Your jade looks so strong and healthly! I have jades, but they always seem to want to turn into hanging plants for me. Any suggestions on how to keep them growing in a more vertical direction? They live in the garden in the summer, and kitchen in the winter. I haven't had a spider plant for years, been thinking about them again. And I gave up on Amarylis (sp)...can never get them to bloom the second time round! Love your chandlier, too! Be Safe, Rach

I am a fabricator. Tough problem. If the countertop was properly installed there is no mechanical stress on the granite and no reason for it to crack so the too tight faucet nut is at least possible. I would look along the underside of the countertop to see if it is shimmed so that every part has support. Typically the tops of the cabinetry are not perfectly level and the underside of the stone is also not perfectly flat so some shimming is required. if some section is not supported then a crack developing is quite possible. However, since granite has a compressive strength similar to concrete it's difficult to imagine tightening a faucet nut enough to harm the granite. In fact, it seems impossible to me. unless you can determine that the tops were improperly installed your best bet is to let the fabricator repair the crack. A well done repair will make the crack invisible or nearly so. you might ask the fabricator if the sink area is "rodded". Rodding is the technique used to strengthen the rails around the sink by glueing in a steel or fiberglass rod in the underside of the rail. the rod prevents movement much like rebar in concrete in the event a crack develops. A repair of the crack is much more likely to be permenant if the stone is rodded.

The weight of a sink is irrelevant when you install it with a Hercules Universal Sink Harness because the weight of the sink if borne by the cabinets, not the countertop, as it should be. Get the sink you want and insist your installer use the HUSH.

Hi all, I know this is an old thread but I've been searching for an answer and don't seem to find it anywhere on the web. I recieved a marble table yesterday and was wondering if it was a repaired slab or natural as the veins look misaligned and there is a long hairline separating the veins. Please let me know your opinions. You may have to look at the picture side ways but focus on where the veins stop all of sudden.