I'm not sure what kind of marble flooring is this, the flooring most matching the two below sample..


http://www.google.com.my/imgres?imgurl=htt...sch&um=1&itbs=1

or

http://www.google.com.my/imgres?imgurl=htt...:72&tx=73&ty=52


My parents and 1 ah pek contractor told me this is an expensive marble, which is very cooling and wont absorb heat, further to it it's also more think compare to other tiles which wont scrath or break easily if heavy item drop on it... my question is will this be nice after polish ? or what is the treatment to make it shine back ? izzit this type of marble is a good marble ??

cox if i remain i might save 6k here for other job... please leave advice urgently

oh ya my mum call it "wan Sek" in cantonese

This post has been edited by Kelvin5717: Jul 18 2011, 01:29 PM

From what I can see, these are broken marble. Not the most expensive type but it is nice. Personally, I think you will be OK to do the grinding and polishing and it will be quite new. Of course, deep stains and cuts or scratch still can't be fixed. You really need to show a real picture to be able to comment accurately. If it is just lacklustre, you can make it shinny again.

I kept my marble floor when I am doing my renovation. You could save the money and spend it elsewhere. Like I said, unless your marble floor is in really bad shape, no point changing to others. Well, except you decided to change it to compressed marble or compressed quartz which are tougher and yet has the natural stone look

This post has been edited by bhtan: Jul 18 2011, 03:49 PM

This is call broken marble. I was looking for this broken marble last weekend, cost about RM 300 / ton, installation is about RM 2 - RM3, and polish for old floor is about RM 2.00 per square feet.

It can shine good after polish.

As others have mentioned what you have is "broken marble". Basically these are odd/leftover marble pieces which have been assembled together for the floor.

It is not expensive marble as compared to those which have been cut and polished into tiles. Anyway, it is still a kind of natural marble and it functions just fine as a floor. Yes it can be polished.

If it works fine and looks fine to you then keep it.

this broken marble is worth to keep instead of replacing with tiles as it has the cooling effect which tiles don't have.

marble and granite are natural stone which can be polished to make it looks new and shine after several years, while tiles cannot be polished.

But marble is quite porous. All the polishing and grinding will not help if there are deep stain or scratches.

Bit of stain is ok lah. Nothing is perfect. After few years tiles may stain too.

If you are not fussy, you can retain the marble flooring. Save you some money

Marble is a natural stone. As time goes, it will become dull and there are bound to have scratches thus loses its shine.
To revive them, all it needs is some cleaning and polishing to restore it to its original shine. After that you could crystallize the floor. This will bring a mirror like shine to the marble. The crystallization process will also provide a film to the surface which helps to preserve the colour and brightness of the natural marble.

i am having the same predicament as you. I will probably keep the marble flooring and use the cash elsewhere.

keep the marble! it's classy

Yeah and even is stain you don't notice too much.

If nothing wrong, just keep the marble, you may need maintained it after 3-4 years to re-polish again .
But normally will not process after the first time polish, as most your stuff already in place and you will too lazy to move thing around to allow the polish, which will make your place wet.

Need to be caustion is Cool water, which may leave stain behind...

What do u mean by Cool Water? Izzit the water penetretrated from the ground?

yalo broken marble not expensive 1 i think those 1 big piece marble only expensive, i will go to my house tomorrow and i will wash the floor with plain water then take picture to show you guys

Rm2 psft is cheap, haahahaa really not expensive 1 lol.. how come u looking for this ?? i thought this is a very old style already ?? why dun use 2x2 tiles for modern looking ?

correct just got the info through google also, hmm i believe it works fine as it's more harden then tiles and cooling too, but i'm doubting the looks fine terms hahaha or maybe is just me alone cox even my gf ask me to remain, she say it's ok and can save 6k then i can transfer for KC or other furniture lol

how bout durability ? last long ?

then HOW ???

hmm.... so confuse either to change or not ... hmm

I'm not super fussy but little fussy hahaha, that means after several years when it become dull and lost its shine, i can still do the grinding and polishing works to revive it again la ? hmm how bout tiles ? tiles cannot ?

Jags, mine sharing how is your condition of the broken marble flooring ???

Classy ? but i make my home modern design... then it will clash like clash of the titan

yup, hahaha actually i was lose hair, hair from my furry legs maybe due to too many maggie mee hahaha then my gf said if tiles it will look very obvious but the broken marble can cover little bit not so visible even if forget to sweep floor for 1 month hahaha cox now our rented condo is with 2x2 beige color and even we clean every weekend also my hair is at everywhere and so visible

yalo hahaha i believe so, cool water leave stain ?? i thought of cleaning the floor 2moro as it's dusty so i can take picture to share with you guys ? then i need to boil water to wash floor ? hahahaha or the normal pipe water is ok ? do you mean cool water as in Ice water ?

yalo dun get it... i need to go wash my floor 2moro please advice ...

Part of my living room extend out, so got to find the broken marbles to match the old marbles. If not i got to do tiling for entire living room.

agreed.. better polish it.. my friend polish the marble, turn out like a mirror.. shiny like new..
owh.. my new ceramic tiles (glossy) for living is sucks...

Side track, does anyone still do marble floors? Am changing my floor tiles for my new house and kinda like marble flooring. Is it cheaper than laying tiles?

Actual marble got, i think the price depend on cut, pattern, design and origin.

Ice (water)...but yet it depend on the marble type too.

lol i thought u purposely change from tiles to marbles hahaha that actually not really supporting comment about the broken marbles cox u left no choice since it's to continue the original marble flooring lol

wah serious ? i'm not looking at my friend house (rented apartment) also broken marble tak nampak cantik also hahaha of cox he never do polishing since it's just a rented apartment hahaha dunno if it really can be shinny again lol

it's cheaper as per above lowyatan advice, Rm 2 per sqft is cheap hahaha but i wonder why u want a marble flooring izzit because u like it more then tiles or because it's cheaper to install ??

so Ice water cannot, but 2moro i can just open water pipe and wash la ? gonna do it during my lunch time the quickly go back office hahaha scare boss marah makan 2 jam lol