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More help with Marble-Bill?

15 years ago

I've been reading all the posts and agree with Bill that nothing I can find comes close to looking like real marble. Since my bathroom is so small, I am going to go for it and try and make it like this with the red glass accents: http://lightstreamsglasstile.com/red_sea.aspx

You have to scroll down to see it in the marble. I know it is not everyones taste but here all you see are travetine baths that look dark to me and I only need 110 sq feet of tile total so it is somewhat affordable. The rest of my house is all red and white too so it will fit in.

I have a flat marble vanity top with a red vessel sink and waterfall faucet and a red blown glass vanity light about the sink. The base of the vanity and the walls are all white too helping to make the room look larger, did I say it was tiny? 6X9 and the shower is big 4.5 X 3.5 so not much floor space.

Now, trying to get pricing and pick marble out is tough and I wanted a bit of help. I read all about grading starting with A, etc. but when you go to buy, no one knows the grades and so far the only differences I see are in thickness from 1/2" to 5/8 and from $7 to $10/sq. ft.. How do I choose? Is it all thick enough for a bathroom floor and walk in shower walls? I am going to use some smaller hex marble tiles for the floor.

Do you think I should get the floor warmer mat for under the marble?

Thanks for any ideas and I did check out the John Brige tile forums to see if I can find some help there too.

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bill_vincent
15 years ago
You see the pic with the statuary white marble? That's EXACTLY what I had in mind for my master bath if this house goes thru, except with a pink glass accent (for my wife)!! Thank you for that!! Now I can SHOW her what I want to do!!

Now for YOUR questions:

Is it all thick enough for a bathroom floor and walk in shower walls?

Absolutely. I don't know where you're seeing 5/8" thick tile, though. Normally, the thickest stone tile you'll find will be absolute black, which is usually 7/16" thick. Most of it's usually either 5/16" or 3/8". I HAVE seen thicker stone tile, but it's always been special order, usually specifically for mudset applications.

Do you think I should get the floor warmer mat for under the marble?

Let me put it this way. Years ago, I had a house down in Connecticut where the master bathroom floor was a stone called pink argenta (My ex loved pink, too). It was bearable, but there were alot of times, especially during the dead of winter, where I would've really liked that floor to be a bit WARMER first thing in the morning!! :-) I'll let you take it from there!!
fidoprincess
Original Author
15 years ago
okay, thanks-yes to the warm floor!

What about the pricing? Safe to go with the $7/ft? Honestly it all looks the same to me-beautiful, shiny and interesting.

People are telling me DON"T do marble because in a few years it will look bad-dull, stained, and ugly? I found this:http://www.mygranitecare.com/sealing-granite.html Did you ever hear of it or use it? Seems like a good solution-10 years!?

Can't find the pic you like with pink. Is it in the jewel glass collection?
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