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Tidying Up: How to Clean Up Different Tile Types

Architectural Ceramics

For information on installing or cleaning glass tile, visit AC’s Learning Center and use the document titled: Glass Tile Installation & Cleaning Instructions. Marble, travertine, limestone and slate are all beautiful stones to surround yourself with, but they require a bit more care and maintenance than the other tile categories.

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Queries and Quandaries: Stone Tile on Exterior Balcony

StoneDimensions

There is no industry document, to my knowledge, that mandates or even encourages the incorporation of an arris, yet it is far more common to include it than to eliminate it. Within this document, there is a discussion of recommended factors of safety.

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Considering white marble counter tops? | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Put carrara in one bath, and Brazilian travertine in another. link] Bob Borson feel free to email me some documentation on the porosity of stones, I’d love to see it. In Brazil all kitchen counters were cheap white marble back in the, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s. Therefore I just think it is supposed to look stained.

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