How much more expensive is soapstone than granite?
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MCMesprit
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Comments (15)Yes, learning how to graft is on the top of to do list. I am only interested in non-astringent D. Kaki. I have not come across the ones that have seeds. I eat store-bought persimmons. They are pretty much seedless. A few more questions: if I plant persimmon seeds to start trees that I can graft on to, those seeds need to be from a rather cold hardy varieties, right? Say if I have an astringent variety for a tree, can I graft non-astringent scions to them? Are they compatible? If these questions may sound dumb, now you know that I don't know much about persimmon!!...See Moreare casements more expensive than double hungs?
Comments (53)I personally feel that sloping and flashing of the sill rough framing is a more important detail than the integrated sill of the window. Water doesnt behave like you tell it to in a diagram. The profiles pictured dont account for what happens in the corners, the seal between glass and frame or most egregious getting past the head and side nailing fins. From my experience, very little water makes it through the crack between the bottom sill of the casement and a picture framed trim piece. What little water does make it past is prevented from getting to the sill by the nailing fin and runs behind the siding on the weather resistive barrier WRB (housewrap). If this is a major concern then flashing tape over the second lap below should redirect it to outside the siding (second lap course because the first course is butted to the trim). I feel the amount of water involved here would be measured in drips per x gallons. I shot this pic this morning and know its hardly evidence but I may satisfy my curiosity a little more with some other methods on a project we currently have in the framing stage. My thoughts are to place some paper towels behind the picture framed piece, vigorously wet the window with 5 to 10 gallons and seeing how wet or if there is a measurable amount of moisture is getting through this admittedly vulnerable location (from a stand point of water behind cladding NOT rotting the sill). I dont think it will be much and feel that a sloping/flashed rough sill will handle the much more dangerous and damaging leak points....See MoreWhy seams in soapstone are different than Granite
Comments (6)Our fab. cut our L shap out that fit on one slab, then cut the seam from that and they also fit the 3 inch backsplash on there prior to cutting from what they said so everything blends nicely for the one side of our kitchen. There was no way to lift the granite (in less they had tons of people and even then moving it around our tiny kitchen was very difficult as it was) without the seam. Ours put a lot of thought into it, which was nice and we didn't have to micromanage, which was even better. They had to use two slabs, but the other slab was used on the other side, so it was a non-issue of it matching up perfectly....See MoreKansas City - How much is granite / soapstone / quartzite
Comments (2)Hi, Cleo. I have used Dimensional Stoneworks (Sheryl Calvin, 681-6629). For granite from their boneyard (for small kitchenette & vanity) I believe I paid $55 or $65 per square foot installed. For another granite she bid me around $100. For fabricating soapstone, she bid me $55 per square foot. I'm sourcing my own soapstone and she's fabricating for me. (She was the ONLY local fabricator I could find who would touch product I brought in from my own supplier.) I think the fabrication price is way high but, OTOH, I'm just glad to have found someone who will do it. I've never checked into quartz. Anita...See MoreMDBmom
12 years agoMercymygft
12 years agoMDBmom
12 years agoHi mercymygft!
I am not sure how far they travel as we live only about 15 minutes away. They are wonderful to talk with so a quick call or email to the shop or Scott will give you your answer pretty quickly. They come twice--Doug comes to template and a week later they come to install. They have 2 varieties right now that I am currently aware of. One is from Brazil and the other from Virginia. We got the one from Brazil. It is softer and dings pretty easily. I know I am crazy having it especially with 3 little kids but I could not get enough of its soft feeling and the beautiful cool charcoal color it takes on. I just love it. We had a few scratches and small dings that really rub right out with the mineral oil. We have a few larger dings that we plan to sand out but have not done it yet. To be honest once you oil, it is hard to find the larger dings (they are not really big). I do believe the other variety they sell is harder but I am not sure as I didn't ask that much about it--it was love at first sight for me for the softer variety:o). Here are 2 pics (after being oiled for several days)--I don't have any that are really close up. I can try to get those later if this is not close enough for you:
Here is a picture after just being oiled 5 minutes before, and before I wiped it off:
Hope this helps! Sorry that 2 of the pics are not great quality. They were with my cell phone camera. Let me know if you have any other questions.
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