which one will you choose for a living and dining area of 500sft:

1) 2X2 tiles arround $3600,
2) Ipoh Pink broken marble $5200,
3) Ipoh Pink 2X2 marble $7500.

all include instalation and polish job for the marble.

For longer term maintenance, tiles will be easier, as marble will be relatively porous and tend to absorb spillage and colours easily, unless your contractor do another impregnator coating on top of the marble.

Just my 2 cents

At almost 50% more expensive, I think I rather choose tiles. Marble seems outdated anyway

The marble is cheap as already with installed and polishing. Where u get it ? Can pm me contact.

Marble, it won't go out date.

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Added on July 15, 2012, 8:25 amWhat tiles you get, for that price include installation don't look like good brand like Niro or grocera.


This post has been edited by weikee: Jul 15 2012, 08:25 AM

Tile usually more costly than marble.
Bear in mind, tiles do not need any maintenance and marble need to be polish after years.

That depend what tiles you get. And how often you see people polish marbles?

Also depend on wat marble, marble cost range from few ringgit to hundred ringgit per sqft. Example: commercial grade creamma mafill cost rm 25/sqft, not include installation

This post has been edited by skng03: Jul 15 2012, 11:21 AM

Marble usually are more costly!

I bought a second hand unit and am actually spending money to remove the pink broken marble which I felt looked kinda 70's. One man's meat is another man's poison I guess

Marble can have very big piece, can be very very costly. And need specialized skill people to install. you see some of the 5 stats hotel floor are so nice, and hardly need any repolish with the kind of traffic.

Stone marble ! Cooling and any Scratches nextime can repolished .

you r right, its a house brand tiles from Super Ceramic, made in China, $16 per piece.

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Added on July 15, 2012, 11:26 pmi get the quote from a marble factory at Simpang Pulai, Ipoh.

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Added on July 15, 2012, 11:34 pmi don't share the view that broken marble is outdated. however i agreed that 1 man's meat is another man's poison.

2X2 marble is always my favorite, but after much searching and went back to the factory to place deposit, they told me cannot get the price anymore... my cost rises for more than 1.5k, and when i search around for bathroom and kitchen tiles, i found a tiles which is cheap and nice too, hence the dilemma.

This post has been edited by orientaliew: Jul 15 2012, 11:34 PM

If budget allow maybe stretch and install marbles. Is nicer.

After install marble or tiles you can not avoid scratches totally, so be prepared. Its a floor after all. But marble has "coolong" effect.

i'd go for marbles if you tend to stay in that property for a long time. good thing about marbles is you can polish it after, lets say 5-10 years and it will look ass good as new.

Bro,

Is the marbles company name = ES Marble.

If not kindly PM me the contact. FYI i m looking for the pink marble as well but the latest pink
marble is not as good as last time. It has more grains than previous one.

I put in tiles for my living, dining area and store room.

Total area 587.5 sq ft.

I bought Feruni Garnet YE04NN 60x60cm tiles at RM11.99 each from Feruni directly at one of the HomeDec or some other show at PWTC.

184 tiles = RM2,286.16 (RM80 is for delivery). Inclusive of side skirting. Still have a few tiles left over for spare.

Experienced installer is really a must. They laid it all out with very narrow gaps and looks really nice.

At the end of the day, no more money for marble flooring. haha. My feet can feel the difference though; as phoenix69 said, marble has the cooling effect. Tiles are not so cooling.

This post has been edited by kamion: Jul 16 2012, 03:12 PM

I personally prefer marble. Tiles tend to be sticky very fast.

your Feruni tiles very cheap, cause i remember one of the tiles with the grain of travertine priced at more than $40 a piece and its looks exactly like Iranian beige marble.
how much the installation cost you?

The most expensive houses and condos use marble flooring, not tiles, which is considered lower in class.

Tiles are the average finishing material - practical, durable, affordable, and maintenance free.
Nowadays, 2'x2' polished porcelain tiles with marble grain is common - to imitate the marble effect. Then, there are tiles with wood grain finish, to imitate timber.

Marble needs care since it is easily scratched and stained. Being natural, no two pieces are the same.
It feels good to step on marble surface especially in our tropical climate. Tiles does have the 'sticky' feel, being non-porous. Marble breathes and absorbs moisture.

Comparing marble and tile is like comparing natural timber floor finish and engineered wood planks eg. Inovar. The feel is very different.

