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Counter Point
Granite countertops reign in the kitchen but new stones and eco-friendly materials are rising in popularity
Scan the real estate pages of any newspaper and you'll see it right away: almost every condominium ad promises "gourmet kitchens with granite countertops." That's a big change from the Formica of the '50s.
Granite has become the new standard for high-end kitchens, with some people spending $300 and up for a square foot of stone. Many factors have contributed to granite becoming so popular, but that doesn't mean shoppers don't need to do their homework.
Granite for the Masses
A decade ago, choosing granite for a kitchen would have been much more difficult.
"Ten years ago it was not as popular as it is today. It was more expensive and there were less options available," said Robert Deja, general manager of All Granite and Marble in Ridgefield Park, N.J., one of the largest fabricators of natural stone countertops on the east coast.
The reason the cost of granite has fallen is twofold, he explained. New quarries have opened up and technological advances have made it possible to cut and polish stone more quickly. All Granite and Marble works with contractors and designers, but primarily services individual homeowners who choose their granite from thousands of samples.
Where Does It Come From?
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Most granite used to be processed in Italy and sent to warehouses around the world.
Granite can still be found in the mountains of Italy, but more quarries have opened up in Brazil, India, China, Spain, Norway and many other countries. Another factor in decreasing prices is the introduction of the CNC machines. New devices are Computer Numerically Controlled machines that drive tools, whether cutters or polishers. They handle most of the work once done by skilled craftsmen. It was "tedious, hard. laborious work" for which old-time craftsman were well paid.
"With the CNC machine, turnaround time has decreased three-fold and there is better precision and quality," Deja said. Yet some factories still employ craftspeople for different stages of the fabrication, said Mark Shedrofsky, vice president of Stone Source and a former board member of the Marble Institute of America. Based in Manhattan, Stone Source is a high-end, decorative stone distributor. Shedrofsky said competition has also helped drive down the price of granite.
Tough Enough
At the back of the All Granite and Marble plant, Deja walks through an enormous outdoor lot. There, gleaming in the sun, thousands of slabs of granite are stacked alongside each other. As Deja points out the various merits of different stones, a soft breeze blows off the nearby Hackensack River. This is where customers come to choose their countertops. They are encouraged to lay the template of their specific counter over the exact slab of stone they've chosen "so they can pick which piece will be used, which veining they want. It's fully customized," Deja explained.
Back inside the plant, a slab of granite is laid across a massive concrete pedestal so a bridge saw can cut it. The saw is akin to a large, circular table saw but its blade is embedded with diamonds - one of the few things tough enough to cut granite.
An edge is left uncut, so it can be trimmed, designed and polished later by the CNC machine. The machines guide workers in making the edges and ensure precision; constant streams of water run over the blades to keep the diamonds from wearing out from the heat.
The Stone Engineers
Deja urges people to go "to a professional fabricator to get a good quality ... It's hard for the untrained eye to tell the difference." Some places sell engineered stone that can look like granite. It is a mixture of special glue - an epoxy made with ground-up stones. This durable, engineered stone is often called Zodiac stone or Silestone. Engineered stone will be very uniform and can have colors not found in natural granite, such as orange.
Eco Alternatives
Synthetic countertops made from acrylic and other materials are less expensive than granite, but some can easily burn or scratch.
Marble is prized by pastry chefs who love to roll out dough on their counters, but it can be more porous than granite and can be marred by kitchen acids.
Eco-friendly options include wood butcher blocks and counters made of recycled glass. In Brooklyn, for example, a company called IceStone sells counters made from 100 percent recycled glass and concrete. Another "green" kitchen countertop is PaperStone, made from a blend of post-consumer recycled paper and resin.
Kitchen Confidential
Some people argue that granite has become too ubiquitous and that consumers are looking for new alternatives. Jan MacLatchie, vice president of marketing for Artistic Tile (which has a warehouse and corporate offices in Secaucus and a showroom in Paramus) says the luxury kitchen market considers granite to be "over."
"The really unique and high-end people are moving into all different kinds of stone, such as limestone, soapstone and marble tops, versus the typical heyday of granite that began in the 1980s," she said. Some customers are also looking at concrete, slate and even hand-made artisan tile.
Despite this, luxury construction projects continue to use granite, such as the "Polished Kashmir granite" countertops touted at the Adams Square condominiums in Hoboken.
