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Stone for Shower Seat

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  • 29-06-2018 8:29pm
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    Dr_Colossus
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    Redoing the ensuite making a wetroom style shower with a built in seat. Looking for 3 small pieces of cut stone for seat, curb and window sill no more than 15mm thick. Possibly grey/black granite or something similar not adverse to water. Sizes approximately:
    Seat: 790 x 350mm
    Curb: 790 x 135mm
    Sill: 365 x 200mm
    Where's best to get them cut/made and what kind of price is reasonable. I'm Dublin 15 based but willing to travel within reason for a good deal.


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    Calahonda52
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    google for folk who make headstones for graves
    Have you done the weight calcs?

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    jmBuildExt
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    Where you based?
    I did something similar for window sill and shelf in my bathrrom although i used 35mm.

    See this thread for price etc.
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057860468

    I'll try dig out a pic.


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    listermint
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    This sounds like an awful idea, doesnt marble or granite stain from urine.

    And retain some of the smell.


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    Ursus Horribilis
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    Wouldn't a stone seat be cold to sit on?


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    Dr_Colossus
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    Calahonda52 wrote: »
    google for folk who make headstones for graves
    Have you done the weight calcs?

    Not sure of the significance of the weight. Surely cut stone is sold by the amount of cutting/polishing involved rather than the weight
    jmBuildExt wrote: »
    I did something similar for window sill and shelf in my bathrrom although i used 35mm.

    See this thread for price etc.
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057860468

    I'll try dig out a pic.

    Thanks, a pic would be good. I could use thicker stone on the seat and curb but am limited with the window sill given the starting point of the glass.
    listermint wrote: »
    This sounds like an awful idea, doesnt marble or granite stain from urine.

    And retain some of the smell.

    It's for a shower seat, sill and curb so I don't plan on urinating all over it. The toilet will be situated just outside the shower area.
    Marble as far as I'm aware does require some maintenance with sealing so leaving towards granite or quartz.
    Ursus Horribilis wrote: »
    Wouldn't a stone seat be cold to sit on?

    Yes and I had thought of installing an electric heat pad under the stone but that would take as long to heat up as running some hot water over it or placing a cloth down.
    I could tile all the areas but given the limited amount of bullnose tile available here it would be difficult not to use edging which in turn would be more susceptible to water penetration.


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    Calahonda52
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    Dr_Colossus wrote: »
    Not sure of the significance of the weight. Surely cut stone is sold by the amount of cutting/polishing involved rather than the weight
    .
    my bad
    i saw 150, not 15, which would make the big piece north of 100 kg:cool:

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    jmBuildExt
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    Dr_Colossus wrote: »
    Thanks, a pic would be good.
    Only got during construction pics... here you go.


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    Dr_Colossus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dr_Colossus


    jmBuildExt wrote: »
    Only got during construction pics... here you go.

    Looks like upload didn't complete on those two pics, only see about 3mm of top of the first and nothing in the second


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    jmBuildExt
    Registered Users Posts: 692 ✭✭✭jmBuildExt


    Dr_Colossus wrote: »
    Looks like upload didn't complete on those two pics, only see about 3mm of top of the first and nothing in the second

    Re loaded them ...Should be working there now?
    The one on the window sill is actually a bit thick for me too - it goes abit too close to the top of the bottom of the frame..... but I needed the other one to be that thick to cover a mistake on the tiling - so i figured it would be cheaper to get both the same thickness off the same cut.


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    Dr_Colossus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭Dr_Colossus


    jmBuildExt wrote: »
    Re loaded them ...Should be working there now?
    The one on the window sill is actually a bit thick for me too - it goes abit too close to the top of the bottom of the frame..... but I needed the other one to be that thick to cover a mistake on the tiling - so i figured it would be cheaper to get both the same thickness off the same cut.

    Thanks, looking good. Looks like the problem is opening such links in Chrome, working fine in other browsers.


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    jmBuildExt
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    Dr_Colossus wrote: »
    Thanks, looking good. Looks like the problem is opening such links in Chrome, working fine in other browsers.

    Working for me on chrome now. They weren't working at all before. I uploaded them again. But on the first download after updating, it failed as per the last time, but i think it might have been something to do with cache etc. All seems grand here now.


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