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achillea
Hi
I'm new to the forum as we are moving into a new house next month and I want to gut the bathroom (lovely avocado job). After much agonising I'm erring towards a nice white carrara marble for the floor and on the walls of the walk in wet area (top quality stuff from Strata tiles). However I keep hearing conflicting views on whether marble is the right material due to a) need to keep sealing b) cost and pain of doing that c) chance of staining. I'd really appreciate views on the following:
- Whether a quality white marble would cope with having shampoo/shower gell chucked at it every day? (2 people per day)
- If so, how often would I need to seal? I've heard anything from 3 months to 5 years.
- Best sealant for the job
- Would a marble effect porcelain be better for the floor? (struggling to find a convincing looking one although Porcelanosa have something - most of their white tiles seem to have been discontinued). Although if I went for this I'd still want to use this fancy italian textured marble for the walls.. might be a problem matching up though.
- Slip factor - going for a honed finish and probably 50x50 tiles - dangerous? If I go with a white marble from Fired Earth they do it in smaller sizes which may be less dangerous? By the way, the bathroom is only 3.1m x 1.5m and the wet area would be around 0.7m x 1.5m.
I'm going round in circles on this one so any advice gratefully received! (also if anyone experienced in this type of work services the Tonbridge area I'm open to offers)
pip pip
Achillea
I'm new to the forum as we are moving into a new house next month and I want to gut the bathroom (lovely avocado job). After much agonising I'm erring towards a nice white carrara marble for the floor and on the walls of the walk in wet area (top quality stuff from Strata tiles). However I keep hearing conflicting views on whether marble is the right material due to a) need to keep sealing b) cost and pain of doing that c) chance of staining. I'd really appreciate views on the following:
- Whether a quality white marble would cope with having shampoo/shower gell chucked at it every day? (2 people per day)
- If so, how often would I need to seal? I've heard anything from 3 months to 5 years.
- Best sealant for the job
- Would a marble effect porcelain be better for the floor? (struggling to find a convincing looking one although Porcelanosa have something - most of their white tiles seem to have been discontinued). Although if I went for this I'd still want to use this fancy italian textured marble for the walls.. might be a problem matching up though.
- Slip factor - going for a honed finish and probably 50x50 tiles - dangerous? If I go with a white marble from Fired Earth they do it in smaller sizes which may be less dangerous? By the way, the bathroom is only 3.1m x 1.5m and the wet area would be around 0.7m x 1.5m.
I'm going round in circles on this one so any advice gratefully received! (also if anyone experienced in this type of work services the Tonbridge area I'm open to offers)
pip pip
Achillea
