onyx

As far as walls out of square, we always gutted a bathroom and made sure the walls and tubs were level and square. Then we drywalled the shower area with waterproof Densesheild. Easier to work with than cement board. We bought the back wall panel with a built in soap dish and after the panels were in put a matching shampoo holder for those that showered standing up. I had a hired man but sometimes he couldn't be there, and I installed the 5'X 6' panels buy myself. Made sure each joint was caulked before and after installation. As far as price it is hard to say, I gave the customer a choice and almost all of them chose Corian. And on kitchen counter tops one day after installing Formica for years, I gave a lady a choice of Corian and Formica. to my surprise she chose Corian and after that all my kitchens were Corian.

Not Harold, but I have a response to the price question.

Yes, color matching silicone is the seal

Was a remodeler for 30 years, used Onyx a lot, shower walls, tubs, vanity tops. Had good results. Only had one failure when a kid turned on the hot water and forgot. the panel warped I had to replace it. Last 12 years started using Corian liked that a lot better, easier to maintain and repair if you had to. I have both in my home now, but the Corian has a better variety of colors. I think it has better resale value. Could talk all night about the pluses and neg of stone.

One caution on Onyx fixtures, we have them in two baths, is the Plumbing supply that furnished them explained to dial the Hot Water temperature BACK to less than 150 otherwise color loss will most likely occur.



Edited by DMiller - 29 May 2019 at 5:17pm

They did a custom order vanity top/sink for me through Lowes.  Was available in the time frame promised.  Seems like a good product (mfg. in Ks.) -- we had no problems.  Had to pay up front which I understand.