Shower Marble Mosaic Mistake
Tom Capparelli
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Comments (9)I would recommend going to a local tile supply store and they should be able to guide you in the right direction. I have a members only business I work with called ProSource that has a whole showroom of different types of tile. Some tile manufacturers have like 20 different pricing tiers depending on the amount of tile you buy. Being a member allows me to have the larger buying power (theirs), wider selection, and thus a lower price point than if I went to the manufacturer direct and opened an account. They also sell at a wholesale price (My discounted price) or list price. I always pass my wholesale price to the clients - It's the right thing to do! Most of the porcelain tile mimics an actual marble or is very similar so if you find a marble you like then that will give you a better direction to find a manufacturer that can come close. Here is a link to just a google search that shows the wide array of tile that you can get. https://tilebar.com/collection/porcelain-tile/shop-by-look-porcelain/marble-look-porcelain-tile.html Mjammjam - I'm not sure of the type of marble that was listed in the original picture. Save it and go to a local supply store and see if they can find something that looks-alike. Best of luck in your endeavor! And food for thought - Not all tile is made equally. Their is a multitude of different rankings for hardness and durability given the area of application. One is called a PEI (Porcelain Enamel Institute) rating but there are other factors pending what type of tile you go with (Slip resistance, Moh's hardness, abrasion resistance, and frost resistance, breaking strength, water absorption, shade variation, etc.). You can go to The Home Depot and get a good looking floor tile but its PEI rating is like a 2, whereas I can go to a different manufacturer with the same look and gets a much higher PEI rating (around a 4). It cost a bit more but the tile is suited for the application and is more durable in the long run. Well worth the additional $ in my eyes. A good tile salesman will help you find the best tile for your application but it's good to be educated going in! :)...See MoreMosaic marble tiled floor in shower enclosure - stained?
Comments (20)Minpho, the grout they added does nothing. Grout is not waterproof. It is like a placeholder between the tiles that directs the water downhill to the drain and then when it does let small amounts of water through (because it is porous), it also allows that same water right back out again as it dries (because it is porous). Grout has worked fine for centuries despite this if the shower is built correctly underneath the tile. A properly sloped and waterproofed shower floor never looks like yours did after 8 days of drying out. Even with marble ("hard sponges") and grout (which lets water in and back out), your shower floor has an obvious problem. You can see what it is. The wet area is not sloping enough toward the drain to dry out, or it is not built on a waterproof bed - and the soggy bed underneath it is full of stagnant water that is keeping your tile wet. Or both. Your builder is responsible to give you a waterproof shower that does not leak, does not pool water underneath the tile, and dries out after showers. There are things that can help you in this situation, but you must act now to handle this correctly. Listen to the people here who have "PRO" under their pictures. Most of them have great advice - especially anyone having to do with tile. You may also have help available from your building inspector. Was your shower inspected as it was being built? Does your town do that? Did they okay the pre-slope and the waterproofing method? Go read the things that Creative Tile Eastern CT linked you to read. Ask more questions if it does not make sense to you. You MUST at this point make yourself understand how a shower is supposed to be built because you are now in negotiations with a builder who is not going to want to tear the whole thing out and redo it. Re-read what Creative Tile told you. He is telling you how to talk to your builder about this, what to ask about how the shower was built. You first have to read up on showers and understand terms like "pre-slope," "waterproofing," "shower pan membrane," and "clamping drain." Because otherwise, you can't discuss this and negotiate with your builder. That is why sometimes having the building inspector on your side about whether the shower was inspected during its construction (or not) is good. But if your building inspectors don't do that with new houses, then they are useless to you. Calling the town building department and asking if the inspectors do inspection on showers to ensure they are sloped and waterproofed properly before they are tiled in new home construction will tell you whether the building department will be any help to you. If they are supposed to do the inspection and your builder did not have it done, then the building inspector may come look at your shower and tell the builder to fix it....See MoreMarble mosaic for shower floor?
Comments (6)Honed marble with a lot of grout lines should be fine. I put this in after a little research. You need to seal it properly and reseal it every year to keep it from staining, as Jill mentioned, that is a factor. Maybe sealing is an issue, and keeping grout clean, that's something I hate, so that makes it harder to maintain, to answer your question more directly....See MoreHow to whiten grout on mosaic marble shower floor?
Comments (1)Wet sand it with 3m wet dry paper on a hand sponge. sure to use a sponge or pad that will conform to the slope. grit 200, 300, 400 Hire a tiler w proper wet dry diamond polishers and EXPERIENCE using them if plan A scares you. Miracle 511 sealant after its polished honed and dry. Id be careful w grout colorants. Most are epoxy based and that can bleed color into honed stone if you go that route try a tiny test area. Normal cleaning with a poultice or nano scrub pumice type stone cleaner mixed w a ph neutral stone cleaner....See MorePatricia Colwell Consulting
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