Why is part of my granite soft and crumbly?
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Comments (165)Hey feisty! Long time no see. What great progress you've made. And, yours is not the longest reno for a small kitchen. I'm right there w/ you, still! Don't start a new thread. Keep this one going so everyone can see the progress over time. I love love the tile! I actually chose blue like that for my backsplash. However, I haven't put mine up! So, as you can see, your reno is no longer than mine! I was moving along & doing well & then I brought it to a complete halt about 8 months ago. I'm now thinking about tearing my whole house down & building 2 on my lot! Keep one for me & sell the other. I'm still not sure if I'm going to do it, but I hate to put anymore $ into the kitchen, & whole house for that matter, if I'm going to knock it down. Still iffy on doing it, but am thinking seriously about it. We'll see. You have come a long way & it looks great. I think you should do the tile. I don't think it's going to be trendy & date the kitchen down the road. I thought the brass was going to be trendy, but it's still going strong. Go w/ what you like! I can't wait to see more!...See Moregranite in Seattle - my part time job
Comments (21)Newcastle, I'm embarrased to say that, while I THOUGHT my quartz was going to be installed last Monday, the email from my fabricator clearly said Monday, 10/4 -- next Monday. (Whoops. Guess I got a little excited). That said, I got a call from them today saying that the slabs are ready ahead of schedule and ready to be installed! I set an appointment for first thing tomorrow morning. Whee! I am excited! But, are you ready to hear my drama? After putting up with months and months...and months! of B.S. and delays from my contractor, I pushed hard for a final, drop-dead, done-done-shiny-done completion date, not letting him wiggle out of the question like he has been doing for months. Really, there's just a bunch of little stuff to do! There's no reason he shouldn't be able to knock it out in a single day (you know, a full working day -- not that he ever worked one of those during the ENTIRE project). Anyway, he started to be really mean and bully me. DH asked me later that day whether I finally got a completion date and I told him what happened. He then called our contractor who WENT OFF on DH (about nothing, really -- "I injured my f*ckin' shoulder and couldn't work because you MADE me install the f*ckin' fridge! It took me 87 hours to paint 3 f*ckin' walls because I was doing a really really good job! You didn't f*ckin' pick out cabinet pulls when I told you to so I couldn't get anything else done around here while I was waiting for you to pick out cabinet pulls! You're unlawfully holding back a retainage! I'm gonna f*ckin' sue you and put a f*ckin' lien on your house!" -- he was just bullying to try to deflect attention from the real issues) and...that was a mistake. DH fired him on the spot. (D'oh! Don't bite the hand that feeds you, buddy!) Things had been tense between us for quite some time, but I really had hoped that we could all just keep it together until the end of the project. Oh well. So...sigh. Although the countertops are going in tomorrow, I will be left with a bunch of finish work and no one left to do it. Guess DH and I should get ready to put on our overalls and tool belts again! I'll probably end up finishing AFTER you, breezy, and athomesewing!...See More6 1/2 months later...my granite seam separating....Why?
Comments (21)Well, I spoke with the builder this am. This fellow is a former site-superivisor who did such a thorough job (thus taking him a little longer to finish his jobs) that he was essentially demoted to being a guy who does the warranty repair work. Anyhow....he gave me the scoop. The 2x10 floor joists are not being dried as well as they should be at the mill. He is seeing this in a lot of houses and he has even called the supplier and voiced his concern. He said probably that along with the fact that we still don't have our humidifier hooked up (which was supposed to be done by now!) accelerated the rate of the wood drying and shrinking. He said he is very surprised about the granite separating. He said he is glad it didn't break...uh, yeah, me too! So, we are going to hopefully get the humidifier hooked up right away, and maybe it will slow it down a little bit. He thinks once we get into the coldest part of the season and the heat is really running a lot it will get it all the way dried out and then we can fix the stone. I'm off to call the granite people and see if there is anything I should do to the seam temporarily to prevent stuff from running down it! Thanks again for all the help. Bee...See MoreWhy is my German chocolate cake so crumbly?
Comments (13)I was reading some of the reviews of that recipe, Jereme, and it appears that a few others have experienced the same outcome -- I always like to know I'm not alone:) So many variables in cake baking -- just a thought. I usually rely on "BraveTart" aka Stella Parks (Serious Eats) recommendations in baking, and she uses Gold Medal Flour All-Purpose flour in a lot of her cakes. White Lily Bleached All-Purpose Flour, 8 to 9% and Gold Medal shows at 10.5% (kind of an interesting look at contents here scroll down -- http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/17045/protein-content-flour) I'm wondering if maybe that bit more protein would add some of the structure that you're looking for. I admire your persistence. Although I'm allergic to nuts, I'd be an avid cake tester while you work through your tests:) CathyinSWPA...See Moresombreuil_mongrel
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