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Solid Surfact Shower Walls
Posted on 1/6/20 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 1/6/20 at 2:20 pm
Looking to pull out fiberglass tub/shower and replace with walk in shower. Do not want to deal with tile and grout sealing, cleaning, etc. Anyone have experience with solid surface showers such as the Kohler LuxStone or similar product ? Just looking at all options at this point.
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Posted on 1/6/20 at 6:44 pm to Ashtray
Tile is terrible. I would be interested in the replies you get. I want to rip mine out.
Posted on 1/6/20 at 6:54 pm to notsince98
SAME!
The only thing i've got any other experience with is a product called mincey marble. Its a solid surface type with the only seams in the corners...we put it in a few bathrooms when i worked for a landlord back in college-seemed to be a pretty good product....
The only thing i've got any other experience with is a product called mincey marble. Its a solid surface type with the only seams in the corners...we put it in a few bathrooms when i worked for a landlord back in college-seemed to be a pretty good product....
Posted on 1/6/20 at 7:14 pm to Ashtray
I’m in the process of pulling out my solid tub walls and putting in tile. The cultured marble slabs started warping and pulling away from the wall they were glued to about five years after we moved into the house.
They looked fine though, just kind of bland.
They looked fine though, just kind of bland.
Posted on 1/6/20 at 8:17 pm to Ashtray
I am a fan of Marbella stone products. It's basically Marbella like was used in the 70s and 80s, but rather than swirled paint, they take granite waste and press it in the resin. That's a time tested product with very little maintenance and way less leak possibilities than tile. It's gotten really popular also just in plain white with no swirl. It's less than a custome shower and if a freestanding tub is the centerpiece, people are doing these as a secondary. I also put a lot of shower floors in and then tile walls. The floors and curbs are way way les likely to leak.
Posted on 1/6/20 at 8:20 pm to Ashtray
I have some on the web. Go to mybuildercares.com and check out the gallery. There are quite a few pics of different styles of the marbella and marbella floor with tile walls.
Posted on 1/6/20 at 9:02 pm to Ashtray
I’ve got solid surface in a large master shower that sees heavy use. It’s white, no swirls or patterns, and it cleans like a dream. No grout to scrub, minimal seams to potentially leak. 6+ years, it still looks brand new. That said, if you aren’t good at cleaning and use bar soap in an area with hard water, it can look bad pretty quickly.
Posted on 1/7/20 at 11:17 am to hungryone
Hungry - whats the brand of solid surface you have ?
Posted on 1/7/20 at 11:25 am to Ashtray
Sorry, I don't know the brand....it was contractor recommended; he used it in his own house. I actually went there and looked at it in person. Product was about 6-7 years old at that time and still looked new. It is some sort of composite/"cultured marble" surface.
Posted on 1/7/20 at 4:47 pm to Libertariantiger
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Libertariantiger
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Go to mybuildercares.com and check out the gallery.
Are all those shower walls made out of marbella?
Posted on 1/8/20 at 7:42 am to fatboydave
The ones that are sheet on the wall are cultured marble. I use the term marbella, I think it is more common term. It's like the other poster said, they are done by companies local. They measure and cast.
Some of the showers in the pics have marbella base and tile walls. For me as a builder I can give a customer a custom shower with tile walls while still having more leak protection.
I have not seen the kohler panels like you originally were asking about. I'll probably look at them at the builder show in a few weeks. The wholesalers are starting to push those more, but they are still rarely used in area in S. Louisiana.
Some of the showers in the pics have marbella base and tile walls. For me as a builder I can give a customer a custom shower with tile walls while still having more leak protection.
I have not seen the kohler panels like you originally were asking about. I'll probably look at them at the builder show in a few weeks. The wholesalers are starting to push those more, but they are still rarely used in area in S. Louisiana.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 8:29 am to Libertariantiger
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I have not seen the kohler panels like you originally were asking about. I'll probably look at them at the builder show in a few weeks. The wholesalers are starting to push those more, but they are still rarely used in area in S. Louisiana.
Kohler has been pushing those hard in the past few years. They tried to get us to be a seller for them, but we're a glass company and would like to stay a glass company. The product isn't bad, but it's not something I'd use in my house. It's something more for apartments/hotels/tract houses. It might looks good in pictures, but up close it looks as fake as it really is.
Same with cultured marble. It's not my thing. If it fits your budget and you like it, go for it, but if you can stretch a little more for a proper tiled or stone shower, then do that. We do a lot of demos and reinstalls of shower enclosures that are mounted in cultured marble and I don't have good experiences with it. It stains very easily, and it's rare that we find one that's stuck to the wall properly. Cultured marble also limits what kind of glass enclosure you can use. Frameless is next to impossible unless you use a header with the glass. The weight of the glass will pull the surround off the wall otherwise.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 8:34 am to Ashtray
The older Kohler product, Choreograph, had mostly good reviews. Not sure of the new LuxStone. I'd check Houzz forum for reviews. Swanstone and Corian get good reviews too.
We ended up replacing a builder fiberglass insert with FlexStone wall panels. Reasonably priced, easy install, looks great.
We ended up replacing a builder fiberglass insert with FlexStone wall panels. Reasonably priced, easy install, looks great.
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