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Posted on 12/20/14 at 7:49 am to Darla Hood
We went with Venetian gold.
Studied sll the different types countertops before we built.
Granite is way to go.
Studied sll the different types countertops before we built.
Granite is way to go.
This post was edited on 12/20/14 at 7:51 am
Posted on 12/20/14 at 7:50 am to Matisyeezy
Have you seen concrete after ten years? Yuk. It definitely does not age well.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 7:52 am to hungryone
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Have you seen concrete after ten years? Yuk. It definitely does not age well
I have not. That's actually good to know. An acquaintance of mine had something that looked like this
and I fell in love with it. Simple. Sleek. Exceptionally modern. I love it.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 7:56 am to hungryone
I have 8 year old concrete in my house, I made 6 slabs of it after Katrina, and it mostly looks good. It could use some TLC in some areas though. My wife is very rough on it. Most of the slabs are 2" thick, and they'll be here until the apocalypse.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 7:58 am to hungryone
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Have you seen concrete after ten years? Yuk. It definitely does not age well.
Pics?
I think some of the older products that were first used in concrete countertops are the reason. There have been lots of advances in techniques and materials in the past few years.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 10:50 am to Matisyeezy
That kitchen looks nice. I looked into concrete countertops for a house I am currently building and decided against.
The quotes were more expensive than the Caesar stone we decided to go with and finding a sub who has experience doing it well seemed difficult.
The quotes were more expensive than the Caesar stone we decided to go with and finding a sub who has experience doing it well seemed difficult.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 11:29 am to ruzil
A good butchers block wins every time over granite.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 12:37 pm to mahdragonz
I will have a walnut butcher block island.
Posted on 12/20/14 at 12:51 pm to Darla Hood
Butcher block scares me, how do you get that clean...
Posted on 12/20/14 at 1:14 pm to wickowick
You basically saturate to them with mineral oil so they don't absorb nasty shite.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 8:54 am to mouton
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I am in the industry. I would be glad to help you any way I can.
The most frustrating part about this whole process is that you can't really go to a stone yard and know the prices. Either you or the stone yard tells your fabricator (or in our case, our kitchen person who tells the fabricator) the name of the stone and the particulars of the slabs and then the fabricator tells you what the installed price will be. This process is so tedious!
And now we're wavering back towards quartzite, but we're not sure just how much more expensive it will be.
Since you're in the business, are there any shortcuts? Or general formulas like quartzite installation will be about 30% more than a nice granite?
Posted on 12/28/14 at 9:25 am to mouton
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So you seal it once a year. How else does it really suck? Quartz is great if you want a modern clinical look.
Wait you have to seal it? Mine is let's see...this house..12 years old. Never knew I had to seal it.
No idea about what it is but I do know my wife picked it and she made sure it was thick. So buy thick.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 10:01 am to Darla Hood
I have a granite called Dakota mahogany. It wasn't the cheapest choice, but I love the rusty tones (picks up the color in our cabinetry and the brick tones of our Old Chicago floor) interspersed though the dominant slate colors. I love the look of dark granite, and it is surprisingly easy to keep looking good. Because it is variegated, it doesn't show every little water spot like black granite would.
An added bonus is that it is quarried in the U.S.
ETA: It looks stunning with stainless appliances.
An added bonus is that it is quarried in the U.S.
ETA: It looks stunning with stainless appliances.
This post was edited on 12/28/14 at 10:13 am
Posted on 12/28/14 at 10:22 am to Darla Hood
I think ours is called siberian white
Please excuse the beer
I haven't sealed mine in over 3 years
Please excuse the beer
I haven't sealed mine in over 3 years
This post was edited on 12/28/14 at 10:23 am
Posted on 12/28/14 at 11:49 am to Coater
It's about the colors as much as the pattern. Took friends and wife to the granite yard and we all agreed on the same pattern and color to match the kitchen interior (some walls are brick). It had to be 3 cm and they did penciled edges. We liked it so much we also made a kitchen table out of it and an island top. It's been about 10 yrs and we have yet to re-seal it.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 12:44 pm to Darla Hood
This is the slab I bought for my kitchen countertops. It's called spectrus. I love it.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 1:53 pm to crimsonsaint
Dunno why the stone yards aren't quoting you prices on the slabs....I did not experience this in the NOLA area.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 2:25 pm to hungryone
The three we went to in Baton Rouge don't sell retail. They sell to fabricators. I did get a price over the phone on 2 quartzite slabs in New Orleans, but I haven't seen the slabs in person yet. The thing is, that still doesn't tell me what it will cost installed. Determined by the fabricator.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 2:34 pm to hungryone
Maybe they used to do it differently, but that's pretty much SOP with stone suppliers. They won't tell you the exact cost but they'll tell you the grade. I believe it's graded A-F with A being the least expensive.
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