Purchased granite slabs for bathrooms. Take a peek...
9 years ago
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Purchased movement granite slabs for 2 bathroom counter tops, 30" & 48" Bathroom #3 is already remodeled.
Note: The kitchen will not be matching... a pop of color in the bathrooms will be fine(my selection was limited)
Our Restore sells granite ($18 & $15 for the whole piece! )
Anyone know what granite #1 is called?
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Can I peek at your bathroom lighting?
Comments (53)luckiirish -- Now I get it. I was trying to put it in the URL link box. Thanks for the tip. Guest bath lights: http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee373/tjaklitsch/lighting/th_lighting004.jpg?t=1330554366 master bath ceiling: http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee373/tjaklitsch/lighting/lightfixtures2-29-12594.jpg?t=1330553647 master bath vanity (still need mirrors!): http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee373/tjaklitsch/lighting/th_lightfixtures2-29-12593.jpg?t=1330553646 couldn't resist sneaking in my laundry room light (love it!): http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee373/tjaklitsch/lighting/th_lightfixtures2-29-12595.jpg?t=1330553647 hhhmmm -- still no pictures....See MoreGranite Pricing for more than one slab
Comments (14)57 sq ft is really too much for most slabs. I wonder though if your slab can just barely fit it. Maybe that is why it goes up when she calls. What type of granite did you pick? If it is one of the more common ones, like New Venetian Gold, then many fabricators would probably not charge you extra since they would likely have little problem using the rest of the second slab for a smaller job. If you picked something unusual or very expensive that might come into it also. Are you required to go through your KD for the granite? You might consider going out on your own for granite after the remainder of the kitchen is completed. You could simply say you are reconsidering the material due to cost and will finish it at some later date when you decide what you are going to do and would she please proceed to complete the project sans countertop. I know the people I am getting my cabinets from offer granite and laminante, for example, but when I mentioned quartz, they said I would have to obtain that on my own. Even if yours carries quartz, I am pretty certain they don't carry ALL brands of quartz, and if you had just fallen in LOVE with a color of some brand they don't carry, in a material that would be more cost effective given the slab problem, it would certainly present a problem for them to insist on doing the counters. When presented with the option of coming up with creative solutions to the granite problem or losing the countertop sale, it might help clarify where the real problem is, if nothing else. I wonder if your KD is calling and saying she NEEDS two full slabs to make sure the layout is pleasing and to her specifications. Do you by any chance have a slide in range planned? I ask because, even though it only requires a couple inches along the back, it increases your granite requirement by about 9 square feet. Anyway, if your fabricator knows your slab is large, say 60 sq feet, he/she might feel they can get it out of one. They the KD calls and says she wants two slabs for design and layout reasons, to make sure pattern all goes the same direction, ect., that might explain it. Can you ask her directly if there is any way to make it fit into one slab and see what she says? I don't know any fabricators near you, but I would certainly ask on this forum. However, it doesn't seem like it is necessarily an issue with the fabricator, as much as the KD. But you never know. You just need to find out what is transpiring between them, and a frank talk with either one might help. If you don't want to make waves with the KD, would you feel comfortable calling the fabricator and asking what specifically had caused the price to go up and if he/she could get it into a single slab if necessary? Sue...See MoreFacts about Granite Slab Quality Variables
Comments (34)I posted the question earlier about sealing or not sealing some granites. I mentioned that the Black Pearl in our bathroom was not sealed but it has worn well. However, the other day DH pointed out that there are some dull spots in couple spots close to the edge of his sink----one of them near the soap dispenser. I've cleaned with alcohol and water, but as soon as it is buffed dry you can see and feel that it is dull. I wouldn't say it's rough, as it's smooth, but it's just dull. They did not seal the granite when it was installed, but for our bathroom we bought a pre-fab counter to save money. Could it be that it was pre-sealed somehow? Any ideas what to do about the dull patches? I am particularly concerned because we are supposed to have Black Pearl installed in our kitchen. We just went and looked at the slabs the other day. Now I don't know what to do---seal or don't seal? Also the fabricators offer a fifteen-year sealer. If I'm going to have it sealed, I think I'd like the fifteen-year sealer, because I worry about resealing and putting on another coat of sealer that isn't compatible with the first sealer. Another reason is that I have very bad asthma/reactive airway and have to be sure to be gone when the sealer is applied. The fewer times we need to do that the better. Nevertheless, I also wonder what makes one sealer good for a year or two and another for fifteen? Is there really something better about the fifteen-year sealer, or is it just hype? I've been waiting and saving for years to get new countertops in my kitchen, and I'd like to get it right the first time....See MoreSo excited - picked our slab! (granite or quartzite?)
Comments (33)Tomorrow we will select the fabricator, and meet with them about the plan - we'll have to decide which direction to have the flow, and how to match up the seam at the L best with a 36" meeting 24" counter, and this type of movement but only one slab. DH thought we would just run the 36" peninsula as a rectangle to wall and have a right angle joint to the 24" counter, but I think the fabricators do a miter joint. Given that the peninsula will be most visible, I wonder if DH's plan might be better - to keep the peninsula all one piece?...See More- 9 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
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Our local Habitat store seems to price granite at something like 80% of what it would cost to buy at the fabricators. So I found this granite on craigslist, it was enough for the kitchen and the vanity and included 4" backsplash pieces and cost $400 total. We picked it up, made the template, and delivered it to the fabricators. They cut it as specified, and I picked it up and installed it.
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bob....yes, we have diamond blades and honing blocks. It's "very" time consuming and intense....buuuuuuuuuuuuut.......we save a TON. It's as much a hobby as it is my job.
We went shopping in Denver today, hit 3 Restores. Purchased 5, 2" wood miniblinds(Levolor, 59"w x 46.5 long), $5 ea, new...customers didn't pick up & were donated to The Restore. LOVE IT!
This is for #1 granite and the Antique look Kohler sink. In person it's a lighter color, new, wrapped in plastic, by Woodcrafters. So far.... The Restore shopping trips are really paying off!!!! :0)
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