A Clean Perspective: Holey Floors!

2.) That you’ll urge the sellers of travertine to pass down their insights on the stone (including its makeup and limitations) to their customers before problems occur; and

3.) That perhaps the industry as a whole ,can produce, document and distribute some practical and easy-to-understand standards for the classification of travertine, so the customer can tell what they are getting. Just about every other industry, such as timber and meat, can grade their natural products: We should, too.

Until next time, keep your stick on the ice.

Tom McNall is founder and owner of Great Northern Stone Care, a Huron Park, Ontario-based stone-cleaning and -restoration company servicing all of southern Ontario. Tom  also offers corporate and private consultations; he can be reached at stone_rx@earthlink.net.

This article initially appeared in the March 2011 print edition of Stone Business. ©2011 Western Business Media Inc.

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