Jacqueline Urgo, executive vice president of The Marketing Directors, Inc., a Manhattan-based company that handles sales and marketing for major, residential real-estate projects, said granite is prized "because it's a tangible finish that speaks to a very wide audience."
In addition to the Adams Square project, The Marketing Directors oversee several large-scale projects locally, including Grove Pointe and the Trump development in Jersey City, the Vela Townhomes in Edgewater, and Mirabelle on the Hudson in North Bergen. Urgo, who cooks in her Manhattan home in a kitchen with white granite and a limestone floor, said natural stone appeals to people.
"It still has the high perception value to the customer base and it looks beautiful. The non-consistency makes it so appealing ... it adds texture and variation of color. It adds a very rich feeling," Urgo said. "You touch it, it's rich, it's cold. It speaks to luxury."

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-Natural stone – durable yet aesthetic through millennia
+Summit holds promise of peace
-Ancient as the earth itself; made from the very same gas and liquid that solidified to form the earth, natural stone brings grace to many architectural wonders from the dawn of civilization to the present day. From ancient monuments like the pyramids in Egypt and the majestic splendor of the Greek and Roman architecture to the great civilizations of India and China, and right through the Renaissance period, natural stone is no longer the preserve of Royalty and the Affluent today. Popular as never before, natural stone remains the first choice for many homeowners and commercial enterprises for its durability, competitive pricing and aesthetic appeal.
+By Le Tian
-A wonder in itself, natural stone traces its origins to heavy minerals pushed deep to the core by the earth’s crust when gas and liquid cooled to form a solid core. When the crust grew thicker, bearing pressure upon the inner core, generated heat from mineral vapors crystallized into solid forms. As the earth’s crust began to grow and erode, it pushed minerals up from its core, forming massive rock deposits –the quarries we use today to mine natural stone like granite and marble. The entire journey took no less than 100 million years!
+Updated: 2007-10-02 07:34
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-Stone, naturally
+Natural stone – durable yet aesthetic through millennia
-Natural stone - the most aesthetic, eco friendly construction material known to human kind. There are many types of natural stone, each with their own properties and benefits. Some are more ideally suited for aesthetically highlighting areas of your home than others. So what’s best for what you have in mind? To help you decide, we list all these for your ease and convenience:
+Ancient as the earth itself; made from the very same gas and liquid that solidified to form the earth, natural stone brings grace to many architectural wonders from the dawn of civilization to the present day. From ancient monuments like the pyramids in Egypt and the majestic splendor of the Greek and Roman architecture to the great civilizations of India and China, and right through the Renaissance period, natural stone is no longer the preserve of Royalty and the Affluent today. Popular as never before, natural stone remains the first choice for many homeowners and commercial enterprises for its durability, competitive pricing and aesthetic appeal.
-Granite
+A wonder in itself, natural stone traces its origins to heavy minerals pushed deep to the core by the earth’s crust when gas and liquid cooled to form a solid core. When the crust grew thicker, bearing pressure upon the inner core, generated heat from mineral vapors crystallized into solid forms. As the earth’s crust began to grow and erode, it pushed minerals up from its core, forming massive rock deposits –the quarries we use today to mine natural stone like granite and marble. The entire journey took no less than 100 million years!
-A hard coarse-grained rock and one of the most beautiful natural stones in the world, granite consists mainly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase feldspar, which contribute to its color - white, pink, or light grey. The dark brown, dark-green, or black is due to the presence of such minerals as hornblende and biotite mica. The molecules of these minerals entwine in a way that makes granite hard, difficult to damage, generally impossible to scratch, heat resistant, and durable, making it an ideal choice for flooring, wall cladding, pillars, kitchen counters, vanity tops, paved paths and the outdoors.
+It was around 2500 B.C.
-With the advances in technology creating a revolution of sorts in quarrying, fabrication, and expanding applications, costs are reducing everyday, making granite an affordable alternative to manmade stone industries that generate tons of in-disposable waste.
+Other civilizations soon followed
-Marble
+Meanwhile, in India
-Its elegance is legendary. Architects of yore used marble to its best effect, making the most of its strength, beauty, changing hues with light and weather, and its malleability in sculpture. Once considered the domain of the rich and famous, no less than Nobility or Royalty, marble today is popular as elegant flooring or lining interior and exterior walls. Perhaps no other material adds so much prestige to a home as marble does. It is used practically everywhere: outdoor fountains and statues, indoor fire surrounds, Jacuzzis, as inlays on furniture, countertops and bar counters and much more. Hygienic, it traps little or no dirt and never gathers mold.
