Miscellaneous FAQ
Major trends in bathroom
design includes marble countertops
Bathrooms have seen the most dramatic change
in both concept and design of any room in the
house. The spacious and sprawling bathrooms of
today include many amenities that were just not
available to the general public ten years ago.
For example, bathrooms may now include large
whirlpool tubs with separate showers; toilets
and possibly bidets in their own, separate room;
double marble countertop or two separate marble
countertops; heated tile floors; heated towel
bars; deep and stylish medicine cabinets that
provide lots of storage; halogen lighting; hand
sprays (personal showers); and dedicated make-up
areas.
A significant trend in today′s bathroom
design is to make the room larger, especially
the master bath. This usually involves borrowing
space from an adjacent closet or bedroom to
expand beyond the typical 5′ x 7′ room of the
past. It′s not uncommon for homeowners,
especially those with smaller families, to
sacrifice a spare or guest bedroom to create a
"master retreat," complete with a large,
luxurious bath and a spacious walk-in closet (or
even his and hers closets).
A final trend is the desire for products of
better quality that will last. Many people have
been burned in the past with a bathroom
renovation that didn′t hold up after a few
years. In some cases, this caused leaks that
resulted in costly repairs to other parts of the
house. To avoid this situation, people today are
willing to spend more for a better quality,
long-lasting product. Hand in hand with this is
the fact that people today have less time for
home repair and maintenance. "Easy maintenance"
and "better quality" are words I hear over and
over from my customers.
There are many
applications for natural
stones.
Marble City Company specializes in marble and
granite - two examples of the most reliable,
beautiful and sophisticated stones nature gives
us. We recommend marble and granite because we
know that such products as fireplaces, stairs,
floors, walls and accessories in different rooms
like bathrooms or kitchens (at home or any other
surroundings) give exceptional elegance,
longevity and style. The combination of Italian
design and marble/granite will provide the
excellent look for your home or business. The
natural stone will fill your place with luxury
and upgrade your home. The best out of all is
that the price of your home will keep growing
thanks to investment into marble and
granite.
Production of the marble
& granite artifacts
The fabrication of the products from natural
stones consists of few steps. It′s a complicated
process by nature but modern technology makes it
affordable and easy. First, any natural stone is
extracted from the quarry - this is the way
the natural stone blocks are produced. The sizes
of the blocks vary up to more than 16′ x 16′
with weight exceeding 200+ tons. Once the blocks
are extracted from the quarry they are shipped
to the slab fabricators. The slab fabricators
use special saws to cut the marble or granite
blocks into the slabs. The next step is the
polishing of the slabs, also done by the
fabricators. After the slabs are polished they
are shipped to the suppliers. That is where our
customers go to choose the slabs they need for
their marble or granite products. Once the slab
is selected it′s again delivered to the final
fabricator who in turn does the final
preparation and
installation. | 
