home remodelers plz
 

wife and I went and looked at tile and slabs for the kitchen today

she is wanting granite and i keep telling her know as I have always heard " never put granite in a house under 500k " and our house is not a 500k house ...


any advice? i dont want to fuckin pay for it :(

Granite is pourus. Overtime it can get nasty in the tiny crevises. Bacteria and what not. Go for a non-pourus corian or whatever that shit is.

Oh wait.. you're from texas? Just use Formica.

Well umm your fucked.
But I will tell you concrete is the new surface to have.

lol concrete? lol



i think i was looking at Formica ... i dunno tho


i gotta bust out the tape messure today

You do not think I am serious do you?

Look it up.

PS if you must go granite, check for scraps at the yard. they often have plenty to do a few small counters where you do not need a full sheet. It is much cheaper too.

Got any pictures of the concrete after its done??? ... I am putting some gloss stuff in my garage that has a pretty cool effect


The place we went to was an outlet place for home builders

they had the cut up granite pieces and extra pieces and all that :)

Save lots of money this way


im just so affraid to pick out what we want and when the dudes put it in ... and not like it :(

http://www.concretenetwork.com/photo...ountertops.htm

whatelse..

ahh so the EXACT same thing im doing to my garage but in the kitchen


very cool lookin bro

will have to talk to the wife about it
LOL

It really is the In thing, she can ask around.
Even in high dollar homes.

Its the new stainless. Something else taken from pro kitchens.

i reallyl ike this one

http://www.concretenetwork.com/photo...quidstone4.jpg

http://www.concretenetwork.com/photo...quidstone4.jpg


we got all stainless steal right now

concrete countertops are sanitary and look beautiful when they're done. For the floors if you want something really lovely that's easier to keep clean but higher end than tile, some nice travertine is always a nice addition.

I'm gonna lose the tile battle aswell lol

i was like fuck it lets get some peal and stick LOL

but i got her lookin at wood floors ... would loook real clean if i get this concrete counter tops ....

I say go concrete with those too :winkwink:

Travertine tiles make my toes tingle..mmmmmm

http://www.worldofstone.co.uk/images...ne-floor-1.jpg

Travertine wears better than concrete with foottraffic, it's less pourous and easier to clean (especially if it's polished), and it brings value up far more than concrete floors.

Also look into Silestone. Stronger than granite, and non-porous. It's 75% quartz and the rest some sort of resin. Looks really cool and you don't have to treat it with anything like you are supposed to do with granite yearly.

I put it in my kitchen and bathroom and it looks great.

ceramic tile here :(