jadrake75
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Hi everyone - I need your opinions (if only so I know how much to keep pushing on this. I am building a new home (and it is not a cheap home)) and for my fireplace surround the standard was slate.
My wife and I really liked the marble in that is the fifth from the left in the image below. It was described as "Walnut Travertine" and the color while "pinky" in nature seemed a good fit for our cherry floors. It was definitiely a polished marble feel. The samples were in the builder's "display".
Now I fully understand that stone is a natural product and has variations etc.
Here is what we was installed. Now while it may look similar to the crappy images I took 3-4 months ago, I am confident it is not. The color is almost "ocher" in nature and not a smooth surface at all. It is heavily pitted and just plain ugly in person.
I am concerned whether this is even marble. I am not a marble expert and it certainly isn't like the granite countertops we have in the kitchen (which looks fabulous). Wherever there is small surface "chips" it is white underneath (almost like it was plaster) What more there is some staining along one edge which to me almost looks like paint/stain!
I am not happy at all about this (and we close in 6 days). The builder claims they relayed to the contractor "what was on the paperwork to be installed as selected by us" - what I am trying to ascertain is is this really marble? Is this walnut travertine and have I been mislead either by assuming the product would look like the showroom product or by the sub contractor?
thoughts?
Jason
My wife and I really liked the marble in that is the fifth from the left in the image below. It was described as "Walnut Travertine" and the color while "pinky" in nature seemed a good fit for our cherry floors. It was definitiely a polished marble feel. The samples were in the builder's "display".
Now I fully understand that stone is a natural product and has variations etc.
Here is what we was installed. Now while it may look similar to the crappy images I took 3-4 months ago, I am confident it is not. The color is almost "ocher" in nature and not a smooth surface at all. It is heavily pitted and just plain ugly in person.
I am concerned whether this is even marble. I am not a marble expert and it certainly isn't like the granite countertops we have in the kitchen (which looks fabulous). Wherever there is small surface "chips" it is white underneath (almost like it was plaster) What more there is some staining along one edge which to me almost looks like paint/stain!
I am not happy at all about this (and we close in 6 days). The builder claims they relayed to the contractor "what was on the paperwork to be installed as selected by us" - what I am trying to ascertain is is this really marble? Is this walnut travertine and have I been mislead either by assuming the product would look like the showroom product or by the sub contractor?
thoughts?
Jason