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Granite problems, need advice

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

I recently built a home with granite countertops. I am being told this is just how seams are. Any suggestions to fix or find help? The flow of the grain doesn't even all go the same direction. Any advice?

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_sophiewheeler

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

That's just the way some semi-custom ''Chinese menus'' builders roll. Seen it a million times. They buy containers of prefab slabs in limited colors (A, B, or C) and get a site worker to cut them with an angle grinders and slop in a bunch of filler. (Top mount sinks?) They don't deal with an actual granite supplier and qualified fabricator. They get away with it 9 out of 10.

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Anglophilia
7 years ago
Sloppy!
mayhemingway
7 years ago
Yikes.
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windylouwho
Original Author
7 years ago
I'm Still in the punch list phase, should I get it pulled and redone?
divotdiva2
7 years ago
yes! At a minimum the grain should go in the same direction. and the seams are messy.
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
7 years ago
Those aren't even large sections so they definitely should have the grain going one direction. And what happened to that corner edge? It's a mess looks like a big chunk is loose.
windylouwho
Original Author
7 years ago
ravencajun Zone 8b TX that last picture is my kitchen counter. It is like that on both ends because it was cut to short for the area. This is a custom home we have built from the beginning. I keep getting told " that's how it is." The granite isn't the only nightmare we have had.
Miranda33
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
As others have said, it's a re-do. While you're at it, the grain should go horizontally on the cabinets you've pictured in the first photo.

Can you describe how that granite was chosen? You said it was a custom house. Did you pick the slab out at a stoneyard? Did you go to the fabricator's to map out the layout of the granite from the slab? That would have been the time to discuss the direction of the grain.
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windylouwho
Original Author
7 years ago
It's from a stone yard. All of my sinks are under mounts as well. Some pieces look and feel polished, some don't. Only holes were drilled on site, the rest was cut and sections brought over on different dates. To be honest no one ever asked me about horizontal or vertical. I assumed it would be horizontal with the type, New Venetian Gold. This is the 4 th house My husband and I have built together and we have never had any problems like this before. Thank you all for your advice and comments! They are helping to feel like I'm not crazy for thinking this is sloppy workmanship.
practigal
7 years ago
Yes, it is very sloppy. Good luck on getting it fixed.
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