A Best Granite

Confused and stressed with the process of selecting a best granite?

Given a vast choice of a best granite to choose from. It is no wonder that you are confused to the extent of being stressed out. You may feel comfortable to know that you are facing a situation like most first time granite shoppers.

Here are 5 useful tips that you may have not heard of before. That will make your a best granites selection easy, stress free and also help you get to a best granite.

First best granites

Your First Granites selection is most likely your best selection.

You might have already visited several. Not all of the granites places in your city in pursuit of finding the granite that best matches your purpose.

You might have seen dozens of granites in various colors and natural patterns. You found one particular granite that caught your attention and you thought ‘Wow this is what I want!”.

But you had a fear that you need to see more granite slabs before making your final selection. You might miss out on something even better than what you have seen at the other place.

It goes without saying this is the granites that deserves to go into your purpose and that is the one you will keep loving for a long time.

Go with your instinct and go with the First Granites that impressed you the most.

Choose cautiously

All that Glitters may not be Your Granite Choice.

You may have seen several granites. That were filled with lots of glittery Mica flakes interspersed with Golden and Copper colored glittery crystals. You loved all that glitter in those granite slabs..

The granite that goes into your kitchen has to be robust and forgiving to withstand the impacts your playful kids will likely make on the granite countertops. It should be hard enough granites to forgive all the spills that your super active kids are going to make.

The glittery granite that you liked may not by your ideal choice.

A lot of times the natural stones that are shining with glittering mica and gold spots may not even be granites stones in strict geological classification. They are known as Schist type of stones by Geologists, but the granite traders tend to use the generic name of granites for all those stones for ease of sale. Not only are they less forgiving and they are super expensive also.

These Schist stones are very brittle, prone to cracking and chipping. So if you are a mom of growing kids and your kitchen is a busy place with your playful kids, avoid the glittery stones that are not true granites. Reputable granite fabricators tend to educate the customers about the disadvantage of using Schist stones in real working kitchens.

They have their own places to be installed like fancy bar tops in the basements or to decorate the counters of an elegant office space that are less prone to impacts.

The glittery granite that is not granite in the true sense, may not be your ideal choice. You are better off selecting hard and forgiving true granite slabs for your kitchen.

Select the Best grade granite

Falling in the Trap of A, B, C, and D… Grades of Granite.

When you go to the Big Box stores to shop for your granite countertops the first thing you notice is granite being priced with A, B… to F grades of Granite.

You find that the A grade granite colors are less expensive and the price goes higher and higher as the grade reaches to F. It is but natural that you think the F grade granites (the most expensive per Square foot installed) is the best quality granites and ‘A’ grade is the lowest quality stone.

Please remember these A, B, C etc. grades are based on pricing only, nothing but pricing only and not based on the actual morphological or functional quality of the granites varieties.

So do not think that the F grade granites that is sold at higher cost per square foot at the Big Box store is any better in quality than the A granites that is sold at lowest cost.

The pricing is strictly based on the supply and demand of these granite colors. If the color and pattern is very attractive and it is not available in abundant quantities, it tends to be high priced. A good example is Saturnia. It is stunningly beautiful to look at, comparatively less forging in terms of strength and durability.

On the other hand granites colors like Tan Brown which are found in large areas of land and are quarried in India where the labor costs are much less, tends to be less expensive.

So Higher Grade granites is not a synonym with higher quality granites. You may choose lot of nicer Lower grade granites colors that are less expensive and more durable.

Think and buy

What you see as a Granites slab may not be what you get as an installed countertop.

You might have stunned by the beauty of full granites slabs when you shopped for your kitchen granites countertops. You might have thought some of those granites slabs are like pieces of art.

It is cut and fabricated into 25.5” wide countertops to fit your cabinets. The flow is cut into fitting pieces, so the beauty of the huge granites slab with a design of flowing rivers is not what you got into your kitchen because it is cut into fitting sizes that cover your cabinets.

Get a full layout of your kitchen countertops by discussing with your granites fabricator before you finalize your granite selection.

Last but not least

Your Granite shopping should not end with the great granite selection.

You have done a great homework on selecting the right granite for your kitchen, you have gone online to see the various contemporary design trends, you even took the help of a paid professional designer to give ideas to select the right granites.

Finally, you found a great granites that suits your taste and budget.