I have Nichiha shakes on my home but we bought the primed and painted them. We love the way they look and our workers thought they were easier to put on (than Hardie) because they came in longer sections. Sorry I can't help with the stain question!

If you google silgranit sinks a list of sites will come up for you to check like faucetdirect.com, homeandstone.com, etc. I got my sink from faucetdirect.com and my ss sink grid from irawoods.com kaidan-Once I decided on my faucet (Kohler Forte) I went online to check the specs and the max. thickness was listed. My granite was the 3 cm/slightly more than 1 1/2" thick. Think the faucet specs stated 1 3/4" max. thickness ok so if you added in the extra thickness of the Diamond back lip might be over the 1 3/4" max. With some faucet models you can order an extender which would then work. HTH.

@legallin. Is this your first square bowl or zero radius sink? Unlike curved shallow sinks, deep square bowl sinks need to be sprayed down after use to wash off any solid waste into the drain. Because the bottom is flat (with a slight angle) not all the water and dirt drains freely. Stainless steel in general does take a lot of stains. The "stainless" part is misleading. By stainless, it actually means it does not rust. And your sink will get a lot of scratches. That's just how stainless steel is. The first few ones, you will really notice because your sink is still shiny and new. But over time the scratches blend into one another to give an even look. A lot of us on GW use Barkeeper's Friend. You can find it at Home Depot. If you scrub your sink once every week or month, it will remove most of the stains (like the one's from your DH's teabag... which should have been in the trash and not in the sink!) and give your sink a nice shine. Some of the reasons that you mentioned you hate your Ruvati sink for are also the reasons why many switch to granite sinks (which have their own pros and cons as well). But in general, if you follow some basic care guides, stainless steel sinks are quite hardy and last a long time.

My measurements are similar to inmydreams, Francy. This may be a case, for you, of buying this product locally, from a place that will let you return it if it doesn't work out for you after trying it out on your own sink. I hate returning Internet purchases, because often there is a fee or more shipping costs involved. As I said, I love my grid, and have had no regrets in the two months we have been using our kitchen. Like other posters, I too have stained mine with tomato sauce, or any tomato products, but I have sprayed the grid down with that Clorox bleach spray cleaner, left it on a few minutes, and the stains have disappeared after rinsing. If the stains are old, it may take more than one application. We eat pasta dishes often, so those stains are a real possibility. But I try to be careful and I have told my kids and my husband that when we have tomato sauces in our meals, they are to clean off the dishes right over the drain opening, and if not, they are to use the side sprayer to immediately remove the tomato from the grid. So far, everyone is on board with this, and we have no permanent stains. If you don't like the look of the grid, you can always remove it, but I never have. We had a New Year's Eve party, and our dozens of guests loved the new kitchen, and several commented on what a great idea the grid was. I'd much rather protect my sink than not. I don't find it either unattractive or that hard to maintain. Hope this helps.