Citydude
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That's where I seen it. In a mountain type home.I don't care for that look in a finished house. Maybe a rustic cabin-type home, though.
DIY Granite countertop?
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ch1ch2
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I guess sanitation might be a problem for a messy person whom eats off the edge of their counter top, or a clean freak that can't seem to get anything clean enough.
But for average people whom eat in public places and/or people whom clean up after themselves, I can't see where it would be much of a problem.
Touching your mouth, rubbing your eyes, touching your nose, would be a bigger sanitation problem.
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I don’t disagree but why make something needlessly worse? I don’t like the looks anyway.
ch1ch2
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Yes, when I first saw it in my friends house, I did not like it and I wondered why they cut corners or tried to save money. But, in less that 10 minutes I began to like it. I liked it enough to ask my better half if she might want to do that in our house.
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The granite guy who worked on our house was having some sort of problem with drugs/money/women/whatever and was unreliable and did crappy work. Complete loser if you ask me. Among other problems, when we went to install the stove we discovered the opening was about 1/4" too narrow because the granite top on one side wasn't cut to the right size. Between me, the builder, and the cabinet shop, we had to fix several pieces, including cutting them down and polishing edges. I'd say it's well within the capability of a handy person as long as you have the tools.
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He’s already been offered useful information in post 8, 9 and 13.
hawkeye08
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Definitely worth a try, take some pics..
CADplans
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After having our kitchen changed to granite,, we wanted it for the vanity's in two bathrooms,,
The shop that does the granite charges a customer for an entire slab, no matter how much or little is used,,
THEN, they keep the drops, and sell them, also,,
They literally have TONS of drops accumulated,,
If they are not "sold", they gotta pay to dispose of them,,
We found two drops that we wanted,, the entire charge for material and finish work was about $150 per sink.
We even had a 4 inch high trim piece added for the two parts of the top that touched the wall.
I installed them,,
Then we found another piece that we had cut and finished to replace the glass top on a coffee table,,
I think that one was $50,,,
The shop that does the granite charges a customer for an entire slab, no matter how much or little is used,,
THEN, they keep the drops, and sell them, also,,
They literally have TONS of drops accumulated,,
If they are not "sold", they gotta pay to dispose of them,,
We found two drops that we wanted,, the entire charge for material and finish work was about $150 per sink.
We even had a 4 inch high trim piece added for the two parts of the top that touched the wall.
I installed them,,
Then we found another piece that we had cut and finished to replace the glass top on a coffee table,,
I think that one was $50,,,
