If you google silgranit sinks a list of sites will come up for you to check like faucetdirect.com, homeandstone.com, etc. I got my sink from faucetdirect.com and my ss sink grid from irawoods.com kaidan-Once I decided on my faucet (Kohler Forte) I went online to check the specs and the max. thickness was listed. My granite was the 3 cm/slightly more than 1 1/2" thick. Think the faucet specs stated 1 3/4" max. thickness ok so if you added in the extra thickness of the Diamond back lip might be over the 1 3/4" max. With some faucet models you can order an extender which would then work. HTH.

I've spoken to salesmen at two different lumber yards, they've said if scratching is a big concern go with the Twin plank rather then Earthwood. Apparently with weathering the scratches somewhat blend. My big concern is having to shovel snow off of the steps and deck in the winter without scratching it excessively. Since the Earthwood is new I don't think anyone's gone through a winter with it yet. I'm calling TimberTech on Monday to see what they can tell me. It's not an easy decision because the Earthwood product looks so much nicer than the Twin plank finish! I hate to settle for the Twin plank but tons of scratches will really upset me.

Hi Leslie. Sounds like we're both in Austin, which is great; we need more attractive fences in this city! Most of them are the old rickety dog-eared variety, which can be pretty boring. For our fence face, in the end, we didn't go with ipe (we were quoted prices of $1.80 to $2.00 per foot for a 1"x6" board) but with another tropical hardwood called garapa ($1.50 a foot for a 1"x6" board). It's knot-free and almost as stable " which was primarily important to me âÂ" and also starts out as a nice golden colour. We've decided to let the wood weather to gray, however, because it means fewer chemicals and less maintenance. At Austin Wholesale Decking (where we bought the garapa, in north Austin), they have sample decking build with ipe/garapa/etc. that have been allowed to weather naturally, and it all looks really nice. FYI, the only other lumber yard I could find which stocks these hardwoods was called Texas Redwood (south Austin), which has ipe and massaranduba (beautiful, but more expensive than ipe for us, I believe), but they might not carry garapa. We're preparing to dig our post holes this weekend (renting a walk-behind post-hole digger to do this). We're using 4x4 pressure-treated from Home Depot (just delivered yesterday). I didn't consider metal, but don't see a problem with that, provided you can get your horizontal boards securely attached to the posts. Of course, with either metal or wood, if the ground shifts, the post will move with the concrete base (like the mast of a ship in a storm). But at least with metal you wouldn't have to worry about the post warping. Because of the "movement" of our sticky, black clay soil here in Central Texas, we're making our post holes 12" in diameter and 30" deep. I believe standard, for fence companies here, is 9" holes and 18" to 24" deep, but I wanted to try to minimize movement. The posts are on 5' centers (well, 4'11", just to be safe). With centers at only 5', and using the hardwood, we hope to be able to skip any additional bracing to keep our horizontal boards evenly spaced (1/2" gap inbetween). For cost, each panel is 6 feet high and consists of 14 boards (12 face boards, one cap, and one vertical board that covers the seam and post). For the garapa alone, then, each panel costs $21 a foot, without tax. The posts and cement and stainless steel screws and decking screws are all additional, and that's just the materials, not to mention the tool rental (cement mixer, post-hole machine) and (my) labour. So if you're seeing quotes of $23-$28 a foot sounds pretty good to me. I'd take it. :) I do have a SketchUp model of the fence (and the gate-like section we're also doing using the garapa). As a programmer/web developer, everything gets planned to death on the computer first, before being built. :) I'd be happy to email you my file if you can figure out how to get me your email address. All inspiration came from the web site of Peter A. Kirsch-Korff, this interesting fence builder out in California who has a really nice web site and some beautiful designs. Good luck with the fence, keep us updated. Here's a pic of our garapa being delivered this week:

We bought the kitchen sink and faucet set. Now a year after installing we have a leaky hose near the pull-down sprayer. I removed the hose and took it to Lowe's (where we bought it last year) and Home Depot. Neither could find a replacement hose. I call around a few local plumbing supply stores and they recommended contacting Ruvati company in Texas to get the part number. I had to open a warranty ticket to find out they have no replacement hoses and they do not have any information on parts. Sink, faucets and accessories look good, but with the time I've sunk into trying to find a simple part, I wouldn't recommend anything of theirs. Stay with a company that sells replacement parts for what they sell.