Rich, with a bathroom like that how come you 1) drive decrepit old
beaters, and 2) associate with such an unprestigious group as comprises
this list?
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Same thing out here in CA. Perfectly good stuff, just not the right style.
>
> When I redid a kitchen in DC, the contractor was the main guy doing home
> depot remods. He said every time the administration goes from dem to rep,
> all the modern kitchens get torn out and replaced with traditional stuff as
> the occupants change, then presumably back again when things go the other
> way. Nothing to do with being worn out.
>
> On Nov 21, 2017 6:16 AM, "Floyd Thursby via Mercedes" <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> wrote:
>
> > For my bathroom stone (rain forest green "marble") I went to a local shop
> > that is/was owned by an Iranian from California, sold tile and all kinds
> of
> > stone stuff from a warehouse. He would have auctions every 6 months or
> so
> > and sell big lots of stuff pretty cheap. I think he just imported
> > container loads of it from Italy and the ME so not a lot of markup. He
> had
> > 7 prefabbed slabs 8ft long of this stone, got all of them for like
> $800. I
> > initially only bought 5, there were two left that had some cracks or
> chunks
> > broken off or something, he tried to get me to buy those too for the same
> > price, I ended up giving him $100 for both I think, and he was in pain (I
> > felt good about beating down a rug, er, stone, merchant). My Russian
> stone
> > guy ("Eugene" or Yevgeny I think) fabbed them for me, he didn't care.
> They
> > came out very nice. I still have 2 of them to use for something,
> sometime,
> > maybe.
> >
> > The kitchen island stone was a VERY expensive slab of "Fusion" granite
> > (actually not granite but some other kind of stone), it was pretty big,
> so
> > even after fabbing the top I had a piece about 30"x 70" left over for
> > something in the future. It is gorgeous stuff.
> >
> > Down at the luxury gated resort community the rich folks buy these 4 or 5
> > year old houses, do a gut job, then completely redo them. I had a buddy
> > who was a builder over there, he told me about tearing out very high-end
> > stuff from houses that had barely been used as 2nd or 3rd homes,
> beautiful
> > stone, Viking appliances, cherry, walnut, exotic flooring, cabinets, all
> > kinds of stuff. Usually he or his guys would just take it and either sell
> > it or use it or give it away. He completely remodeled his son's house
> using
> > these recycled materials, said it was gorgeous when he finished with
> it. I
> > kept after him to let me in on some of this but he never did. (Some buddy
> > huh?)
> >
> > --FT
> >
> >
> > On 11/18/17 3:35 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
> >
> >> All of ours came from the left-overs from larger jobs - I don;'t
> remember
> >> what the discount was, but it was nice. Peruse the scrap section of your
> >> local stone yard if interested. You'd be surprise at the size of some of
> >> the "scraps".
> >>
> >> On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 8:33 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
> >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> You just have to be somewhat careful of putting stuff on it. I really
> >>> like the granite I put in (given what the piece on the island cost, I
> had
> >>> better like it. Don't ask.).
> >>>
> >>> --FT
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 11/17/17 2:19 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Not practical unless you want to demonstrate the bell curve for the
> >>>> distribution of shattered dish shards.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 2:16 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes <
> >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Wife selected (Corian?) when we built this house 22 years ago. It's
> held
> >>>>
> >>>>> up better than Formica and essentially still looks like new. It gives
> >>>>> the
> >>>>> impression of marble but seems to be impervious to stains and rough
> >>>>> treatment.
> >>>>> Granite is great for tombstones, but I can't see the practicality of
> it
> >>>>> being used for countertops.
> >>>>> Gerry
> >>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >>>>> Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The biggest advantage of granite is that it teaches you the precise
> >>>>>> value
> >>>>>> of infinity. I dropped a plate on the counter and the shards went
> >>>>>> everywhere. I counted them up and it totaled exactly infinity.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes <
> >>>>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I despise rock for a countertop. Hard maple, or at least formica
> for
> >>>>>> me.
> >>>>>> Formica is superior to rock in many ways. cheaper, lighter, trouble
> >>>>>> free,
> >>>>>> no maintenance, and a smoother surface to prevent bacteria growth.
> >>>>>> Maple
> >>>>>> has all that over rock, plus it is a natural antibacterial.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I am glad to see that the rock countertop craze is dying. Gimme a
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> shovel
> >>>>>> to bury it.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> OK Don via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> November 16, 2017 at 8:27 PM
> >>>>>>>> We think that our "blue pearl" granite is even more stunning than
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> black -
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>> it's black with blue iridescent flakes.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
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