For my bathroom stone (rain forest green "marble") I went to a local
shop that is/was owned by an Iranian from California, sold tile and all
kinds of stone stuff from a warehouse. He would have auctions every 6
months or so and sell big lots of stuff pretty cheap. I think he just
imported container loads of it from Italy and the ME so not a lot of
markup. He had 7 prefabbed slabs 8ft long of this stone, got all of
them for like $800. I initially only bought 5, there were two left that
had some cracks or chunks broken off or something, he tried to get me to
buy those too for the same price, I ended up giving him $100 for both I
think, and he was in pain (I felt good about beating down a rug, er,
stone, merchant). My Russian stone guy ("Eugene" or Yevgeny I think)
fabbed them for me, he didn't care. They came out very nice. I still
have 2 of them to use for something, sometime, maybe.
The kitchen island stone was a VERY expensive slab of "Fusion" granite
(actually not granite but some other kind of stone), it was pretty big,
so even after fabbing the top I had a piece about 30"x 70" left over for
something in the future. It is gorgeous stuff.
Down at the luxury gated resort community the rich folks buy these 4 or
5 year old houses, do a gut job, then completely redo them. I had a
buddy who was a builder over there, he told me about tearing out very
high-end stuff from houses that had barely been used as 2nd or 3rd
homes, beautiful stone, Viking appliances, cherry, walnut, exotic
flooring, cabinets, all kinds of stuff. Usually he or his guys would
just take it and either sell it or use it or give it away. He completely
remodeled his son's house using these recycled materials, said it was
gorgeous when he finished with it. I kept after him to let me in on
some of this but he never did. (Some buddy huh?)
--FT
On 11/18/17 3:35 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
All of ours came from the left-overs from larger jobs - I don;'t remember
what the discount was, but it was nice. Peruse the scrap section of your
local stone yard if interested. You'd be surprise at the size of some of
the "scraps".
On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 8:33 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
You just have to be somewhat careful of putting stuff on it. I really
like the granite I put in (given what the piece on the island cost, I had
better like it. Don't ask.).
--FT
On 11/17/17 2:19 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
Not practical unless you want to demonstrate the bell curve for the
distribution of shattered dish shards.
On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 2:16 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Wife selected (Corian?) when we built this house 22 years ago. It's held
up better than Formica and essentially still looks like new. It gives the
impression of marble but seems to be impervious to stains and rough
treatment.
Granite is great for tombstones, but I can't see the practicality of it
being used for countertops.
Gerry
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Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
The biggest advantage of granite is that it teaches you the precise
value
of infinity. I dropped a plate on the counter and the shards went
everywhere. I counted them up and it totaled exactly infinity.
On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
I despise rock for a countertop. Hard maple, or at least formica for
me.
Formica is superior to rock in many ways. cheaper, lighter, trouble
free,
no maintenance, and a smoother surface to prevent bacteria growth.
Maple
has all that over rock, plus it is a natural antibacterial.
I am glad to see that the rock countertop craze is dying. Gimme a
shovel
to bury it.
OK Don via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
November 16, 2017 at 8:27 PM
We think that our "blue pearl" granite is even more stunning than
black -
it's black with blue iridescent flakes.
On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
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