How do you pick a granite fabricator? Any recommendations in MA?
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Slab pick-up with fabricator. Any advice for me?
Comments (13)Thanks everyone for your comments. Decisions, decisions! teaforwendy..My cabs are a dark brownish/black. Finally had a sample to put next to my del.white and it looks good to me! They are a shaker style door...very simple. I was thinking that I wanted something rounded on top for the following reason: 1. I like the way rounded edges look, even with shaker cabs. 2. The peninsula is a breakfast bar and I thought it would be more comfortable on the arms. Decided to go with a 1/4 round. Round on the top and flat on the bottom. One more decision down...Whew! How many more to go???...See MoreWhat would you do? Granite problem. Do I have any recourse?
Comments (23)After seeing your latest pics, ans re-reading your OP - I would say the following: 1. You PURCHASED the piece of stone for the Island - it was your property 2. THEY suggested that you wait on the island 2 1/2 years ago, and on THEIR insistance - took responsibility for the piece (still YOUR property) 3. What they are trying to give you as the island made from "your piece" (if the small sample in the pics is what the stone SHOULD look like...) does NOT match with the sample. Based on these three criteria - I would say you have a case, and that your Fabricator now has the responsibility to "deliver" - if he can't to your satisfaction, you'll need to work out fair compensation for loss and de-fault of contract. Hopefully it won't go there - I'm hoping that your guy will make things right and give you what you feel is acceptable... TO YOU !!!! I would hope that your Fabricator can find a stone with waaay more of a match to the sample, and then everyone wins. My guess is - they lost track of your "piece" AND either broke it or fabbed it (the original) for something else, or they just lost track of it and it's still there - burried in their scrap pile.... I work with shops all over the world in my business, and I cant tell you how many other fabricators are in this general group....... EVERYBODY makes mistakes now and then !!! LOL - But..... you gotta hols your guy's feet to the fire and have him fab up an island that YOU will be happy with. Seriously - I'd wait and see what he can do, then lets evaluate your options Not trying to be "self promoting" here, but you can e-mail or call if you need to discuss... www.azschoolofrock.com - I'm hoping that everything will turn out OK for you at the end of the day...... hth kevin...See MoreHow did you pick your granite?
Comments (17)Here's a totally opposing viewpoint: we couldn't have gotten anywhere walking around the stoneyard right off, we didn't have a clue. We weren't even 100% sure if we wanted Silestone or granite. We took our samples to our local kitchen store, comparable countertop selection to Lowe's. Looked at various shades and various materials with the cabinet door, the wall paint chip(s - we're narrowed down but not 100%), a couple of backsplash tiles we thought we liked. The question we were trying to answer was color family and overall look. I knew middle-tones wouldn't work, didn't like any of the light beige-tones but true-whites over to light grey was good. Liked chocolate-browns and charcoal-grays, but when grays started pushing over to black it was just too much. I liked the ones with blue flecks/accents in them. DH likes some with green flecks in them, and liked sparkles more than I did. Neither of us liked big splashy patterns, everything that appealed was more flecky/mottled than dramatic/stripes/swoops, but my tolerance was higher than his. Then, we went to the granite yard down the street and picked out our favorite light and our favorite dark in the showroom. Went out back, saw the slabs, and whaddaya know, the color we liked best inside was the one we liked best outside, too. We didn't decide for sure till we put them both into our 3D mockup at home, and dark was winning by miles. Then we found out the fabricators we were at didn't cut drainboards, so called up a ton of different places till we found two that did. The color we picked isn't one with a lot of slab variation, so that wasn't a big issue, any yard that sold Steel Gray would be just fine. We checked out the slabs at fabricator #2, brought the sample home, realized the polished finish was way too shiny for my taste, and found a different yard (#3 now) that sold the same color in a softer finish. Then we decided not to do drainboard runnels after all. See, isn't deciding things easy? Hooray for fickle. (end result - Leathered Steel Gray)...See MoreGranite fabricator recommendation in SE Michigan???
Comments (29)christine40, were you able to wander around yourself and see what worked for you? So nice that you found something you liked. I went to Great Lakes yesterday in Redford and I had to pick which ones I wanted to see in the showroom from the samples they had. The sales guy told me the samples were pretty much what they had. Then he called into the warehouse and had them pull out the 3 slabs I said I liked and took me back to see them. I was able to see the other slabs that were stacked in their bins as we walked over to see my choices, but didn't feel I could really walk around and see what struck me. I did ask about some of the other slabs we walked by and a few he named were not in the showroom. It wasn't really a positive experience. But it's my first trip out to a granite place, so I have more to go see and hopefully I'll have a better experience. If you want to post pics so they shows up in your post, you need to upload the pics to a service like photobucket.com. The link I posted here will explain how to do it. Have fun at the hockey tourney and good luck Tuesday! Here is a link that might be useful: Posting pics....See Moremarcydc
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12 years agoHi Drmkit,
I love BFR they are based in NH but do work from Boston to
Montreal. Amazing talent at this place. Ask for Jessie
http://www.bfrandassociates.com/I am really picky about my seams. I would not be looking
at price but focus on the work. How do they do edges?
Seams? What is their reputation? You want good quality for
your money. How will the mount your sink or cut around
your sink? Will they stand by their work? Will they help
you choose a good quality slab, otherwise you might have
the counter cracking later. You do not want a fabircator
who is going to scrimp, save, or cheap out. You don't
want someone installing the wrong slab or something of
poor quality. These are your counters. You want good
quality at a fair price and someone who stands by their
work. For me that is BFR.Here is an image of one of my seams. I love that the
Jst mist pattern is matched so you can not see the seam.
Can you see the seam?
Links from Gardenweb, And why you want a good quality
granite fabricator/installer.Good luck and enjoy your granite counters.
~boxerpupsGarden Web kitchen who used BFR Another fan.
http://www.thathomesite.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg061424403996.html
Bad Granite Seam
http://www.thathomesite.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0622223725413.htmlAre these granite seams acceptable
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0420565725855.htmlGranite Seam pictures
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0308322425048.htmlHelp my sink is falling off the granite counters
http://www.thathomesite.com/forums/load/build/msg0616293512392.html?4Crack in my granite 3 months after installation
http://www.thathomesite.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0617374119591.html?7Oh NO wrong slab installed
http://www.thathomesite.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0918131415791.html?16Here is a link of a GWebber that did not like BFR. She
does not say why, but I want to be fair so you can find
the best installer. Eoren1 I will say the counters look
beautiful but maybe they were not easy to work with.
Keep in mind that with all companies you hire there are
always going to be some that click with you and some
that don't. It might be Ripano or Gerrity. And whoever
you choose and feel good about it probably going to be
great. ~boxerpupshttp://www.thathomesite.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg042343439831.html?5
Here is a link that might be useful: My seams are at the bottom of this link
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