Carrera shower floor with several gray areas, now what??
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white vanity w. carrera marble top and which floor?
Comments (2)We are in the process of doing white vanity with carrera tops and originally ordered marble floor tile. I loved the marble but when they called to say it had been discont'd, I was actually relieved because I had read so much about how difficult it was to maintain. Not sure why the architect thinks marble will be easier than ceramic. Use a grey grout and you don't have to worry about it discolouring - and it will also look great with the carrera. Just make sure you get glazed tile (matte or glossy) because someone here got the unglazed and said it is a bear to get teh dirt off). We decided to go with the hex with grey grout - at $3.25 per sqft, I've felt a bit less guilty about making other splurges (the marble we were looking at was $24/sqft). Hope this helps....See MoreFaux Carrera on floor and in shower, what countertop?
Comments (7)Just to follow up went to the Tile Shop this weekend for their big laborday sale and fell in love with a display they had. It was basket weave marble tile on the floor, subway marble on the shower walls and a greek key trim in black going around it, gorg! Sadly we can't afford all real marble so we'll do faux tiles in the shower and since it's in a separate room anyway, we are the only ones who will see it. I have found one marble remnant slab for my vanity and just need another one for my husbands which is smaller so should be easier to find a remnant, right? I will attempt to post pics when this is all done around November. Thanks again for all of the good advice, jrueter, PPS7 and Pricklypearcactus!!...See MoreGray shower floor, any ideas for Hexagon type.
Comments (8)@karen what type of grout did you use on the subway tiles?? also thanks for everyones help, I think we decided on Colbalt blue shower floor, White Subway Tile Walls, Brown Wood Planks, going for a spanish type of shower from what the Tile lady said. Now to figure out what to do with the threshold. Not sure to cap with with blue shower floor to meet with the wood planks, or if I should wood plank the outside of the threshold, and top then do the blue penny on the inside of the threshold....See MoreHELP! Need new shower flooring choice instead of marble hex!
Comments (6)@jhmarie yes I may have to go that way, though all the ones I've seen haven't been that great (looking for mostly white not too much or too dark veining) if anyone has any good ones let me know, but I think you are supposed to have small tile in shower itself for traction/ non slip? So wondering what would best go.. @SabrinaAlfinInteriors I read many houzz threads about incorrect installs and water retention of the marble causing floor damage such as this thread with many pro comments saying it's a widespread problem... From the installers POV while it looks nice, it shouldn't be installed for wet floor use unless a specific underfloor drainage system is purchased specifically for it (which I know wouldn't be the case with my sub's install I already know standard mud pan was ordered) but here's some of those threads for reference https://www.houzz.com/discussions/carrara-hex-tiles-on-shower-floor-wont-dry-out-dsvw-vd~3124883 and https://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/3086267/carrera-shower-floor-with-several-gray-areas-now-what?n=21...See Morejerzeegirl (FL zone 9B)
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