Ipoh Pink marble (some call it 'pig lung marble' in cantonese) tend to have a lot of fissures/fine cracks. Matching marble slabs is one big hassle as the colour and grain can be very incosistent.

This post has been edited by tehtmc: Jul 16 2012, 05:42 PM

It was all lumped in by my wet works contractor. He charged me RM6000 for all tiling works downstairs including one small bathroom, dry and wet kitchen floors and full height walls, and all living room, dining area and small store room floor. 890 sq ft floor area and 828 sq ft of wall area. I also have no idea if that's expensive or cheap.

Overall, my contractor's price was 24% cheaper than the other quotation I got, plus my other family members have used him before and he's always the reliable guy. Indeed, he was very reliable and still comes around to help me drill holes in the wall and help clear a bird's nest in my roof when I called him. I've already paid him in full in April, yet he still comes around to help.

Ceramic tiles will be sticky but polished porcelain tiles will not.

Comparing marble and tile is like comparing natural timber floor finish and laminated flooring.

precisely. i can understand why the installer quoted me $2 more psf for broken marble and keep on persuading me to lay the 1x2 marble. at the end, the labour is much much more than material, almost 4 times.

shall make the final decision this week.

engineered boards = laminated flooring

Between 1'x2' marble and 2'x2' polished tiles, I would prefer the latter for looks la. Of course, the 'feel' is another matter. 1'x2' marble is great for rooms though(I use 1'x2' Ipoh Pink for a bedroom), but bit small for living area.
Ipoh White is easier colour to match with than Pink.

This post has been edited by tehtmc: Jul 17 2012, 03:51 PM

Dear Bro,


If you dont mind can you post the photo of your living room and the other room.

TQ

it looks cheaper because i sourced marble, tiler and polisher seperately.
will certainly give u the contact nomber after the work finish and only if i m satisfied.

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Added on July 18, 2012, 3:05 pmwill post it later.

This post has been edited by orientaliew: Jul 18 2012, 03:05 PM

this is the living and dining area to be laid marble (2X2 or broken).

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Added on July 24, 2012, 4:55 pmi think can get creama mafil granite at arround $16/sft, not including transportation and installation of course. Ipoh Pink can get $9 for the lower grade, but for those which is "cleaner", without "water line" or less patchy, price can be tripled!

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Added on July 24, 2012, 5:01 pmi went to ES Marble too, they dont have much stone of Ipoh Pink, the remaining stock is really not good, alot of grains and pricy too. try go further down the main road towards Cameron, there is a factory on your right which specialised in Ipoh marble, you may choose from so many different local marble.

This post has been edited by orientaliew: Jul 24 2012, 05:01 PM


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Go for marble... price and perception aside; one main thing you'll notice is that when you walk into a home with a marble floor, the house definitely feels more cooling.

Added benefit is that valuators take into account marble flooring when deriving value for a residential home.

Engineering boards are REAL timber verneers on a backing. Laminated boards are timber PRINTS on backing. They are NOT the same.

Engineering boards are actually better than solid wood due to less movement. Some are even more expensive than solid timber . But because the veneer is thin (2-5mm) you can't sand it that many times.

some r expensive than solid timber for same species normally engineering board cheaper lar

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This post has been edited by orientaliew: Jul 25 2012, 11:15 AM

Bro,

I m going to ipoh this weekend. Can i have the marble factory name that you mention from the main road towards cameron.

Is the price reasonable ? How much per square feet for good ipoh pink marble ?

TQ

the company is SMT Stone World sdn bhd. its manufacturing and trading of all kinds of marble product and furniture. difficult to tell cheap all not because there are wide choices. for 2x2, the price range from $6 to $18 sft i think.
may be we can combine our order to get better price, any other forummers interested?

need some advice on what color can i match with greenish marble flooring (those old fashion type) - having a headache thinkin of what paint and furniture color to match with.

greenish marble is quite expensive, but difficult to match colour. paint wise i would say light yellow or light green. better use furniture with nice wood grain.

thank you for your suggestion! wood grain furniture? what about modern type of furniture like those from ikea?

You know when your house is ready.

within 3-6 months time. but it's time to start researching now. what paint and furniture color, no? i can't wait till the house is ready to be moved in only i plan right?

Depends on the shade of green of your floor. ICI has a colour if i'm not mistaken which is cream with a touch of green. It looks more white than green but the green hue would not make it stand out too much from your floor.

