofing rebuild into the same scope without re-contracting the bath.
What we scope and install
Scope a same-week shower envelope rebuild inside the original tile-and-flooring contract: demo to studs, replace the pan with a PVC pre-form, install a single-sheet waterproofing membrane, reset tile on the new substrate. We flag the subfloor reading in writing the day we open the wall so the GC is not surprised by a subfloor-replacement change order the day after demo. Typical 4-6 day install on the rebuilt shower, and the rest of the bath scope absorbs the slip without a new contract.
The cost of one bad tile sub
One bad tile sub = callback cost + client trust
ROI / risk frame
One bad tile sub can erase the margin on a build. The callback cost reads as a tile crew + a drywall patch + a paint touch-up — and the actual cost reads as client trust: the homeowner stops taking your project list at face value when the tile work has to come back a second time. Pair with us and the math shifts: every bath and kitchen you hand us closes on schedule at the published project band ($1,200 – $9,500), and the same-trade follow-on crew (paint, cabinetry, punch) picks up a clean substrate on the day we wrap. Warm GC-to-sub handoffs close at 70% – 90% because the relationship — not the price — is the bottleneck once a GC has decided to sub the scope.
Take the next step
Five ways to start a partnership
Pick the closest fit. Each link opens a pre-addressed email to the shared partnership inbox — just write the message and send.
Long-form introductions
For a longer introduction — a GC rate card, a multi-project handover, a recurring sub-contract arrangement — use the form below. The submission posts to POST /api/contact and lands in the shared partnership inbox at entriquit-tile-by-designs-llc@polsia.app.