Friday, July 31, 2015

Why The Granite Countertops Alabama Remodeling Firms Recommend Cost So Much

By Jana Serrano


There are many rooms, such as bathrooms, kitchens and assembly areas that need a clean, sanitary counter top. One of the best looking surfaces is still a granite counter top. They are installed all over the world and many of them are right here, in the United States. If you are looking for one to improve the look of your home, contact those companies who provide the granite countertops Alabama homeowners depend on.

This natural stone comes from all over the world, from quarries. These stone outcroppings are found through the efforts of Geologists. They are chucks of stone in the 30 to 40,000 pound range and must be broken into smaller units to remove them for the building trades. The explosive experts, heavy equipment and operators are what it takes just to get it out of the ground.

The very large pieces broken off of the massive piece is then trimmed down even further. The process that gets it from that massive chunk to a size that will fit in your home will often take months and, in some countries, years. Much of this time is spend in classifying them according to size, color, tone, grain patterns and getting them ready for sale.

After all of the cutting is complete, at the quarry site, it is hauled to the shipyard for shipping to the United States, England and many others. When it arrives it is displayed in stone shops for your selection. These craftsmen can help you in finding the best piece for any application.

All of the stone pieces that get to the craftsman shops are displayed for your final approval. You will find a great many sizes. A lot of those variables will be the ones you use to determine the best piece for your counter. One of those variables will be the overall color. It can be anything from white through the greens, browns and into the black. There also might be some color running through the pieces as an accent. This might be gold or silver or some variation. This pattern could be straight lines, curly ones or swirling bursts of colors that can be unexpected. Grain is something that must be considered as it might be coarse and open or fine and tight. Both of these factors will need to be looked at as they can enhance the room in which it is installed.

These granite tops are beautiful and can be cleaned easily. They are fragile, as well, and can be marred by many chemicals. They can be chipped and broken because of the relative thickness to its weight. They must be installed on a substructure that can hold that weight and installed in such a way as to protect the corners.

One of the reasons this material is so good for this industrial use is because of the very fine grain that can be selected. These pieces are valuable to many companies and part of it is that they are so easy to clean. This cleanliness also helps in the critical measurements they use this surface for.

Whether in your bathroom, kitchen or your industrial plant, these counters are not the least expensive. They are, however, worth every penny. The costs of processing these pieces, from a far away country or even domestic quarries means added expenses, but the beauty is priceless.




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