I am researching the suitability of travertine for bathroom floor and shower - LOVE the look.....concern for limited information and use in my area about travertine ... wondering if due to super hard water from the ground water....on a farm with well water....any ideas

 

Dear Sandra:

If you have unfiltered hard water (maybe with iron mineral in it to boot), you're going to have problems in a shower stall no matter what you will be lining it with, this side of stain-less steel!

Travertine is among the best stones to be installed in a shower stall, but unfiltered well-water… I don't think so!

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