Marble

Portofino is a stunning and cost effective alternative to natural marble slabs and tiles. The line offers a range of classic Italian marble colors that are ideally suited to residential and commercial bath environments. Portofino tiles have been a leading choice in residential and commercial flooring for many years.

Portofino is made from select marble aggregate (95%) and filler in a special polyester thermal set resin binder.

Advantages:

Residential: As most designers, architects and residential consumers have come to know, natural marble is a beautiful and desirable product, yet its inherent instability and color variation make it difficult to incorporate into any project. Portofino bridges the gap between nature and technology by maintaining the look and feel of marble while eliminating many issues typically found with natural stone. Portofino offers the residential consumer an affordable alternative to natural stone, while maintaining a greater level of color consistency and strength. Portofino makes it easy to match countertop slab material with floor tiles and masaics, offering uniformity to the finished space while providing the level of beauty and esthetics only found in natural stone.

Commercial: Portofino is one of the most funtional and practical building materials available in today's market. The natural marble is mixed with thermoset polyester resin in a high-pressure environment. The resulting precast material is ideally suited to interior commercial environments such as flooring, wall cladding, transaction tops, bathroom dividers, vanity tops and even stair treads and risers. In slab form, Portofino delivers all the esthetics of natural stone while the polymer matrix allows the slab to be shipped, fabricated and installed in ways never before possible with certain delicate natural marbles slabs. This combination of beauty and durability makes Portofino a perfect choice for multiple unit fabrication of vanity tops and furniture in a variety of areas, inclduing the hospitality and healthcare markets.

Vendors/Suppliers

• Verona Marble Company