A potential customer phoned today, and asked (among other things) what I thought of granite slab countertops installed over an existing tile countertop.
I told here I never heard of such a thing, but she swears a local shop has been advertising it for years. All I could say was that it sounded wrong to me, for any number of reasons, but until I learned more I couldn’t say definitively.
Anyone heard of this?
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Never heard of that technique but I find it astounding that anyone willing to pay a couple thousand for granite tops wouldn't be willing cough up another couple of hundred to demolish some old tile countertops. It's not like granite needs a substrate. I wonder how would they hide the front of the tile counters.
There is a company around here that sells thin 1cm counters that are fabricated to fit on top of existing counters. Their ads tout the benefits of no demolition.
From the pictures I have seen, the edges look strange because they are not the traditional bullnose or molded edges I usually see with granite counters. They are tall flat edges to cover whatever the existing counter was.
Bruce
not the traditional bullnose or molded edges I usually see with granite counters. They are tall flat edges
That's interesting--around here most granite has just an eased edge or maybe a pencil (chamfered) edge--and the stone is a full 1 1/4" thick.
I saw one Grante Transformation job.It had a small bevel on the edge.Looked good..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
How do they handle the sink?
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That was almost 2 years ago and I really don't remember..
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
Our countertop guy has four or five levels of edge treatment starting from an eased edge to some very complex and sometimes seemingly fragile edges. He has one sweet router setup. 3 cm thick slab are what I see the most of.
Bruce
I have seen that advertised, but I think it was for over formica. Even the pictures in the ads looked funny ... clunky.
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Haven't seen it in person, here's their site
http://www.granitetransformations.com/
I think the main benefit is that they take measurments, come back in 2-3 weeks and have the whole counter done in a couple hours.