Using Quartz Slabs In The Bath For Shower Walls, Seating and Floors

Why Quartz Slabs Are Ideal For Master Bathroom Design

Shower Walls, Bathroom Flooring, Shower Benches and More

When it comes to updating or remodeling your home, we're fortunate to be living in a time where you have more choices than ever before in terms of beautiful, innovative materials. From environmentally friendly materials like low VOC paints and carpets, to easy to maintain anti-bacterial surfaces like engineered quartz countertops, today's homeowners have options our parents never dreamed of.

A big trend in the industry has been interior designers and contractors adapting "non-traditional" materials and re-purposing them for new uses. If you're looking to make a unique design statement with your bathroom renovation, this trend has designers bringing stunning solid-surface materials, traditionally used in the kitchen, into the bathroom in innovative and exciting ways.

In this post, we'll take a look at quartz slabs as used in bathroom design and everything you need to know about this beautiful, durable material.

A Unique Material

In the bathroom, designers are replacing traditional tile with stunning quartz slabs in the shower and bath as a surround material. Quartz is durable, stain, and scratch-resistant and non-porous making it a perfect material for wet areas like in the shower, while offering a unique, modern aesthetic.

Engineered materials like quartz are perfect for this alternative use. Quartz offers flexibility in design with a large number of colors, patterns, and designs that perfectly mimic natural materials like Cararra marble. It can be laser etched, routed, carved, and sandblasted to create a unique, exciting look, especially when used as shower walls.

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Based on feedback from designers and homeowners, leading manufacturers like Cambria, MSI Q, HanStone, and Silestone are producing large scale, ultra-thin engineered quartz slabs or panels for use as "bathroom siding." These custom-made large format panels can be installed vertically as wall siding, or horizontally as flooring. This customization eliminates joints and creates visual continuity.

The Benefits of Quartz Slabs In The Bathroom

Today, homeowners are looking to create a spa-like retreat in the master suite. Engineered quartz is the perfect material, and it's becoming the go-to material of forward-thinking designers seeking to reinvent traditional bathroom design.

Large panels used as both walls and flooring eliminate the need for grout. This means that you'll enjoy a low-maintenance, easy to clean surface. In terms of design, quartz panels create an unparalleled visual continuity throughout the bathroom.

Because it comes in a wide range of designs and colors, engineered quartz can provide a sleek, modern look when used as a feature wall, in tub surrounds, shower walls, or floors. Quartz is also impervious to water and extremely durable, allowing it to stand up to everyday wear and tear. It's a manmade material that is both aesthetically beautiful and highly functional, giving designers a way to create a stunning visual focal point while offering homeowners a low-maintenance, easy to clean environment.

Engineered quartz slabs are made of high levels of recycled natural stone and resin, making it an environmentally friendly material. Some manufacturers include resin binding that is made from rapidly renewable materials. Quartz is impervious to water, staining, bacteria, and mildew, and never requires sealing like marble or granite.

Quartz Slabs Offer Endless Design Possibilities

Designers are driving this growing trend, and Manufacturers like Cambria, MSI Q, HanStone, and Silestone are creating materials specifically designed for non-traditional use. Sheets come in ¼ and ½-inch thick slabs that are light-weight and easy to apply in vertical installations.

Interior designers are adopting quartz slab material in a number of innovative ways from storage recesses, to inset shelving, shower seats, window sills, shower surrounds, flooring, and more. Quartz is versatile and available in a wide range of colors, prints, patterns, including slabs that mimic natural stone. As a result, designers are using it throughout the master bathroom.

In fact, one of the most significant benefits quartz offers beyond its durability and flexibility is its appearance. Quartz exudes luxury and is absolutely stunning in vertical settings like shower surrounds and wall panels.

For many homeowners, the master bathroom is the first room they enter when waking up, and the last they leave before bed. It's a high traffic area and one of the most frequently used rooms in your home. When you remodel your bathroom with quartz paneled walls, you'll never need to clean grout lines again. Quartz panels are a worry-free, low-maintenance material that will provide you with a lifetime of functionality, stunning style, and practically no maintenance!

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If you live in the greater Boston Metrowest/Worcester area and would like to learn more about large scale quartz panel products, give the experts at Stonelink Marble & Granite a call at (508) 393-0720. Let us show you the many exciting benefits of this stunning new material!