Well, IF you don't have any neighbors with bermuda, and IF you are willing to use lots of herbicides, you could theoretically kill all the bermuda off and start over. The stuff seems to rise from the dead though, so it would likely takes years to fully get rid of it. Of course, if it doesn't bother you and you are just happy to have something green growing, then why go through all the work? There are tens of thousands of homeowners in Raleigh who have an "accidental" blend of bermuda. It is never going to look as uniform and "perfect" as a blend of all cool season grasses or all hybrid bermuda, but not everyone is going for that anyway.

I think that's fantastic that the glass company followed up with you on the Starphire class issue. I'd do exactly what you're doing. $300 is such a small amount in the scheme of things and certainly not worth having any regrets over. I can't wait to see the pictures after it's installed. Your beautiful bathroom will likely be a great example for people who are on the fence about going with Starphire or not... how often do you get to see pictures of two different types of glass in the exact same setting? Good for you!

Repairs are perfectly acceptable if done well. It is standard industry practice. That picture is too poor to determine anything about any quality of repair though. You are almost certain to have existing repairs and/or resin injections and mesh in any stone slab brought to market these days. That’s the status of the industry and it is why you are finding beautiful stones at slab yards that were too fragile to bring out of the quarries just a few years ago. The technology evolved. And the industry has accepted that repairs are the price to be paid for being able to mine some stones. They are still fragile in transport, and installation. So they may require more repairs and touching up before consumer use. The good news is that any repair area will be stronger at that area that the rest of the stone. You won’t have any issues out of a proper repair. Please provide additional pictures standing back at the correct viewing distance. This does appear to be more of a backsplash issue than a stone issue. But it’s impossible to tell anything from that far too close picture.

I had a similar issue with a very expensive Lazyboy custom sectional. I had a nasty migraine those first few days. I called them and was also told the same - store credit only and I would have to pay a restocking fee, blah blah. They said the smell was normal. I was almost in tears about it since I had waited weeks and weeks and now would have no couch. I decided to just give it a couple weeks, and yep, it was totally gone in a couple of weeks. So happy I didn’t go through all that. It’s a great looking couch, give it a little time. I used a different room to watch tv and didn’t sit on it until it lost the smell.