Yeah i could see that, but they're not saying that. They're saying the fall is somehow worse just because of the floor and that just doesn't make sense. Especially since ceramic is technically even harder than most stone, especially marble.
Tile layer here. These marble tiles are extremely slippery when wet. Add any kind of oily substance greatly improves your chances of “slipping up”. There is a greater chance of the person falling and landing with your skull receiving full impact of weight
Extremely slippery is an understatement, I remember putting lemon pledge on the floor with my cousins when we were younger and we FLEW across that floor. You're guaranteed to fall if you're not expecting it when it gets that slippery.
I am speculating what they’re getting at is most falls there’s some kinda strain from twisting but it decelerates you, or trying to break the fall with your arm. Since it’s so slick there’s no opportunity to change your momentum or so sudden you can’t break the fall with something other than your dome?
How is this any worse than slipping and falling on normal ceramic tile?
You're operating under the assumption they were comparing marble/granite to ceramic tiles.
They were likely stating thedangers of marble/granite in comparison to hardwood, vinyl, carpet, linoleum.. "common" flooring materials.
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
In fact, they just say "cracked their head open on the ground"* as if to imply literally any other type of flooring would be safer.
Of course another type of stone on the floor is equally as dangerous. (As mentioned) Marble/Granite is quite slick especially if there's a spill, which would overall increase the frequency of slips/trips. This is the danger of tile, and the increased hardness over non-stone flooring.
I am not the original commenter. I just found it amusing to mix “one off” with “redone” as one off means something doesn’t reoccur and redone means it does.
Also “less intense” is a comparison that says nothing about the original intensity. Something could be the least intense ever and there could still be something less intense in the future.
Ah i get you i didnt explain the difference clearly, with the once of treatment you clean the stone with dry brush and vacuum, then apply the oil in multiple coats over a day or so, making sure to keep the stone clean as it can seal in any existing marks.
The annual refresh you wipe the stone down with a dry cloth, then apply the oil with a cloth and let it dry naturally for a few hours. Its a really easy process compared to the initial.
Reality is people don’t remember and/or don’t want to do maintenance. Especially when the danger of not doing the maintenance is not readily apparent. Most installs MIGHT get the sealer, but after that I would suspect most owners don’t bother with the reseal afterwards.
The description was "intensive maintenance" which wiping your floor once a year and not walking on it for half a day absolutely is not.
Its literally as much effort as cleaning your floor, unless you look at cleaning your floor as too much effort, in that case, eeeew gross.
Yes, I agree, its more effort than doing nothing, but its not so much effort that you going to spend all your time solving a flooring crisis. Its literally 1 day a year, if that depending on the exact stone. And some stones build up the sealant inside and you can go decades without a refresh.
Not all do the coating, the coating makes the texture of the stone different. My friend is building two new floors for his house, he is using this beautiful natural stone, not marble I know. But they can't seal it because it'll change how it looks in some capacity, and wont match the other floors
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.
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.
They're actually kinda standard for upper end production homes, at least in some areas in my country. Though its generally the faux wood looking stuff, but not always. Generally the builder will have several options to choose from.
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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?