Even though he spoke perfect English, he put his thick Chinese accent and say "I tell owner" whenever he got complaints. 

I'm not asking for people to admit to crimes or advice on commuting fraud on a public forum, you people are thick and not reading the post. 

It looks like thick brown string.

If the tiles have chips and cracks in it heat it up, pop out the single tile and put any tile in there that is the same thickness or you can use some type of filler for the crack.  

That attitude held us together through thick and thin and thinner and even thinner to thick and thicker and even thicker.

I don't know how thick a concrete top should be but it seems it would raise it noticeable higher than the stove.

As you know, the Pittsburgh standard treatment that tenants get here is having a thick lease thrown at them by a property manager or landlord who looks at their watch and sighs in irritation if the tenant should have the temerity to want to actually read what they're signing.

Lesson learned I guess... how thick of a layer do you typically go with?

You also need to have thick skin and be prepared for the fact that some people you would expect to send you referrals, just wont.So pick at least 100 people in your sphere.

There are also soap dishes next to the bath tubs.Now here is a picture of a broken one.These are not glued on or screwed on, there is a ceramic protrusion in the back about 3/4" thick, and it's set into the wall with thick set mortar.