You can then use white, black or walnut wood type colour for furniture. But honestly, colour is a very personal thing so go with your gut feel as what i suggest is more inline with my taste.

green marble?

like THIS?

green onyx marble very expensive wor

There is many other similar companies there, since they are nearby, just drop by to take a look.

do not know the specific name for this green marble. i believe the price of the marble have nothing to do with what paint color i am looking for.

btw, thanks adrian for your suggestion. i have always prefer brighter color thank you

finally my Ipoh Pink broken marble arrive!!!!


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Interesting. Please share the finished pics with us.

whats the price ?

depends on colour, price will be lower for common colour like grey white, ranging from 150 to 280 per pallet (excluding transportation) if you buy direct from Ipoh factories. mine pink mix (picture below) cost arroung 230.


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on the way!


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More pictures bro. Wanna learn how it is done.

Need to go that far meh? One pallet is about one ton right. Got mine at salak south, but is blueris, is defiantly more expensive, about 100 more, but I only use 1/3 pallet for my 120sqft, for entire double stories ground floor maybe only need 3 pallets.

after marking, cut the marble slabs into sizes that fit one another and arrange them.

The marble cutting tools is very old school right. No need electric no motor. Just big heavy scissor.

They put cement at the bottom just like tiles?
What about the grooves between the slabs?

White cement.

no, they use motor to cut, like picture below:


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i go back to my home town almost every week, so not far for me.
you are right, the factory make wrong culculation for me (may be purposely did so), said 1 pallet good for 150 to 180sqft, so i bought 3 pallet for 500 sqft. just now went to the site, looks like i have at least 1 pallet extra, damn. sales!!!!!

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i go back to my home town almost every week, so not far for me.
you are right, the factory make wrong culculation for me (may be purposely did so), said 1 pallet good for 150 to 180sqft, so i bought 3 pallet for 500 sqft. just now went to the site, looks like i have at least 1 pallet extra, damn. sales!!!!!

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Mine was very old school, use the mechanical heavy scissor like cutter.

is the edge sharp / in straight line by using heavy scissors?

When I watch those angmoh renovation and ID shows on TV, I see the way they lay tiles not like us.
Ours have to hack the whole floor up and pour new cement for the tiles. The ones on TV I don't see any hacking and they use this white something. All done very neatly and clean unlike our ways of laying tiles.

Is this the same white cement you'd mentioned above? I asked some contractors and they say it's some kind of special glue. Expensive but it's good.

Ok I just read the post again and you probably talking about white cement for the grout.
This also brings up another question. My floor tiles grouting all turn dirty looking after less than a year but my shower area, the white grouting remains as white as day one. This is on both wall and floor. Since this area gets wet everyday, I'm surprised that it didn't turn black and I see no mold. While other tiled areas all dirty looking. Could it be different quality grouting been used?


This post has been edited by idoblu: Aug 25 2012, 03:20 PM

Dear Liew,

Kindly PM me the marble installer contact and the price quoted as my installer is very BZ at the moment.

How is your pink marble quality after Polishing ?

I m waiting mine to be delivered after Merdeka day. Hopefully this marble will be good one.

From all of your comment, one pallet broken marble is good for at least 250/ sq ft. Hopefully
my order based on my drawing for 2' X 2' will be accurate, otherwise it will be wasted.

Broken marble is really cheap huh, if based on 250 sq ft / pallet the material cost is only around RM 1/sq ft,
it is much more cheapet than tiles. If inclusive of installation, it should be around RM 4 - 5 / Sq ft if my
information is correct.

Waiting more picture from your broken marble.

TQ

Did you calculate wastage? And installation is not that cheap.

If not mistaken. For labour only the installation cost will be around RM 3.5 to 5 / sq ft (U might get cheaper than this)
For Cement and sand it is not that expensive if u buy yourself.

For those cut marble, that is really expensive. 2' X 2' white grey normally cost aroun RM 7-8 / ft2, 2' x ' pink white cost around RM 12-14 / ft2, 2' x ' crystal white cost around RM 25 / ft2, therefore if you like the broken marble design, you should go for marbles as it is more cooling and less dirt sticking problems due to it non porous surface comparing to tiles.