+Back in the West
-We are engaged in Stone as follows:
+The Renaissance and its discovery of improved methods of quarrying and technical use brought innovation and novelty to the use of natural stone. Michelangelo fashioned sculptures from marble; ornate decoration of facades gained popularity. Until about a century ago, this style remained in vogue. Then a shift in decoration styles as a result of changing cultural thought and industrial processes brought in a wave of functional design - it was no longer stylish to be decorative.
-If you have interested in it, please contact us:
+New ways of thinking
-Website: http://www.stone-ebay.com .Email: S000.000@hotmail.com.Tel: +86 0532 85079128/85079129.Fax: +86 532 88910828
+But the last decade or so generated new ways of thinking. A new consciousness of the environment- of using eco-friendly materials- brought architects to the drawing board again to find aesthetic yet cost effective, durable and environmentally friendly alternatives to manmade materials. They recognized the popular demand for creating a unique interior, a decorative one yet again, but using materials that could create a homely feel to suit many preferences. One they could use to create the warmth of an old country cottage or a palatial residence. Or anything, from a sleek singles apartment or a stylish family home to a period house or a zany open plan studio. What better place to start than natural stone? This time significant advances in technology aided them.
-Marble flooring is best in low traffic areas, to avoid stains or scratches, and, like most exterior stones, can lose its color in a highly polluted environment. It is easy to maintain though; all you need are the right applications and some simple equipment to restore it to its original sheen and condition. Please see Tips for Cleaning Marble for more information
-Marble is essentially limestone, calcium carbonate that crystallizes gradually over time, and comes in many forms: calcite, from calciferous limestone, dolomite, from dolomitic limestone, serpentine or green marbles and travertine or sedimentary limestone. It traces its history to heat and pressure in the earth's crust, which metamorphose limestone to form large, coarse grains of calcite containing impurities that contribute an interesting array of colors to marble. In its purest form, marble is white, while hematite adds a reddish color, limonite, yellow and serpentine green.
-Sand, joined by minerals like quartz and feldspar, pyrite and feldspar or through the force of pressure creates the incredibly beautiful natural rock of sandstone. It is usually cream or grey to red, brown, or green in color, depending on impurities caused by other minerals like iron oxide. It requires little finishing, if any, coming ready to use, as it does, straight from the ground -  an earthy finish as it were.
+Additionally, they found natural stone more adaptive. Available in a large variety of colors and patterns, natural stone is practical and adds to the aesthetic value of every part of a home - from the roof, walls, flooring, furniture, even the garden and exterior walls. It transforms a four-walled house or apartment into a comfortable home, into warm colors, or a fusion of vibrant ones, infusing warmth and creating a relaxing atmosphere - creating a haven far from the strains and stresses of the modern day world.
-Once popular in constructing houses and particularly facades, sandstone today is ideal for flooring or outdoor paths.
+We are engaged in Stone as follows:
-Slate
+[http://www.junxingstone.com Environmental stone][http://www.junxingstone.com China Granite][http://www.junxingstone.com Marble Products][http://www.junxingstone.com Tombstone][http://www.junxingstone.com Granite Countertops][http://www.junxingstone.com Blind Stone][http://www.junxingstone.com Stele][http://www.junxingstone.com Environmental stone][http://www.junxingstone.com Basin][http://www.junxingstone.com Car-Halting Stone] [http://www.stone-ebay.coM Environmental stone][http://www.stone-ebay.com China Granite][http://www.stone-ebay.com Marble Products][http://www.stone-ebay.com Tombstone][http://www.stone-ebay.com Granite Countertops][http://www.stone-ebay.com Blind Stone][http://www.stone-ebay.com Stele][http://www.stone-ebay.com Environmental stone][http://www.stone-ebay.com Basin][http://www.stone-ebay.com Car-Halting Stone]
-Perhaps the most versatile of natural stones, slate easily splits into thin, durable sheets, making it ideal for roofing, flagstone, trimming the facade of buildings and lobbies and high-water areas like showers, and pool surrounds. Some slate slabs, consisting chiefly of clay are also popular in flooring and sometimes as counter tops. Additionally, slate is durable and waterproof. Made primarily from grains of mica and quartz with small quantities of chlorite, hematite, and other minerals, it is usually grey to black in color. The color may vary, though, becoming red or purple, if adulterated by the presence of other minerals.
