We're about 1 1/2 hours NE of Columbus. We would need a fabricator.

Mont Granite has quite a few locations in Ohio. I just pick my granite slabs from the West Chester location. I am working w/ Dave from Quarry Granite in Columbus. His number is 614-830-0610. Their price was half the cost of the Hanstone quartz I initally wanted. My cabinets are going in as we speak, so my next step will be to call the templater. So far Dave has been good to work with. Although he is slow sending the contact for me to sign.

This is for Doc8404....so glad to here you actually did what I was thinking about...go to Teixeira in NJ....and you said you did the work yourself...do you have any pictures to share of the end result? I saw the This old house magazine article about doing it yourself...I just need to convince my contractor that anyone who can work wood can work soapstone. Did you call ahead and make an appointment at Teixeria or did you just show up?
Thanks in advance.

I'm looking at soapstone in Columbus too. IGM carries it, but I need a good fabricator, which I haven't found yet. But if you are northeast, I've talked to Strata Granite in North Canton, and Katie Koske there is the best informed local person I've encountered yet on soapstone (which unfortunately isn't that common in OH). They've used soapstone from a few suppliers (including Dorado and Green Mountain), and she can talk in detail about current inventory - the look of the slabs varies a lot depending on what's coming out of the quarries at any given time. Their ballpark price is $85 sf installed - not cheap, but I'd have a hlgh level of confidence that they would get it right. Most everyone else I've talked to about soapstone countertops in the midwest is very discouraging on the idea, so I don't get a good feeling about their ability to source and fabricate with excellent results. Anyway, I'll post again if I find someone else good locally - please let me know if you do too.

In the meantime, Katie is at 330.244.9320, and they have a very lame website at www.stratagranite.com.

Oh, btw, I am currently in CA (building in OH), and did go to M Tex in SF. Thought about shipping it to OH, but I haven't found a fab that is willing to finish and install material that they don't source.

Another option I'm looking into is Hummingbird Soapstone in Chicago. They use Green Mountain and have a good price ($67 sf installed). But of course I'd need to pay extra to have someone come out to do templating and also deliver to Columbus, so all in I'm not sure how much it would be.

If you guys get together I'll take a road trip. If your both ready I can combine travel fee's . . .

caoh - Wow, North Canton? Thats like 30 minutes from me. I had no clue. I'll check them out. We've been working with Modlich Stoneworks in Columbus. Have you heard anything about them? They seem very professional, have the slabs of soapstone right there and they fabricate/install. They get their soapstone from Brazil and didnt really have any names for their slabs other than Brazillian Soapstone. I expected variety names, but maybe thats because Im a GW nerd lol. Installed their price is right around $80-$90 per sq ft. Wish I could find it cheaper, but it seems we have slim pickins around here.

I'm in Ohio....I had a builder that used Modlich all the time. He liked them very much.

I'm a KD in Southern,central ohio and our soapstone is right in that same price range that you listed. Between $78 to $90 installed. If someone has a large job, I will give a better discount. Smaller jobs get the higher markup.

twogirlsbigtrouble...How are the slabs at Modlich? I'm looking for a charcoal/black with moderate veining - no green. IGM has a blue-gray (unoiled) that may work. They also have the Green Mountain original which looks a wee bit green to me in the pics. Katie from Strata also sent me pics of a new shipment of Minas from Dorado that's coming in late May which looks really good for me - gray with not too much veining unoiled (have not seen pics oiled yet).

All a bit tougher for me since I'm not local to look at slabs, though I am making a trip out in mid-May. I like Strata because Katie speaks my GW soapstone-geek language, lol. I'd love to find a cheaper price, but everyone else I talk to is a soapstone skeptic, and I figure I may regret the results if I go with one of those. Let me know if you think I should talk to Modlich based on the slabs you've seen.

Here is a link the thread listing soapstone suppliers we've been compiling for about 5 months. Maybe something listed there will help.

Anita

Here is a link that might be useful: List of soapstone suppliers

Kompy, Just curious what ballpark do you consider a large job? Are most soapstone kitchens on GW small?

I was thinking we may need to go to Chicago. Your neck of the woods is much closer. I grew up in Dayton. We live in Indiana about 2 1/2 hours drive. A granite fabricator in Fort Wayne, F & M Tile and Terrazzo, was recommended as a soapstone fabricator but they don't list soapstone among their products.

caoh - Heres some photos of what we saw at Modlich, all unoiled so maybe hard to tell. They just got a new shipment in from Brazil that I am going to see next week.

This one had little veining and didnt look very green to me....

We liked this one alot (the one in the rear)...

Same as rear slab above...

This one had alot of gold...

This was their "green" stuff...

twogirlsbigtrouble - thanks a million for posting the pics! love that cool swirly slab. i will call modlich.

hey nice slabs, there's also video of slabs http://bit.ly/cZLmSw
For Ohio soapstone try calling 1.888.500.1905