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Tidying Up: How to Clean Up Different Tile Types

Architectural Ceramics

Porcelain tile from AC’s Himalaya Collection , made to look like polished or matte marble. Stains like red wine on a marble surface are the enemy. Stains like red wine on a marble surface are the enemy. With this matte marble-look porcelain, stains from a capsized Cabernet aren’t as worrisome. Windex anyone?

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Queries & Quandaries: Wire Anchors for Interior Stone Cladding

StoneDimensions

One can use portland cement based mortars to eliminate the plaster, but then the cure time is extended and ductile stainless wire must be substituted for copper due to the galvanic reaction potential between copper and mortar. Is there a document that exists that would clarify that this is an uncommon requirement in stone installation?

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