+If you have interested in it, please contact us:
-Travertine
+Website: http://www.stone-ebay.com .Email: S000.000@hotmail.com.Tel: +86 0532 85079128/85079129.Fax: +86 532 88910828
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-A porous rock with many cavities and holes, travertine originates from limestone formed over a long period and is available in a diverse range of colors, from ivory to golden brown. For practical use, its holes are filled using cement (grouting) or chemical fillers like polyester resins, or left unfilled for aesthetic appeal. Grouting travertine in different colors gives an amazingly unique effect to your flooring. Travertine is best on floors, vanity tops, wall cladding, fireplace surrounds and furniture.

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-Silestone High Style
+Stone, naturally
- features 16" backsplash
+Natural stone - the most aesthetic, eco friendly construction material known to human kind. There are many types of natural stone, each with their own properties and benefits. Some are more ideally suited for aesthetically highlighting areas of your home than others. So what’s best for what you have in mind? To help you decide, we list all these for your ease and convenience:
-Silestone tub deck
+Granite
-Backsplash repeats the curved vanity detail
-Fireplace surround in a classic color
-	SileStone?nbsp; Colors
-	 Edge Selections
-We are pleased to add SileStone?to our line of products. After you select a color and edge in our showroom, we measure the job, and create a template for your order. Fabrication is done in Houston from material manufactured at the Cosentino facility in Spain. As a distributor of SileStone? Bolfing Brothers Marble Inc.抯 trained employees will install the material. You have a choice of materials, but with each you are choosing a company whose service and quality you know. We take care of business and we want yours.
-Our goal to provide the builder and homeowner the finest materials available in function and appearance.
-SileStone?is a strong and beautiful quartz surface quite different from either natural granite, cultured marble, or solid surface materials. Most often used in kitchen applications, SileStone?is also appropriate for vanities, showers and floors.  It is a superior surface composed of natural quartz, with the best features of natural stone and few of the limitations. It is an extremely hard surface, heat resistant and stain resistant.  Durable, neither layered like slate nor permeable like granite, or porous like real marble, it has a virtually indestructible shine that never needs sealing.  Custom kitchen counters are fabricated from large slabs with various edges and minimal seams.
- The McGuire home showcases the advantages of what technology has to offer in beautiful functional SileStone?font color="#FFFFFF">.
- Care and Maintenance of SileStone?is mostly common sense.  Use old fashioned soap and water, no harsh chemicals, solvents or permanent markers, scrape off 揼unk?that hardens and sticks.  Use a trivet for something extremely hot out of the oven and use a cutting board to protect your sharp knives!  Oil or polish is not necessary to maintain the beautiful shine and smooth finish.
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-Phil Bolfing meets with Roberto Contreras and his wife, owner in their home as Houston House and Home magazine prepares to photograph SileStone?counters, stairs and several other applications
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-Leaders say SileStone?i> is a rock-solid product
-By SHANNON BUGGS
-Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
-...C&C, the Stafford-based company created to distribute SileStone?font color="#FFFFFF"> on this continent. C&C's goal is to make SileStone?font color="#FFFFFF"> a household word and a popular feature in homes.
-And the first lesson its president and CEO Roberto Contreras Jr. gives the uninitiated is a definition of SileStone?as a brand-name synonym for what they always describe as a "natural quartz" surface ? manufactured slabs that are 93 percent mined and pulverized quartz mixed with resin binders.
-"Really, it's a new product category in kitchen countertops and bathroom vanities," said Contreras, who started the Stafford venture in 1998.
-What Formica is to plastic laminate countertops and Corian is to solid acrylic surfaces, SileStone?font color="#FFFFFF"> wants to be to quartz surfacing.
-"SileStone?font color="#FFFFFF"> is the key reference in the quartz surfacing sector worldwide; we are the biggest producers," said Santiago Alfonso Rodriguez, Cosentino's marketing manager in Almeria, Spain. "When some products get more than 20 percent of market share in some categories, like kitchen countertops, it's very predictable that your brand becomes a 'generic descriptor.' "
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-Natural stones pave Industry’s path to success
+Silestone High Style
-Growing Industry expects further expansion despite increased competition.
+ features 16" backsplash
-According to market sources industry analysts expect the phenomenal growth in natural stone industry to continue, Fuelled by a revival in the demand for natural stone in the last decade or so, the industry has seen sharp rises in output production. For the first time in its history, natural stone is everywhere - from public buildings, public works like roads and parks to airports and hotels, offices and private homes. This is partly due to increased demand for commercial space and architectural cost efficiency afforded by natural stone today, but also in great measure due to high quality, value added products on offer aided by successful awareness campaigns by the industry.
