Heat Lamps Crack Granite?
Joseph Corlett, LLC
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heat cracking marble counters -- what is said vs what's been seen
Comments (13)Oh marble can crack from thermals shock as well. (ANY stone can, theoretically.) I've never had that happen with marble to any clients in my experience mainly because statistically the sample is so low. Marble has only become popular in the last 5 years or so, and the handful of marble counters I've been involved with doesn't make a dent per cent wise in the thousands of granite ones. Most of my clients simply don't want to deal with the certainty of etching or possibility of staining should they forget to keep their marble sealed. Now that I work at a box store instead of as an independent, granite is 95% of counter sales. It seems that every other customer is "upgrading" their home for sale, despite having 40 year old grody cabinets underneath. But, that's another story......See MoreChristmas party mishap: out-of-oven mac & cheese cracked granite
Comments (23)My mother once did the exploding Pyrex thing, with 15 lbs of her special mashed potatoes, made the night before and refrigerated then placed inadvertently on a hot burner. The noise and the flying debris was really incredible, but worse was that my Irish mother was heartbroken at the idea of Thanksgiving without her trademark dish. Some cleanup and a few calls to local restaurants fixed that, and it's one of my favorite holiday memories, especially now that my mother is gone. Kevin, I know that your damage is probably a lot more difficult and expensive to fix, but it sounds like it was a great party, and I hope after all is said and done it may be one of those stories about your lovely home that you can look back on with a smile....See MoreHeated granite countertops
Comments (15)Granite (or any stone) will be whatever room temperature that you keep your house at, and it only feels cold because of it's thermal mass and ability to absorb heat. When your warm hands or arms touch it, it removes the heat from them very easily. Therefore your brain perceives that as "cold". It's not. It's room temperature. I think you really should visit a few friends that have granite counters this winter. Touch them. Lean on them. Find out for yourself if you find the stone objectionably cold. Some will. Most won't. Or won't see themselves coming into contact with it long enough to want to go to the extra trouble and expense of heating the counters. It's not that hard or that much extra money if you do find that you want to do it. But it's a personal judgement call on your part. And as mentioned previously, you're not talking about heating the counters to be "hot" counters. Not at all. Just "not room temperature"....See MoreSucculent Growing in Granite Rock Crack
Comments (11)Ken, I know the roots will be cooler under the rock, and fig cuttings root slower in cooler soil, but they don't mold or dry out. The boulders are here on site, and we just found some that didn't continue under ground (many do) so we could dig a slanted tunnel under the boulder with the tip of the cutting under an inch of soil next to the boulder, and the bottom of the cutting securely under the rock. IF the cuttings root and grow, the boulder will protect the baby tree from cold winds and will keep the temps warmer during the night. Figs LOVE heat! I root cuttings all the time in shallow trenches outside. But they have to be moved to a container till they get bigger, so the experiment is to let them root and grow in their final place from day one. Why so many figs? I started with one and found out there are some amazing varieties that taste like raspberry and strawberry jam. Some drip honey and are just juicy and delicious. Couldn't stop with just one tree........ Here is your documentation. A picture is worth a thousand words. This shot was taken this month about a week ago. See the little white stick at the bottom of the boulder? That is a plastic fork with the name of the fig written in permenant ink marking the spot where I expect to see a fig leaf popping out. As soon as a leaf emerges, I'll surround that baby with chicken wire to protect it from the many critters out there. There are other boulders with different cuttings, but you get the idea....See Morepalimpsest
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