White Carrara marble from StonePly Residential is lightweight and easy to install.

Lightweight Marble for Your Bathroom

Your bathroom sometimes becomes a secret hideaway from the chaos of your house. Escaping for a long bath or shower can be the therapy you need after a long day or week. Imagine turning your bathroom into a marble palace full of luxury and comfort. That can include marble floors, countertops, bathtub surrounds and showers. Now there’s a way to add marble to your bathroom renovation project without the weight or installation challenges that come with heavy marble slabs.

Marble – Advantages and Challenges

Marble is a stunning natural stone that works well in bathrooms, which involve water and steam, holding up better than other materials to such conditions. It’s clean, easy to maintain, and offers a sleek design.

However, as with natural stone, it can be heavy – so heavy in fact that it is difficult to work with and must be cut down into small panels to install. This means that there will be grout lines, which can be unattractive and require frequent cleaning. To reduce these challenges, there is an alternative that is lightweight and offers the same beauty without the installation and cleaning hassle.

An Innovative Stone Solution for Bathrooms

We take a thin panel of marble and apply a fiberglass or aluminum composite material (ACM) backing to the natural stone. This process ensures that the marble is strong and durable, but is light in weight, making these panels the ideal choice for installation in your bathroom. These panels weigh approximately 80 percent less than solid marble slabs, yet have 60 times the impact strength.

Our panels have been tested and verified for their seismic strength. They also can withstand all types of climates, offering long-lasting beauty for your master or guest bathroom.

The cost of labor to install these panels is reduced because of their lightweight and quick installation time. And, with our shower kits, the installation process is even more efficient.

However, as an ecologically sound option, you can also feel that you are doing the right thing for the environment. That’s because fewer trips are required to get the materials to your house, reducing emissions. Also, because these only use a thin strip of natural stone, you are using fewer natural resources.

Marble Selection

We have a great selection of beautiful marble choices in terms of an array of colors, patterns, and finishes. There is sure to be one that fits your bathroom project and interior design.

Enjoy the Low Maintenance

With no grout lines, there is nothing to worry about in terms of cleaning or discoloring over time. Instead, all you have to do is gently wipe these panels down and have them resealed once a year. Less housework is always a real advantage!

Free Estimates for Bathroom Projects

To get a free estimate or a sample of our marble product for your bathroom construction or remodeling project, contact us at 903-259-6478 or via email at sales@stoneply.com.  You can also fill out our contact form: https://www.stoneply.com/en/contact-us/.

ACM backing from StonePly Residential.

Advantages of ACM

When looking for a way to include marble in your home, whether for use as fireplace surrounds, shower walls, bathtub surrounds, steam rooms or countertops, more contractors are turning to the use of aluminum composite materials (ACM) for backing on marble panels to provide beautiful, natural marble without the weight and installation challenges that using natural stone often creates. This blog provides information on how working with aluminum composite materials creates a unique advantage for your home or residential project.

Learning about ACM

ACM is applied to the back of thin panels of natural marble, which changes what is possible for home construction projects. This is a great solution for making over your bathroom, kitchen, and fireplace surround, adding the inherent beauty of marble without many of the challenges that are often associated with adding natural stone.

Lightweight and Durable

Using a thin panel of natural stone greatly reduces the weight. This makes it easier to transport and work with as well as minimizes the load on the structure it is added to, whether that is a wall or countertop. Transporting more with less labor not only reduces the overall cost of a residential project, but you are also helping to reduce emissions and go easy on the environment.

Not only does it compete with traditional natural stone slabs in weight but it goes the distance in terms of strength and durability. The ACM or fiberglass backing used adds strength to these panels. Already tried and tested on many commercial projects around the world, this stunning product is now available for use in your home. Imagine having the same luxurious look as some of the globe’s most well-known hotels, casinos, and restaurants.

Selection

There is a wide selection of colors and styles to choose from, which makes it convenient for you to find the perfect match for your interior design and color scheme. Our website offers a full catalogue and a brochure that shows you many of the options that are possible for your home or residential project, including an array of different marble shade and pattern choices.

Ease of Installation

Since these are large, lightweight panels, they are easy and faster to install. In fact, it is faster to install these natural stone panels than tile as no grout is required. The panels can even be installed over most existing substrates, which means no construction or demolition for greater time and cost savings.

Low Maintenance

After installation, you can enjoy this beautiful option with little to no maintenance. It only requires sealing once a year with no grout to clean. The surface only needs to be wiped down with a hand towel and gentle, non-abrasive cleaner to retain its beauty for years to come.

Free Estimates

To get a free estimate or a sample as well as to learn more about StonePly Residential’s innovative stone solution for your home or residential project, contact us at 903-259-6478 or via email at sales@stoneply.com.  You can also fill out our contact form found here: https://www.stoneply.com/en/contact-us/.