seagrass limestone in bathroom

Maurizio, I have read over your messages and understand you dont recommend some limestones to be used in the bathroom. We are looking at renovating our ensuite bathroom and like seagrass limestone. Seagrass comes from Turkey I believe and I am not sure of the dolomite component of it. We are thinking of limiting the use of seagrass just to the bathroom floors and selecting another tile for the shower maybe a porcelain or a tumbled marble. Any thoughts? Your advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Dear Adriano:

I could not find any usable information to enable me to make any comment on that particular stone. Yes, it does come from Turkey, but that's all I was able to gather.

However for the project that you have in mind, it should be all right.

As for the shower, either porcelain or tumbled marble would be just fine, but remember that even the best material in the   hands of some “Michelangelo” will turn into a sad heap of junk!

Installation is paramount in a shower stall and just as important – if not more important – than the material!

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