By K. Schipper
CROW, Ore. – Using one natural product to complement another sounds like a great idea – but when it came to putting natural stone in the new facilities of Sweet Cheeks Winery, the process ended up as anything but simple.
DALLAS – StonExpo East, the stone-industry event set for next March in Atlanta, is already 70-percent sold out, according to show producer Hanley Wood Exhibitions. “It is great hearing the fantastic support that StonExpo...
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
Here’s the good news: Granite placed second in a comparison of 10 countertop surfaces by a nationally renowned consumer magazine.
Now the bad news: A lot of you aren’t going to like what finished first.
By K. Schipper
JEAN, Nev. – For travelers on Interstate 15, this is a place for cheap gas and taking a roadside turn at the gaming tables, just over the hill from the high-pressure glitz of Las Vegas.
Few of them will ever know that a dozen miles west, and out of sight of traffic, a unique form of quartzite is quarried. Processed mainly in Jean, it’s then sent out as everything from slabs for countertops and vanities to crushed stone for landscaping.
By M.W. Penn
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Renovating old stone buildings is fairly common today, but how do you restore and upgrade seven-decades-old structures already designed to look a bit old and worn?
By K. Schipper
How about a stone that looks nice and fabricates about the same as granite, except a little faster? You’d think a lot of shops would be pushing their clients firmly toward this wonderful product – limestone – but most are running in the other direction.
By Tom Plaskota
Technical Support Manager
TEC® Brands
Stonework projects involving wet areas are second-hand nature for most installers. Yet many would also say extra time and effort is an absolute necessity to ensure that waterproofing installation goes right – and stays right.
Failure is not an option, given the possible resulting problems. Let’s take a look at six common reasons why wet projects can go wrong, and ways to avoid trouble.
By Claire Santry
OXFORD, England – Have British prison reformers gone completely mad? At Oxford Prison, the stone-and -brick cells feature soft double beds, luscious fabrics over the barred windows, and freestanding tubs in limestone clad en-suite bathrooms.
Sentenced to luxury and privacy, the inmates even get a key to their iron-clad door.
By K. Schipper
MILWAUKEE – One of the biggest challenges in business is maintaining core competencies while responding to market changes – and Milwaukee Marble and Granite Co.’s success in three different centuries suggests a rock-solid operation with a reputation for quality.
By Jason Nottestad
When it comes to dealing with adhesives, a quality installer should take a page from Ralph Waldo Emerson and practice self-reliance.