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I finally gave up on marble tile after talking to a plumber in Denver
Last month I was dead set on marble for my shower walls. Then this old plumber at Ferguson in Denver showed me a marble shower floor he'd just ripped out that was totally eaten away around the drain. He said acidic shampoos and cleaners do that over time, and marble is just too soft for a daily shower. He talked me into porcelain that looks like marble and I'm glad he did. Has anyone else switched materials mid-remodel after talking to a pro?
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jessica9212d ago
I saw @susan81's post and the part about "a nice old tile setter talked me out of it at the supply house" really hit home. I just want to gently push back on keith274 saying his marble backsplash looks perfect after four years though. I'm not saying you're wrong but marble can look fine for a while if you baby it and never let anything acidic near it. The problem is most of us don't realize how many everyday things like tomatoes, wine, lemon juice, even some cleaning sprays are slowly eating away at the polish. I've seen marble backsplashes that look amazing for five years then suddenly you catch a water spot or a drip in the wrong light and it's permanently dull. It's not like you can just resurface a backsplash easily either since it's stuck to the wall. So yeah you might have a good one keith274 but for most people it's a ticking clock with marble.
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susan812d ago
Drive my contractor nuts doing the same thing. I was ready to buy actual marble for the kitchen backsplash and a nice old tile setter talked me out of it at the supply house. Said he's pulled out too many marble backsplashes that looked terrible after a few years of cooking splatter and cleaning sprays. He showed me a photo of one that had etched spots all over from lemon juice and vinegar. Ended up going with a glazed ceramic that looks exactly like Carrara marble and I honestly haven't thought about it since.
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