What is Indian and Italian marble?
Indian marble: It’s quarried extensively in North India making it a cost-effective choice available in a wide variety of colors and textures.
Italian marble: Widely appreciated for its high lustre and imparting visual appeal to the area where it’s used, Italian marble is quarried in Italy and is now easily available in India as well.
Popular types of Indian and Italian marbles
Indian marble – It comes in an astonishing array of colors such as white, pink, yellow, green, red and black. Some of the popular varieties include:
- Lustrous white Makrana marble (famously used in the Taj Mahal)
- High-quality white Ambaji marble from Gujarat
- The widely exported Indian green marble
- Onyx marble which gets its name from the thick bands of alternating color, etc.
Italian marble – Italian marble, like the Indian counterpart comes in a variety of color and textures, though there are a few varieties which are instantly recognizable such as:
- The much valued Statuario marble which is characterised by its white color shot with grey or gold veins
- Golden hued Botticino marble which seems to be lit from within
The advantages of Banswara marble flooring
- There is enormous amount of waste generated in cutting the marble tiles. When marbles are caught up and put on the floor, then there is a lot of wastage, something which can be called collateral damage, but nevertheless it makes you lose money. Hence, it could be a better idea for you to go for any other sort of flooring that can actually have reduced wastage, as well as cost less.
- Inserting marbles in floors is very much time consuming, and it would require only skilled technicians and laborers, which is something that requires a lot of money. If you do not have the financial capability to tackle such a huge expanse, then it is best that you leave aside the marble flooring and go for some other sort of material. The look of the marble flooring can be exquisite, but without the financial capability, there is no reason to break your bank for such a product.
- Marble floors are known to be extremely heavy, due to the marbles that have been inserted into it. You need to make sure that when you go for the design calculation of your house, you include such features. If you don’t, then the house is likely to be buckling under the pressure of the added weight if its not on the ground floor.
- The amount of maintenance, which is required marble flooring, is only tantamount to stone flooring. Both of them require a high degree of maintenance, and you would require skilled professionals so that the cleaning process can be done with the highest degree of efficiency.
The above-mentioned advantages and disadvantages would help you to decide as to whether you would need to go for marble flooring or not. click here for furthure information
