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The Case of The Loose Tile

A homeowner’s marble floor begins to sound hollow. The Stone Detective uncovers a classic case of resin-backed stone tile installed incorrectly. What went wrong?

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The Case of the Countertop Crack

A homeowner discovers a mysterious crack in her granite countertop, and the Stone Detective uncovers the hidden culprit lurking beneath the surface.

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The Case of the Expert That’s Not an Expert

A so-called expert confuses “efflorescence” with “effervescents.” The Stone Detective steps in to uncover the real mystery behind a marble floor mishap.

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The Case of the Sticky Marble Floor

A sticky marble floor leads the Stone Detective to uncover the real culprit behind a luxury hotel’s problem: The mop? The cleaner? The water? What else?

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The Case of the “Defective” Tile

A homeowner blames a tile manufacturer for a dull-looking floor, but the Stone Detective uncovers the real culprit hiding under the sink.

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The Case of the Brittle Countertop

A granite countertop starts crumbling under sunlight, revealing the hidden downside of resin-treated stone in this latest Stone Detective mystery.

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The Case of the Porcelain Tile That Wouldn’t Come Clean

A porcelain tile floor refused to come clean—until the Stone Detective discovered the secret hidden in its micro pits. Sometimes simple methods win.

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The Case of the Peeling Terrazzo Floor

A terrazzo floor starts peeling up like loose tiles. The Stone Detective digs in to uncover the simple but costly mistake behind this failed installation.

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The Case of the Cracked Terrazzo (Part Two)

The Stone Detective uncovers poor mix, no cure time, and missing joints as the culprits behind cracked terrazzo. Lessons learned the hard way in Yuppyville.

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The Case of the Cracked Terrazzo (part 1)

The Stone Detective heads to Atlanta to solve a terrazzo mystery. Cracks, suits, and spider webs of trouble—was it the mix or missing expansion joints?

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The Case of the Cry Baby Contractor

A panicked contractor, stubborn marble, and polishing secrets—see how the Stone Detective turned tears into a mirror-finish on Monterey Black.

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The Case of The Moldy Grout Mystery

A dark grout problem turned out not to be a cleaning mistake, but a classic case of bad design. The Stone Detective uncovers the moldy grout mystery.

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The Case of: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Grout

The Stone Detective takes on a homeowner’s complaint of “defective grout” and uncovers the real culprit: bad mixing practices, not bad material.

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The Case of Why is My Marble Dull

The Stone Detective uncovers why marble floors suddenly turn dull—the culprit isn’t the cleaner, but something hiding in plain sight: Care to guess what it is?

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The Case of the Shadow Knows

Not every dark spot on stone is a stain. Sometimes it’s just the shadow that knows. In this Stone Detective case, a mystery “stain” on granite turns out to be a trick of the light.

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