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13 August 2015

The Granite Countertops Alabama Craftsmen Offer Will Compliment Any Room They Are In

By Jana Serrano


Kitchens and bathrooms as well as many manufacturing assemble surfaces are simply counter tops that can be installed by the professionals who do this every day. One of the most beautiful surfaces, of course, is the granite top counter. This is desired all over the world and many of them are installed in homes in the United States. This is why it is critical that, when this surface is wanted, you must contact a firm who installs these granite countertops Alabama residents, like you crave.

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.

It then takes heavy hauling trucks, more equipment to cut it in various stages, and a craftsman to work it into the right piece for your home. All of this takes weeks if not months and, in many places around the world, years to get to this point. The selection of the right colors, striations and grain takes up a good portion of this time.

Once this natural stone gets to the stone mans shop, it is displayed for your inspection. When looking for just the right piece for your home, there are many variables to identify the correct one. One of those, of course, is the color or tone of the piece. It will present as anywhere from bright white to some of the browns and into an almost black color.

Additional features of each piece might also be other colors or tones running through the primary color. This could be a silver or gold and the pattern may be straight lines or swirls that are very interesting if used properly. The grain pattern will also be something to consider. It may be a tight, even pattern or a large coarse one

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.

In many industrial applications, the material can be ground down and polished to a high gloss and is used in critical measurement tables called super flats. The very fine grain pieces are ground down and machined to provide absolute flat surfaces. These are used to measure other items being placed on it.

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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