McKinnon
Also, I don't like the idea of glued up engineered stone and plastic corian as food preparation areas
Spot on!!!
Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: Benchtop Caesarstone versus Granite 104Dec 13, 2010 9:47 pm Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: Benchtop Caesarstone versus Granite 106Feb 18, 2011 6:50 pm Block bought 1st RBC X! 2nd Ventrua,Keeper! Pstart 18/7/11 Ethwks jan 2012 Slab Bricks- finished 7/6 Roof Trusses 15/6-cbond 21/7 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=41185 Re: Benchtop Caesarstone versus Granite 108Feb 18, 2011 7:00 pm Block bought 1st RBC X! 2nd Ventrua,Keeper! Pstart 18/7/11 Ethwks jan 2012 Slab Bricks- finished 7/6 Roof Trusses 15/6-cbond 21/7 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=41185 Re: Benchtop Caesarstone versus Granite 118Feb 24, 2011 7:02 pm MrsGreen Are you going browns or greys? I found browns easy but now we've switched, not so easy. I want to just go a laminate in the bathrooms, but we're spending so much on rectified tiles and even more so the tapware that i'm worried we will devalue it if we dont go stone so i'm thinking just an engineered stone for the consistant colour. Having to pick the 'right' slabs for the kitchen will be hard enough. Didn't you already have the granite picked out for the kitchen? Where do you have to get your tiles from? I've picked out a couple to take to the designer- I've not had the wow factor either, so over tiles I'm at the stage I don't care anymore- just pick something, anything! I'll try remember to upload my granites to FB later and link it on the thread. They're not the best samples, and when I went in they had 2 new ones I really liked but no samples yet (and I've already driven north twice this week just to get samples so I can't be bothered going back again just for samples!). Don't bother going to my thread- I haven't had time to update. I find having to link to pictures just far too painful- facebook is all too easy. Sorry Mrs G with a late reply,going for browns,the same one we have now i think boy is this picking tiles HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!! Block bought 1st RBC X! 2nd Ventrua,Keeper! Pstart 18/7/11 Ethwks jan 2012 Slab Bricks- finished 7/6 Roof Trusses 15/6-cbond 21/7 viewtopic.php?f=31&t=41185 Re: Benchtop Caesarstone versus Granite 119Feb 24, 2011 7:25 pm Yep sure is- I couldn't have done it without my designer! Highly recommend her! IN 3 hours we picked ALL tiles, cupboards, handles and benchtops for 3 bathrooms and the kitchen, plus wood for stairs/upstairs flooring, internal paint colour, the colour/material of the gas heater,a custom door- she has collated it into a word document and forwarded it to the builders. On Tuesday afternoon we will do the externals. All i've left to do is glazed windows quote, pick a hot water system/s, pick lights (Tuesday morning) & WE ARE DONE! I've decided on flush sinks instead of undermount. Have gone granite from Zuccari, it's called Nero Marinace (I think). Has huge pebble like stones in it. We did have another grey one with black/metallic things in it which she really liked from my samples, but said something about certain materials in stone being affected by citric cleaners so I just crossed it straight off the list, I don't want high maintenance. I'll probably kick myself for the dark bench since I hated the last one but oh well, it's pretty. Re: Benchtop Caesarstone versus Granite 120Mar 06, 2011 6:39 pm This has been a really interesting thread to read. In case anyone is interested in what happens over the long term with granite slab countertops I can relay my experience. I had a major kitchen remodel done many years ago and used a pale apricot coloured grained granite which was sourced from India. There was no bullnose finish- just a smooth edge. I had an undermount sink. The kitchen was bombarded with use. I'm an avid cook and was in the food biz at the time - also had boisterous kids who cooked very messily. Over the years the granite gradually darkened in the areas of most use. The area around the sink also darkened quite noticably from water. However it was just as beautiful 10 years later as the day it was installed. The darkening just added to the patina and character. Nothing ever cracked even though I slammed hot trays and pots onto it (I was warned about thermal cracks so should have been more careful). There were a couple of small chips which happened right by the sink where I washed huge heavy pots but nothing major. Maybe I got good luck with good strong slabs. It came already sealed and was fabricated on site. I didn't do anything to keep it shiny or do any kind of maintainance. It was so easy to keep looking fantastic because you couldn't really see any smudges. I had a knife slot cut into the granite to store my knives - some as big as chinese cleavers -and this I would do again. For me it's a no brainer: I wouldn't hesitate to have a granite countertop again. 0 9809 Hi Courtney The mitred edges are glued up with epoxy so those little holes and gaps are areas that weren't filled correctly. Silicone is the wrong product to fill them… 2 12921 |