Comments on: Dammit, Granite, We Love You

By: Clinton

Clinton — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:32:51 +0000

I think you should leave the cement board. After all, it is a Curry House.

By: HPH

HPH — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:03:43 +0000

Seriously. There are perfect straight-edge cut lines on the excellently cut granite base. There are perfect straight-edge lines that are stairs. Mirroring the straight-edge stairs are straight-edge lines on the other side. I’m with Cherie, rough cut just doesn’t cut it with all those straight-edge guys.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:21:00 +0000

LOVE the comment from Mom & Dad! Absolutely perfect! LOL

By: DAD & MOM

DAD & MOM — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:25:37 +0000

WE THINK THE ROUGH LOOKS THE BEST BUT I THINK CLEANING WOULD BE EASIER IF SMOOTH.BUT MICHAEL DON’T FORGET THE MAGIC WORDS THAT I HAVE LEARNED AFTER MANY YEARS
YES DEAR ! HA HA HA

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:43:46 +0000

We have a woodstove that sits on a very rough textured brick hearth with matching brick surround in our basement. We also have a soapstone fireplace upstairs with similar brick surround. Because woodstoves and fireplaces generate a heck of a lot of dust, I would suggest a less irregular surface for the surround. These rough surfaces are virtually impossible to keep cleaned of dust. Perhaps some Craftsman-inspired tile and a mantel shelf tied in somehow with the stair tread design would compliment the smooth hearth and be easier to keep up? Tile was very popular used as a fireplace surround by the Craftsmen.

By: steph

steph — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:29:48 +0000

hi.

i agree with the previous comments that michael and the mason did a lovely job with the piece of granite on the floor, but that it doesn’t look quite right with the wall pieces. you probably do want it to be flat & smooth for maintenance; however, does it need to be polished? i think it might be the sheen that makes it look incongruous against the granite for the wall. is it possible to turn over the floor slab and look at the unpolished (but still flat) side against the stones? not having the smooth part be polished might make all the difference…and if you both like that look, it shouldn’t be too hard to rough up the polished side a bit.

By: Ed Abbey

Ed Abbey — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:58:15 +0000

I agree with the last commentor and Michael. It is a lot easier to clean and I doubt it will be noticable when the woodstove is in place. I am also male and I’m guessing that makes a difference.

By: David Parsons

David Parsons — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:58:45 +0000

I wonder if, when the woodstove is in, if the smoothness of the floor plate would even be noticeable? And if it is, it would be easier to sweep ashes and other woodstove gunk off a smooth chunk of stone than off rough-surfaced stone, wouldn’t it?

By: Ernie

Ernie — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:30:53 +0000

I agree with the others, it looks off with the smooth floor. In one of the pics (#6 from top) it looks like the left side of the Durock is bowed or twisted a little. Is that an optical illusion…(sometimes even 1/2″ cement board is a little flimsy along the edge)? Looks good so far, when can I move in?

By: THadani

THadani — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:46:45 +0000

Maybe a tile background would tie in the smoothness. I don’t like the smooth with rough either. Then again what would get the job done faster.