+Silestone tub deck
+Backsplash repeats the curved vanity detail
-This high demand is reflected in the increased levels of output production, enhanced using sophisticated quarrying techniques. Advanced fabrication and finishing tools have done their bit to provide high quality products and imports from the world over increase revenues for most operators within the industry.
+Fireplace surround in a classic color
+	SileStone?nbsp; Colors
-Today’s stone industry is a far cry from the limited one in existence as recently as 25 years ago. Nowadays, stone from Africa, The Middle East, India, China and The Far East competes actively with North American and European stone. Local producers compete with lower-priced stones from countries like China and India, with their reduced labor costs.
+	 Edge Selections
+We are pleased to add SileStone?to our line of products. After you select a color and edge in our showroom, we measure the job, and create a template for your order. Fabrication is done in Houston from material manufactured at the Cosentino facility in Spain. As a distributor of SileStone? Bolfing Brothers Marble Inc.抯 trained employees will install the material. You have a choice of materials, but with each you are choosing a company whose service and quality you know. We take care of business and we want yours.
-While this augurs well for consumers, pushing stone prices down across the board, it has caused concern among some stone companies, who foresee drastic reductions in their margins, making it inefficient for them to operate their businesses. Most insiders, however, see increased competition as an opportunity to provide better service to their customers, and expand their services across a broader section of community, and indeed the world. While it is true that increased competition reduces margins, the resulting higher turnover actually increases revenues, allowing the bottom line to remain healthy.
+Our goal to provide the builder and homeowner the finest materials available in function and appearance.
+SileStone?is a strong and beautiful quartz surface quite different from either natural granite, cultured marble, or solid surface materials. Most often used in kitchen applications, SileStone?is also appropriate for vanities, showers and floors.  It is a superior surface composed of natural quartz, with the best features of natural stone and few of the limitations. It is an extremely hard surface, heat resistant and stain resistant.  Durable, neither layered like slate nor permeable like granite, or porous like real marble, it has a virtually indestructible shine that never needs sealing.  Custom kitchen counters are fabricated from large slabs with various edges and minimal seams.
-Additionally, increased competition generates a innovation. Competition is here to stay. It is a fact of our lives.  It drives us to invent better, more cost effective methods to counter competition from imports; to discover newer methods, and to combine them with existing ones. Free global trade can benefit the industry.
+ The McGuire home showcases the advantages of what technology has to offer in beautiful functional SileStone?font color="#FFFFFF">.
-For example, there is tremendous market potential in Eastern Europe, in countries like Poland, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia, where local resources do not meet high demand. European and American markets can compete effectively here due their high-end products and impeccable standards of value-added service. But Europe’s demand for stone is in fact higher than its supply, and its increase in production over the last few years does not match world levels. This clears the way somewhat for dealers in America to target markets in East Europe and other high-end niche markets in the rest of the world. But the EU is looking at boosting production, while it continues to promote natural stone and develop new standards of testing. It will catch up, sooner or later.
+Leaders say SileStone?i> is a rock-solid product
 We are engaged in Stone as follows:
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 If you have interested in it, please contact us:
 Website: http://www.stone-ebay.com .Email: S000.000@hotmail.com.Tel: +86 0532 85079128/85079129.Fax: +86 532 88910828

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-What is Cultured Marble?
+Natural stones pave Industry’s path to success
-What is Cultured Granite?
+Growing Industry expects further expansion despite increased competition.
-Edge Selections
+According to market sources industry analysts expect the phenomenal growth in natural stone industry to continue, Fuelled by a revival in the demand for natural stone in the last decade or so, the industry has seen sharp rises in output production. For the first time in its history, natural stone is everywhere - from public buildings, public works like roads and parks to airports and hotels, offices and private homes. This is partly due to increased demand for commercial space and architectural cost efficiency afforded by natural stone today, but also in great measure due to high quality, value added products on offer aided by successful awareness campaigns by the industry.
- Warranty
- Cultured marble products are guaranteed for one year against defect in workmanship and materials. All caulk joints carry a one-year guarantee. During the warranty period, Bolfing Bros. Marble Inc. will at its option repair or replace any defective materials.