TQ

confirm 2 pallet is enough for 500sqft, i have 1 full pallet extra!!!! anyone interested?
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my installer will install tiles for 2 rooms and 2 bathroom after finish installing broken marble.

i will not be able to know the quality after polishing in the coming 2 weeks because i still have rooms and bathrooms and painting to be done. sure will post after polish job.

yes, material wise, broken marble is very cheap, however, the installation will be at least 2 dollars more than 1' tiles, so end up almost the same but still much cheaper than 2'X2' marble lah.
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after cut and match, the tiler will than mix some cement, take out every piece of marble, put cement, add back marble and knock it evenly, like the pictures below:


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Looks good...I think it's gonna be pretty impressive after they finish!

after sticking all marble, installer will clean the marble and apply white cement between the gap.
picture shown before apply white cement:


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nice progress report can't wait to see the outcome

me too.
more pictures after apply white cement. i like the pinkish colour


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Nice!

Very nice

time for leveling and polishing now? do post more once it's done.

If I am not wrong, you need to let the floor rest few days maybe a well before polish.

yes, you are right. anyway i will do the painting before polishing.

because i wrongly bought more than i need, i ask the installer to choose the marble, end up more wastage. but still have more than half a pallet, enough for a room. see the mountain of broken marble:


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now install tiles. this is the section which combines 12"X 18" tiles and granite:


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so..what happened to the broken marbles now?...blh sy ambik?

you kat mana? bukit ketulan marble tu memang not buang, u mau u datang ambik.

below shows the leftover broken marble, almost 1 pallet. if you want i sell to you cheap cheap.


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hehe..i also have 3 pallets of nice marbles/granites to sell off...if there is an industrial area nearby, they would want the potholes to be filled up..try to ask. me in shah alam..

hahahaha!!! me in Tanjong Malim, hahaha
looks like your wastage is far more larger than mine.
your surplus marbles and granite are in good shape? i mean not broken pieces?

yeap..maybe some is crippled at the corner or somewhere because they were transported here and there for back up stock..

if you are interested, i will try to document all the photos, categorise them by type and quantity and upload for sale...as i am not convenient to invite ppl to come and see to buy..if buy a lot, i will send by transporter/lorry...wrapped nicely of course

might take some time though...

i am thinking of doing some outdoor decoration, may get from you if colour and size suitable.
try to show me some sample picture, size and prize too. thanks.
below shows the "marble skin" which i m planning to stick it on the piller:

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ok i will..by this week..

still waiting..........

coming lerr....just managed to capture a bit...dont have time to arrange them nicely myself and wash the dust off..will do that very soon...k...patience..k






these are the ceiling stuff leftovers after construction of my company's factory..anybody who wants to buy them please contact me. Thank you.




more pics coming after i return to the warehouse..k...

aiya, picture not clear lah, having difficulty in recognise the colour and pattern. i notice all are tiles not granite? or granite grain tiles?

the only pic on the right column, the bottom left, is granite strips , cut to fit the stairs , black colour with no pattern, the sub-con bought wrong colour


will provide clearer pic with quantity and measurement..so sorry, the tiles are in the warehouse with limited lighting, would be able to lay them out with better lighting place after the forklift is transported back to that warehouse as the lot is in the end of the warehouse blocked by other stuffs.

and i found another 2 pallets...dunno whether it's good or bad news....aih...

looks like your sub-con wastes a lot of meterial. will keep an eye on the updates.

yeah. that's what happened when there's no operation exec to monitor the progress and stuff. those ceiling materials are for our office's third floor, which is now abandoned until other stuff is completed. according to another contractor, we dont need that much so i uploaded the pics for sale.

I am looking into buying few pieces of broken marbles for my floor cuz the contractor broke some of them while doing plumbing works.mine is broken marbles type.

How do you measure one pallet ?
Im Also interested in Ceilings.


Can you please pm me your price, or pass me address so i can come see?

broken marbles you have to ask orientalliew ..ceiling stuff please advise your quantity and location. Thank you

to Ltash,

my broken marbles are pink, can sell you a few pieces if you want, where is your location?

This post has been edited by orientaliew: Sep 25 2012, 04:29 PM

Great.. But mine looks like yours, whitish color in ur previous post .. Is that the pink u referring to ?
Im in kepong... Do u send over? Or I have to pick it up?

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Added on September 25, 2012, 9:45 pm Urm. .. I will have to get back on u on that..need to check with contractor first . I noticed u mentioned u have some tiles left for stair case etc.. Looking for tiles too. outdoor and indoor. If u have enough to cover about 1000 sq fy, lemme know

This post has been edited by Ltash: Sep 25 2012, 09:45 PM

how many sq ft of broken marble you need?

Need to cover about 10x8 sq ft