Stone
flooring
Floors are the largest surface in any project and the one where a sample tells you least. ARCA holds 158 floor tiles in Wynwood across marble, travertine, limestone and large-format porcelain, including R10 and R11 rated surfaces for wet areas.
What we are holding
Every piece is one of one and inventory moves weekly, so treat this as a snapshot rather than a promise. Call the showroom and we will check the exact lots on the floor today while you are on the line.
Stone Flooring in the showroom
Pulled from our live inventory system. Filter by finish, thickness or application, then tell us what you want staged before you arrive.
Why people specify it
Natural stone and porcelain, judged side by side
We stock both and we will tell you which one your project actually wants. Natural marble, travertine and limestone give depth and translucency that printing cannot reach. Modern large-format porcelain gives you zero porosity, no sealing and a slip rating, which matters on a pool deck. Seeing them on the same floor under the same light settles it quickly.
Slip ratings that are stated, not implied
A gloss floor around a Miami pool is a liability. We hold tiles rated R10 and R11, plus Sandblasted, Bushammered, Brushed and Tumbled natural finishes that grip when wet. For an exterior deck or a wet room we will tell you the rating rather than telling you it will be fine.
Large format, so the floor reads as one surface
Fewer grout lines make a room look larger, and modern porcelain reaches sizes natural stone cannot. We carry formats up to 48 by 48 inches and slab-sized porcelain. Tell us flooring when you book, bring your square footage, and your specialist will lay candidates out and hold your shortlist for 48 hours.
The three decisions that matter
The first decision is natural stone or porcelain, and it is genuinely open rather than a question with a correct answer. Natural marble, travertine and limestone are the real material: slightly translucent, so light enters the surface before it comes back, and different on every tile because the quarry made them that way. Porcelain is a manufactured tile printed and fired to imitate stone, with zero porosity, no sealing, and consistent tone from box to box. The tell on a cheap porcelain is repetition, the same vein showing up four times in a room. Good porcelain now uses dozens of faces and is genuinely hard to read at standing height, though it still goes flat where real stone lifts in raking light.
The second decision is finish, and in Miami it is mostly a safety decision. Polished stone next to water is dangerous, and the slip ratings exist for exactly this reason: R10 is suitable for wet interior areas, R11 for exterior and pool decks. On natural stone the equivalents are Sandblasted, Bushammered, Brushed and Tumbled, which give a textured surface that keeps grip when wet. Polished belongs in a dry interior room. Anywhere that gets wet feet, specify texture and ask for the rating.
The third decision is format, and it changes the room more than most people expect. Fewer grout lines read as a larger, calmer floor, which is why large format has taken over. We carry up to 48 by 48 inches and slab-sized porcelain. The constraint is the substrate: large tiles need a genuinely flat floor, because a lippage tolerance that is invisible on a 12 inch tile becomes a trip hazard on a 48 inch one. Ask your installer about flatness before you fall in love with a size.
One thing worth deciding early is whether the floor continues outside. A single material running from an interior living space through to a terrace or pool deck makes both spaces read as one, and it is one of the most effective moves available in a Miami house. It works when the same stone is available in two finishes, polished or honed inside and textured or sandblasted outside, so the appearance carries through while the grip changes where it needs to. Several travertines and limestones on our floor are stocked in exactly that pairing.
Specification
- Materials
- Marble, travertine, limestone, granite, volcanic stone and porcelain
- Formats
- Tile, up to 48 by 48 inches, plus slab-sized porcelain
- Finishes in stock
- Honed, Polished, Filled and Honed, Spazzolato, Sandblasted, Brushed, Tumbled, Matt, Natural, Rustic, Grip, R10, R11 and more
- Thickness
- 3/8 inch to 3/4 inch typical, with thicker exterior formats
- Slip rating
- R10 for wet interior areas, R11 for exterior and pool decks
- Typical use
- Interior floors, exterior floors, pool decks and surrounds, walls, showers
- Care
- Natural stone: seal on install. Porcelain: no sealing required.
Stone Flooring, answered
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