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01 March 2015

Beautiful Granite Counter Tops Should Be In Your Home

By Olivia Cross


North Carolina granite is a hallmark of this industry. It has the largest open faced quarry for this natural stone in the United States and the availability of this beautiful material for your kitchen or bathroom is good. In Concord NC, granite counter tops are the most beautiful and valuable way to enhance any home.

This is a natural stone with many variations in color, grain and markings. The process of removing the stone from the ground and getting it installed in our home can be an interesting one. It all begins with large earth moving equipment and someone who can handle explosives.

The deposits of granite are rather large and must be broken up in order to move them out of the ground. This produces slightly smaller pieces that are still very large. Many of them are larger than the truck you would think might carry them away. This requires additional handling to make them small enough to fit in that truck.

At some point, the pieces can be hauled away and delivered to the stone cutters who will be machining them into the size you can use in your kitchen. This is accomplished by cutting, with special bits and saw edges built for this work into approximate sizes. These are stacked, at the shop for future inspection by the home owner or the construction personnel.

Looking for the right piece for your home, whether bathroom or kitchen, will take several considerations into account. These are based on your own specifications and could include overall color of the stone. They have various naturally occurring colors from black, through browns of various hues and into a clear white. The gloss of the pieces should be looked at, although, this is usually not dealt with until later in the selection and processing of that item.

Grain patterns are something that must be considered as well. Open, very loose grain patterns will say something about you as well as the tight knit ones will. A whorled, almost circular pattern can be compared to the straight line one as you look for the piece you can live and work with for a long time.

The professionals who will cut the piece to your exacting measurements will come in and take those measurements. The piece they will trim will be just a little longer and wider than you need so this step is critical for a good, quality fit. All holes for faucets, sinks and trash disposal will be taken care of and the next step will bring the project almost to an end.

A major portion of the polishing will be conducted before installation to get the piece close to the finish. Finishes can go from high gloss to textured in many ways. The professionals will be able to handle this work as some of this involves substances that require safety equipment. Counter tops of this kind, especially in Concord NC, are the thing that sets your home apart from others and granite workers are the ones to accomplish this for you.




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