Solid shower wall material?

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

We have been looking for a type of solid shower wall material. E is a clean freak and does not want tiled walls as we have now due to grout. Shower will not be a prefab type. Other than granite shower wall what is out there that makes sense? We are not 'high end' people but want a nice material. Thank you.

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llcp93

8 years ago

Over on Build.com, Kholer Chorograph solid surface panels are on sale. Matte white is $209 per panel and the vein cut is $337 per panel https://www.build.com/kohler-k-97606/s1126178?uid=2703891 36x72

You will have to order the corner wall seam https://www.build.com/kohler-k-97636/s1126161?uid=2703871

There are three piece kits available as well.

Lowes carries it too.

Swanstone was a solid surface I considered but Home Depot doesn't carry it anymore and I haven't looked for it much.

I have been looking on and off for 2 years to redo a shower at a little country get away and these are the best value so far.

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Sammy
8 years ago
Corian
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aziline
8 years ago
Cultured Marble. I love our shower with it. Easy to clean and looks nice. We then went with glass in the door called glacier (??), it has lots of movement, so even the water marks are not very noticeable.

The one catch being that (so I was told) you can not have a frameless shower door. Ours is semi-frameless.

One shower with tile was enough for me. Never again.
just_janni
8 years ago
Some of the super large format tiles are nice, too.

We are considering Corian, large format porcelain, a thin material called "Environite" which is a recycled glass and epoxy material that can be super customized and only 1/2 inch thick.

I have yet to see a cultured marble that I found acceptable - but I have not looked again in about a year or so.
mark1993
8 years ago
We had cultured marble counters and shower in the master. We updated with granite and large tiles. Neighborhood all did the same to update their bathrooms.
lookintomyeyes83
8 years ago
We used Avonite for a 5'x5' shower with a 18"x30" bench. LOVE IT. So easy to clean, and nearly seamless. (Though not entirely, you can see the seams if you know where to look, or if the light catches them perfectly.)
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Anglophilia
8 years ago
You cannot beat Corian.
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Hal Braswell Consulting
8 years ago
Corian. And if you like the look of tile grout lines but not having to clean them, you can have the Corian routed to look like tile.
littlebug zone 5 Missouri
8 years ago
We have Onyx in both our showers.

https://www.onyxcollection.com/
robin0919
8 years ago
ditto on the marble. That's what we had. It's great. Corian is also very good.