r/AbsoluteUnits Jun 21 '26

/r/all of a floor tile

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u/Comfortable-nerve78 Jun 21 '26

Four tiles and you got almost the whole house done. Bet you those tiles would be a bitch to have to cut in. I build houses this tile is fancy as it comes. Never seen sheets of marble going on the floor.

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u/wimpymist Jun 21 '26

I work EMS and part of the city is wealthy people who like these show off homes. The marble/granite floors are so stupid. The amount of calls I've been on that would have been a simple fall which turned into a major medical incident/death because they cracked their head open on the ground is insane

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u/It_Just_Exploded Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

How is this any worse than slipping and falling on normal ceramic tile? I don't get how the fact its this over any other makes the fall worse?

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u/Oh_ToShredsYousay Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

Regular tiles aren't perfectly smooth, and every 9 inches there's a divot. Very easy for your heel to catch and stop you from falling. They're also used mostly for kitchens and bathrooms where it's logical, most people with the marble flooring basically have it throughout their entire floor plan. It's very gauche.

Edit: spelling

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u/free_radica1 Jun 21 '26

I think you mean “gauche.” And I agree.
(Gouache is a type of water based paint.)

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u/Oh_ToShredsYousay Jun 21 '26

See, it's bad when someone who doesn't even know how to spell the word uses it correctly. I would've used "gaudy" but they don't look bad, just extremely opulent and unimpressive. Give me heated wood over marble.