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- Lana Building Supply
- September 15, 2026
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Porcelain or Ceramic? How to Choose for a Seattle Remodel
People use “porcelain” and “ceramic” as if they were two brands of the same thing. They are not. Both are fired clay, but porcelain is pressed denser and fired hotter, and that one difference drives almost every practical decision you will make about where each one belongs. The number that actually matters Porcelain absorbs 0.5% […]
- Lana Building Supply
- September 7, 2026
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How Much Tile to Order: Measuring, Waste and the 10% Rule
Running short on tile halfway through a job is one of the more expensive mistakes in a remodel, because the replacement box will not be from the same production run and the colour will not quite match. Here is how to avoid it. Measure in rectangles Break the space into rectangles, multiply length by width […]
- Lana Building Supply
- August 25, 2026
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Natural Stone or Engineered Slab for Kitchen Counters
This decision gets made on looks and regretted on maintenance, so it is worth separating the two. What you are actually choosing between Natural stone is quarried: granite, marble, quartzite, soapstone. Every slab is different, and what you see in the yard is what goes in your kitchen. Engineered slabs are ground stone bound with […]
- Lana Building Supply
- August 10, 2026
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Tile in a Pacific Northwest Bathroom: Planning for Damp
Bathrooms are wet everywhere. What is different here is that they stay damp, because the air outside is often damper than the air inside for months at a stretch, and a bathroom that never fully dries out behaves differently from one that does. The tile is rarely the failure Tile does not leak. Grout is […]