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-Care and Maintenance
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-Use a good glass cleaner, furniture polish or foam to clean and polish cultured marble surfaces. The use of abrasive cleaners will void the warranty. Tap water temperature in tubs or lavatories should be adjusted to avoid extremes. Repeated exposure to extreme temperatures will void the warranty.  Many items normally used in the bathroom, such as dyes and chemicals, hair care products, nail polish and polish removers, perfumes are potential hazards; and such spills should be wiped up immediately.
-Never "park" a lighted cigarette on the edge of your sink; it will leave a burn mark that will need to be removed professionally.  This type of abuse is not covered by warranty.
+This high demand is reflected in the increased levels of output production, enhanced using sophisticated quarrying techniques. Advanced fabrication and finishing tools have done their bit to provide high quality products and imports from the world over increase revenues for most operators within the industry.
-Inspect all caulk joints every few months to insure no gaps have appeared.  If caulk joints have separated, recaulk using a 100% silicone caulk and allow it to dry thoroughly before use.
+Today’s stone industry is a far cry from the limited one in existence as recently as 25 years ago. Nowadays, stone from Africa, The Middle East, India, China and The Far East competes actively with North American and European stone. Local producers compete with lower-priced stones from countries like China and India, with their reduced labor costs.
-Although it is not necessary to "baby" your cultured marble and cultured granite surfaces, if you do experience any problems, call us first for service. Proper care and maintenance will provide years of function and beauty to your very durable cultured marble and cultured granite products.
+While this augurs well for consumers, pushing stone prices down across the board, it has caused concern among some stone companies, who foresee drastic reductions in their margins, making it inefficient for them to operate their businesses. Most insiders, however, see increased competition as an opportunity to provide better service to their customers, and expand their services across a broader section of community, and indeed the world. While it is true that increased competition reduces margins, the resulting higher turnover actually increases revenues, allowing the bottom line to remain healthy.
 We are engaged in Stone as follows:
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 If you have interested in it, please contact us:
 Website: http://www.stone-ebay.com .Email: S000.000@hotmail.com.Tel: +86 0532 85079128/85079129.Fax: +86 532 88910828

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-Bring a little luxury into your home – get floored (and more) by natural stone
+What is Cultured Marble?
-The value of natural stone
+What is Cultured Granite?
-Everyone knows about the wonderful monuments, sculptures and artifacts that creative architects, artists and artisans fashioned from natural stone for Kings and Noblemen over the last 5000 years. But the latest technological advances have not only brought the beauty, richness and grace of natural stone right to the doorstep of more people across a broad spectrum of society, but also brought them closer to newer, more innovative yet practical applications.
+Edge Selections
-The value of natural stone lies in its durability and strength, its ancient feel, timeless quality and aesthetic appeal. Additionally, it is eco-friendly, easy to maintain, and adaptable to any decor style. Usable throughout the interiors and exterior of any home, a combination of natural stones can create a unique statement and bring an aura of individuality to your home. Limestone and slate together, for example make an unusual garden path or exterior facade.
+ Warranty
-Beautiful flooring and elegant stairways
+Never "park" a lighted cigarette on the edge of your sink; it will leave a burn mark that will need to be removed professionally.  This type of abuse is not covered by warranty.
-Nearly all natural stones create beautiful flooring and elegant stairways, adding a distinctive style and providing a backdrop to the decor of your home. Depending on your preferences and tastes, granite or marble is ideal for most areas of home, even the kitchen and bathrooms where you could choose non-slip varieties of white Italian marble or granite. Natural stone like slate is also usable, if you prefer, in areas like the shower, or around the tub. Along with limestone, slate is also is also suitable for any kitchen floor.
-Natural floor tiles come in variety of sizes and thicknesses in varying qualities. You can choose between many colors, grains, finishing styles, add borders, create designs –the possibilities are endless for any look you want.
+Inspect all caulk joints every few months to insure no gaps have appeared.  If caulk joints have separated, recaulk using a 100% silicone caulk and allow it to dry thoroughly before use.
-Marble and granite wall claddings
-Marble and granite wall claddings give you unique, easy to maintain interiors, where you can put your feet up and relax after a hard day’s work. You have to be careful about weight with stone exteriors, though, and use non-polish varieties to best protect the stone from weathering. Varying hues of slate on the outside walls can look stunning for a country feel, while limestone gives a more contemporary look. Granite or marble exteriors exude a quiet, yet sophisticated elegance.
-Slate roofing
-Slate roofing is very durable, lasting for years on end – many 1000 year-old buildings in India retain their original slate roofs and floors in remarkably good condition to this day.
