Marble and Travertine: Different Ideas for Different Surfaces

To decide what to buy when it comes to the decoration of your home can be a bit difficult. You must decide something which you will see everyday. It must be the correct choice according to both aesthetics and usage. Aesthetics are very important but they are also subjective, we cannot say what looks good, it must be entirely your choice. But on the other hand there are some golden rules about usage. Marble and travertine are both able to give various and beautiful looks to the environment around you and if you use them in the appropriate parts of your home, you can benefit from not only the beautiful new look, but also the physical benefits which it serves to you. Now let’s consider the main differences of travertine and marble.

Ability Difference of Absorbing Between Marble and Travertine

One of the main differences between marble and travertine is the following: Travertine has ability to absorb water when marble isn’t very successful at it. This makes the travertine a good decision for pools and outdoors. When generally there is a need for cleaning a marble surface after it gets wet, travertine does not require anything like that. This absorbing process does little to no damage to travertine surface, there is no need to be anxious about it. This feature of travertine comes from the shape of it’s surface.

Porous Surface of Travertine

Travertine tiles consists little holes in it’s surface. When the water interacts with the surface of travertine, liquid gets drained by those holes and surface keeps it’s holding ability, in other words, it does not become slippery. On the other hand, marble does not consist those little holes and can become very slippery. This is a very important problem that people faced on the marble areas which gets wet often.

Using Travertine for Exact Look and Usefulness You Seek

When we take a look at those main differences, we can see that travertine is a more useful tool in the indoor and outdoor but marble can be used in a little bit more restricted manner. Marble cannot be used on places which gets wet but travertine is able to solve all of the marbles problems about lubricity by keeping the aesthetic effect of marble. Various designs and colors, travertine can give the exact quality and effectiveness you seek both about the way it’s look and it’s usefulness.