I'd like to see pics of the Raven, as well. It's been an ongoing battle between me and my husband about what countertop to use. He likes the honed finish, and I do, too, but I am not necessarily going to wipe up the countertop every day or the minute something falls on it. I took my sample of Raven honed yesterday and sprayed it with a natural cleaner and left it a while. Then I rinsed it off and put both wine and some oil on it for an hour or two. When I wiped it off, there was a noticeable "splotch" in the finish. While it doesn't look bad on a 4" sample, I can imagine it looks terrible all over 20+ square feet of countertop. I'm wondering now if the regular finish is the way to go, especially since it doesn't appear to be as shiny as granite or other quartzes.

I read the professional tile forums where the pros tested it for two years and chose to go with Fusion. My flooring guy had problems with it because it needs to be applied differently than just a giant smearing across the entire room at speed like regular grout. You either need two people or go slower. I helped so there were two of us wiping after the grout. The key is preparation. You need to seal the tile first. Then clean tile, let it dry, wet the tile face before grouting. Do a small section at a time, wipe the tile with a wet sponge then go over it one more time with a microfiber covered sponge in clean water. He did the laundry room in regular grout and the color was not as faithful to the sample stick as the Fusion. I personally grouted half the house over the weekend when they weren't working to save money. Check out the complaints. The ones I saw has mostly to do with cleaning up the grout. We didn't have that problem at all with the sealer and application technique.

I may have failed to notice catinthehat's response of April17, 2018 because I don't see a response from me. Thanks for the link. Ria Raj: The fan curves by duct length can be converted, but either way don't tell the critical part of the story -- what is the pressure loss vs. flow rate of the hood with baffles in place? This pressure loss may be expected to dominate duct loss when using 10-inch ducts at the 1400 CFM blower's full power, even a 100-feet's worth. And that assumes no MUA pressure loss, which will certainly exist, even with a sophisticated active MUA blower system. I still recommend assuming a 2/3 of rated actual flow rate when all of the variables are not known, and using that value divided by the hood entry aperture area to achieve roughly 90 CFM/sq. ft. My asserted hood rule is: Overlap the cooking plumes to achieve good capture, get the velocity in the baffle gaps up to roughly the highest plume velocity, ca. 180 ft/min. (With induction one might squeak by with a bit less due to lack of a gas flame aiding the upward velocity of the plume.)

I would love to hear from real life people who have installed Audra Max flooring. How has it held up for you? Scratching? Any issues with anyone who has asthma? Anyone have any real life pictures to share and if so can you share what pattern you have? Thank you so much for any insight!