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Natural Stone Shower Walls: A Homeowner’s Planning Guide

The right stone for a shower is dictated first by water absorption and waterproofing, not by color or veining. Granite below 0.4%, quartzite at 0.05%–0.2%, and slate below 0.4% behave very differently from marble at 0.5%–2.0%, limestone at 1.0%–8.0%, and travertine at 2.5%–10%+ once water is involved, so the material photo you love is only […]