History of Natural Stone in Bathrooms

A Roman Bath

Natural Stone has been used in 'bathrooms' since the first 'bathroom' was created.  I say this loosely as we are talking more along the lines of a caveman using a chiselled out rock as a place to pool water rather than an actual room with fittings and appliances.  Century old beings and tribes will have been using natural materials way before the use of clay and certainly long, long before we started making any bathroom furniture out of porcelain and plastics.

The early Roman and Greek bathrooms were normally constructed from limestone and other stone and then tiled.  Sanitary ware made use of lead piping etc to enable filling and drainage.

Natural stone has forever been seen in bathrooms however; due to the advancements in technology we can now make other materials much more efficiently, cleanly and for less cost.  Bathroom furniture and appliances are often factory made on a production line and simply cast from moulds, this is very efficient and normally has a low error rate, but can all be a bit to soulless and dull.

A Natural Stone Bath

Natural stone is a beautiful material that cannot be manipulated so easily and therefore is normally hand crafted and individually finished.  This offers more character for your bathroom rather than making it look like every other wash room or a standard black and white hotel design.

Hopefully we will be seeing the use of natural materials in bathrooms for many years to come.