Granite-Slab Tour

by | Jan 5, 2012 | Bubbleinfo TV, Builders, Remodel Projects, Thinking of Building?, Vendors | 7 comments

Here’s a spin around a granite-slab yard with a builder’s design rep.

She only mentioned the actual names of the granite for the first and third slabs pictured, so for identification purposes I made up the rest:

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  1. Thaylor Harmor
    Thaylor Harmor on January 5, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    Orange marmalade on burst toast

    My favorite!

  2. Wild
    Wild on January 5, 2012 at 9:19 pm

    Jim, you have wild taste in granite. 😆 I did like “66 chevy truck” but I’d never choose it for my house.

  3. Tesla
    Tesla on January 6, 2012 at 1:50 am

    Most all granite contains uranium. Uranium is constantly breaking down, and the process emits radon gas in your home. Granite radiation emission can vary dramatically. Namibia, for example, is know to export granite emitting enough radiation, that it would raise radon levels in your home to unacceptable levels that are agreed upon by the scientific community.
    There are test kits available to test for radon emission from granite. I wouldn’t buy a granite countertop without testing it. Most granite for countertops are relatively safe, but some definitely aren’t. Better to know before installation.

  4. andrewa
    andrewa on January 6, 2012 at 5:38 am

    @Tesla
    You live in a country where the government exploded LARGE AMOUNTS of nuclear devices above and below ground in Nevada and other places between the end of the second world war and the test ban treaty and you are woried about the radon emmisions of granite? (miniscule)

  5. Jiji
    Jiji on January 6, 2012 at 6:26 am

    Ours looks like the Alaska slab (first one).
    I have heard about radiation from granite but I am not going to worry about it.
    I really really like our countertops so I don’t want to know.

  6. Chuck Ponzi
    Chuck Ponzi on January 6, 2012 at 8:51 am

    andrewa

    I worry more about mind reading satellites than radon or nuclear radiation. But, with our falling housing prices making us so poor, tin foil has been in short supply, leaving us with some crap called aluminium; I hear you Canadians have some of that metal in your country, eh?

    Care to pass me some, comrade?

    Chuck

  7. Lou
    Lou on January 8, 2012 at 10:45 am

    Very interesting! I’m considering redoing my cabinets and counter tops. Once you pick out the slab does the slab yard do the milling/profiling for you or is that something the installer does. What are typical costs? I suppose I can always just go to a slab yard and ask 🙂

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