-Hearths and fireplaces
-Granite and marble, once again, add a special touch to hearths and fireplaces with their rich texture and natural beauty shining through as they have done for millennia. Great as bar counters or vanity tops, they make your home elegant, especially when teamed with furniture like stools, coffee table tops, and shelves for decorative artifacts.
-Due to its aesthetic appeal, hardness and easy maintenance and durability, granite is ideal for kitchen counters, but marble is a popular choice too. In the bathroom, granite and marble vanity tops, Jacuzzis, washbasins, tubs, and shower trays add a splash of luxury as you wash away the stresses and strains of your day.
+Although it is not necessary to "baby" your cultured marble and cultured granite surfaces, if you do experience any problems, call us first for service. Proper care and maintenance will provide years of function and beauty to your very durable cultured marble and cultured granite products.
-In the garden
-In the garden, you could use practically any natural stone. Granite pathways are popular, especially when complemented with granite lanterns or Japanese basins and sculptures. If you like marble, you could try dotting your garden with fountains, flowerboxes in marble, benches and sculptures for an elegant effect.  Limestone pathways in softer earthy hues can add a touch of class, as does slate flagging. Garden walls in slate slabs for a different feel or decorating your patio in slate also adds uniqueness. You could even create an outdoor kitchen with a barbecue area using natural stone on the walls and floors as a backdrop.
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-Travertine and slate look very attractive outdoors, with slate around the pool area and the driveway. But nothing looks quite as imposing and distinguished as a nameplate in polished granite, particularly black granite.
-Natural stone is affordable today
-Newer innovations give rise to more varied applications everyday. The fact that natural stone is so affordable today makes it popular with homeowners and increasingly in commercial applications. Granite floors are in use at nearly every new airport, and in the facade and flooring of new buildings and commercial centers today. Most well known hotels also use granite, marble and other natural stones. Civic authorities, recognizing its aesthetic appeal, affordability and durability are beginning to use marble in public places like parks and as bases to streetlamps. Some sidewalks are now also constructed with natural stone.
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-Natural stone is here to stay. There are large deposits of it, and mining it does not deplete the environment or create hazardous waste. The fact that it offers so many benefits without major drawbacks coupled with its myriad applications encourage people to opt for it against other manmade alternatives, which pale in comparison to the malleability and timeless appeal of creation –natural stone.
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-Granite countertops reign in the kitchen but new stones and eco-friendly materials are rising in popularity
+The value of natural stone
-Scan the real estate pages of any newspaper and you'll see it right away: almost every condominium ad promises "gourmet kitchens with granite countertops."  That's a big change from the Formica of the '50s.
+Everyone knows about the wonderful monuments, sculptures and artifacts that creative architects, artists and artisans fashioned from natural stone for Kings and Noblemen over the last 5000 years. But the latest technological advances have not only brought the beauty, richness and grace of natural stone right to the doorstep of more people across a broad spectrum of society, but also brought them closer to newer, more innovative yet practical applications.
-Granite has become the new standard for high-end kitchens, with some people spending $300 and up for a square foot of stone. Many factors have contributed to granite becoming so popular, but that doesn't mean shoppers don't need to do their homework.
+The value of natural stone lies in its durability and strength, its ancient feel, timeless quality and aesthetic appeal. Additionally, it is eco-friendly, easy to maintain, and adaptable to any decor style. Usable throughout the interiors and exterior of any home, a combination of natural stones can create a unique statement and bring an aura of individuality to your home. Limestone and slate together, for example make an unusual garden path or exterior facade.
-Granite for the Masses
-A decade ago, choosing granite for a kitchen would have been much more difficult.
+Beautiful flooring and elegant stairways
-"Ten years ago it was not as popular as it is today. It was more expensive and there were less options available," said Robert Deja, general manager of All Granite and Marble in Ridgefield Park, N.J., one of the largest fabricators of natural stone countertops on the east coast.
+Nearly all natural stones create beautiful flooring and elegant stairways, adding a distinctive style and providing a backdrop to the decor of your home. Depending on your preferences and tastes, granite or marble is ideal for most areas of home, even the kitchen and bathrooms where you could choose non-slip varieties of white Italian marble or granite. Natural stone like slate is also usable, if you prefer, in areas like the shower, or around the tub. Along with limestone, slate is also is also suitable for any kitchen floor.
