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Acrylic or tile shower walls?
Cleaning and grout
Acrylic is non-porous, so hard water and soap can't settle into joints the way they do in tile. There's no grout to scrub, haze or mildew.
Hard water
Orange County scale is hard on grout. Acrylic walls have no grout and a seamless, non-porous surface, so mineral deposits have no place to live.
Two acrylic looks
Full Wall Acrylic Panel is one large seamless acrylic sheet per wall, so the shower has only a few seams. Palisade Tile is tile-look acrylic that goes up piece by piece with a sealed tongue-and-groove instead of grout, so the joints show but there's no grout. Both come in marble, stone, subway or solid looks. We also offer laminate and synthetic stone walls; the shower base or tub itself is acrylic, never fiberglass.
Install time
Acrylic showers often finish in a day once materials are on site. Hidden rot or plumbing repairs can take longer, and we tell you that on the visit.
Warranty
Limited lifetime warranty on the shower base and wall materials, plus a 10-year workmanship warranty. For the original homeowner; not transferable.
Questions
Is acrylic easier to clean than tile?
Yes. Acrylic is non-porous, so hard water and soap can't settle into joints the way they do in tile. There's no grout to scrub, haze or mildew.
Can acrylic look like tile?
Yes. Palisade Tile is tile-look acrylic that goes up piece by piece with a sealed tongue-and-groove instead of grout.
Is acrylic the same as fiberglass?
No. We install acrylic, not fiberglass. When a bathroom has an old fiberglass tub or shower unit, we remove it and replace it with acrylic.
Do you put acrylic over my old tile?
Usually no. The usual method is demo to the studs, then rebuild and set acrylic or Palisade Tile acrylic. Overlay is rare, and only if we both agree.
What warranty comes with acrylic shower walls?
Limited lifetime warranty on the shower base and wall materials, plus a 10-year workmanship warranty. For the original homeowner; not transferable.
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