I'm told leftover stone from a slab isn't mine--your experience?
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Comments (24)deviant-duhziner Thank you so much for the feedback! It is very generous of those of you with experience (or who get paid for doing this sort of thing) to share with others. I KNEW when we started that it should be varied widths and it was when we dug it. Somehow as the rocks got put in, we lost the shape and I'm not sure what happened. Part of it might have been because it is very deep at the bottom. Part of it was because I couldn't figure out how to do the sides. I think they maybe should have been more tapered. But then it seemed that the more rocks that went at the sides, the more we lost the shape. Here are two more pictures, a bit more close one. One with no markings and one with markings of what I think I should do. Sorry this is a crude markup but it is the best I could figure out. Am I on the right track here? Where the Xs are, I need big boulders to ground the turns. Where the circle is will be built up with several large boulders and the water feature. Where the dots are, should be the small pebbles. Should another big boulder go where the question mark is? I have a couple bags still of the smaller rocks, about 2-2" long but I should get some gravel sizes too. And if I need to eventually take out more of the bigger cobbles I can use them in the backyard for the path to give it more weight and remove the smaller pieces of rock I was using in some places. Good thought on the faux rock to hide the sprinklers! I have a plant there but it might not give enough cover. Thanks. Any tips on how to hide the hose? I love John Greenlee's work, yes! I'm looking forward to the meadow. The path on the side of the driveway is not, I know, ideal. But it is functional. :-) Here's what happened. Before we put the paver driveway in the entire front cement from the driveway to the fence next door plus all the parking strips plus the courtyard. Here's what it looked like: So we had the new driveway installed and I had planting areas added to the side and to the front of the driveway (plus the parking strip.) But I goofed a bit. I was so excited to have dirt on either side of the driveway that I forgot to take into consideration that both our cars are in the driveway all the time. Due to the previous owner's remodeling, the two car garage only has room for one car and that space is filled with garage stuff. Anyway, here in CA it's fine for the car's outside but sometimes there isn't enough space for people to walk up the side or between them, hence the stepping stones. I'm hoping the Carex Pansa will help hide them most of the time. frankie - there will be maintenance with the redbuds and others in the yard. We're prepared to take care of it, but thank......See Morehelp: should I replace granite slab at my cost
Comments (29)On a positivie note, the fabricator did learn from my experience and said they would show the customer the layout (either by photo or in person) before cutting in the future. Lucky them! Thanks again everyone for your input. Nice to have this board for third party opinions. Friends aren't always honest. I will try come on here more often now to reciprocate. Lucky us, now we are having another issue that will make me forget about the granite issue, with our busy crown molding, it isn't working due to different ceiling heights throughout kitchen, like 3/4 to 1.5" in some areas! The worst area due to a lower board sistering joist holding toilet pipe between floors (opened the ceiling). Never noticed before because cabinets didn't go all the way up... And now will have to try a simpler crown molding that won't look like accordion in some areas due to height differences, or no crown molding on the high cabinets, ooh.... So looks like we won't be getting kitchen back for a while longer, as we have to raise the sheet rock about 3/4" (that's all we got) in that one area. Now I know more questions to ask if I do another reno job before hiring a contractor. Like, will they measure the room from floor to ceiling for oddities to plan for surprises? Shouldn't that be a norm?...See MoreI know this isn't the Kitchens forum, but...
Comments (18)Why not look into one of the honed granites. I would stay away from Absolute Black honed, but there are some other beautiful ones, like Virginia/Jet Mist & Ocean Green, or even Nordic Black which give you the look of soapstone without the concerns of it being chipped or scratched. On a personal note, I have soapstone (Green Mountain Original) and I don't baby it at all, and it's been fine. It doesn't etch and is impervious to staining, and I rarely oil mine but like it both ways. If you shop around and find one of the harder varieties you may find you love it. It's not nearly as hard as granite, but it never has to be sealed either. If you do visit the kitchens forum do a search for some of the honed granites people have used and you may find you fall in love with one of those. I have a friend with marble and it does etch, so if you will have an area in the kitchen that won't be used for much prep work maybe you could consider using it as an accent. I really love the look of tiger maple so that's what I did, I put it on a small hutch as an accent. Linked below is a "too die for" kitchen with Ocean Green honed and the stone yard may not be horribly far from you either, not sure, but I know she loved working with them! Good luck! Kat :) Here is a link that might be useful: Kitchen with honed Ocean Green Granite...See MoreHelp! Soapstone slabs from quarry, installed, now water rings
Comments (11)This is from an earlier thread (link below) Posted by grannabelle (My Page) on Sat, Mar 27, 10 at 11:43 as you may have seen on my posting of yesterday, FL Joshua also rescued my counter tops this week... here is what i consider an invaluable piece of advice that he gave me while he was here, having to do with water rings and the like (which in my case was the least of the probs with my stone)- perhaps many of you are aware of this, but i was not, and so i pass it on...i always oiled on top of the rings and spots in an attempt to have them blend in..with no success...Joshua explained that before oiling i have to scrub the ring or spot with dish soap and water to remove it...and then re-oil...otherwise, you are just sealing the mark under the oil...last night i saw two very small little spots (don't know from what) - followed Joshua's advice and two minutes later they were completely gone... Here is a link that might be useful: Water rings on soapstone.....not anymore!...See Morecookncarpenter
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