-The reason the cost of granite has fallen is twofold, he explained. New quarries have opened up and technological advances have made it possible to cut and polish stone more quickly. All Granite and Marble works with contractors and designers, but primarily services individual homeowners who choose their granite from thousands of samples.
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+Natural floor tiles come in variety of sizes and thicknesses in varying qualities. You can choose between many colors, grains, finishing styles, add borders, create designs –the possibilities are endless for any look you want.
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-Most granite used to be processed in Italy and sent to warehouses around the world.
-Granite can still be found in the mountains of Italy, but more quarries have opened up in Brazil, India, China, Spain, Norway and many other countries. Another factor in decreasing prices is the introduction of the CNC machines. New devices are Computer Numerically Controlled machines that drive tools, whether cutters or polishers. They handle most of the work once done by skilled craftsmen. It was "tedious, hard. laborious work" for which old-time craftsman were well paid.
-"With the CNC machine, turnaround time has decreased three-fold and there is better precision and quality," Deja said. Yet some factories still employ craftspeople for different stages of the fabrication, said Mark Shedrofsky, vice president of Stone Source and a former board member of the Marble Institute of America. Based in Manhattan, Stone Source is a high-end, decorative stone distributor. Shedrofsky said competition has also helped drive down the price of granite.
-Tough Enough
-At the back of the All Granite and Marble plant, Deja walks through an enormous outdoor lot. There, gleaming in the sun, thousands of slabs of granite are stacked alongside each other. As Deja points out the various merits of different stones, a soft breeze blows off the nearby Hackensack River. This is where customers come to choose their countertops. They are encouraged to lay the template of their specific counter over the exact slab of stone they've chosen "so they can pick which piece will be used, which veining they want. It's fully customized," Deja explained.
-Back inside the plant, a slab of granite is laid across a massive concrete pedestal so a bridge saw can cut it. The saw is akin to a large, circular table saw but its blade is embedded with diamonds - one of the few things tough enough to cut granite.
-An edge is left uncut, so it can be trimmed, designed and polished later by the CNC machine. The machines guide workers in making the edges and ensure precision; constant streams of water run over the blades to keep the diamonds from wearing out from the heat.
-The Stone Engineers
-Deja urges people to go "to a professional fabricator to get a good quality ... It's hard for the untrained eye to tell the difference." Some places sell engineered stone that can look like granite. It is a mixture of special glue - an epoxy made with ground-up stones. This durable, engineered stone is often called Zodiac stone or Silestone. Engineered stone will be very uniform and can have colors not found in natural granite, such as orange.
-Eco Alternatives
-Synthetic countertops made from acrylic and other materials are less expensive than granite, but some can easily burn or scratch.
-Marble is prized by pastry chefs who love to roll out dough on their counters, but it can be more porous than granite and can be marred by kitchen acids.
-Eco-friendly options include wood butcher blocks and counters made of recycled glass. In Brooklyn, for example, a company called IceStone sells counters made from 100 percent recycled glass and concrete. Another "green" kitchen countertop is PaperStone, made from a blend of post-consumer recycled paper and resin.
-Kitchen Confidential
-Some people argue that granite has become too ubiquitous and that consumers are looking for new alternatives. Jan MacLatchie, vice president of marketing for Artistic Tile (which has a warehouse and corporate offices in Secaucus and a showroom in Paramus) says the luxury kitchen market considers granite to be "over."
-"The really unique and high-end people are moving into all different kinds of stone, such as limestone, soapstone and marble tops, versus the typical heyday of granite that began in the 1980s," she said. Some customers are also looking at concrete, slate and even hand-made artisan tile.
-Despite this, luxury construction projects continue to use granite, such as the "Polished Kashmir granite" countertops touted at the Adams Square condominiums in Hoboken.
-Jacqueline Urgo, executive vice president of The Marketing Directors, Inc., a Manhattan-based company that handles sales and marketing for major, residential real-estate projects, said granite is prized "because it's a tangible finish that speaks to a very wide audience."
-In addition to the Adams Square project, The Marketing Directors oversee several large-scale projects locally, including Grove Pointe and the Trump development in Jersey City, the Vela Townhomes in Edgewater, and Mirabelle on the Hudson in North Bergen. Urgo, who cooks in her Manhattan home in a kitchen with white granite and a limestone floor, said natural stone appeals to people.
-"It still has the high perception value to the customer base and it looks beautiful. The non-consistency makes it so appealing ... it adds texture and variation of color. It adds a very rich feeling," Urgo said. "You touch it, it's rich, it's cold. It speaks to luxury."