Heaven’s Gate (Private Residence), Big Sky, Mont.
By K. Schipper
BIG SKY, Mont. – When your vacation home has a name and a $10 million price tag, you aren’t exactly planning on linoleum floors and contact-paper countertops.
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Alaskan Granite Works, Fairbanks, Alaska
By Terri Chance
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Alaskan Granite Works might be the coldest location for a fabricator shop in North America, but it’s still doing a hot business.
SMG Stone Co., Sun Valley, Calif.
By K. Schipper
SUN VALLEY, Calif. – Solomon Aryeh believes in planning. An industrial engineer by education and experience, he’s constantly fine-tuning the various components that have made SMG Stone Co. run efficiently for most of the past two decades.
StonExpo 2005: Making The Point
LAS VEGAS – Make your play early for StonExpo 2005 next month and you’ll get one of this city’s best perks: Comps.
Not So Crystal-Clear
By Emerson Schwartzkopf
In looking over the mailbag from readers – something that isn’t exactly bulging – three letters in the past two years dwelled on quartz surfaces and engineered stone. While that makes it something less than a hot topic here, I suspect it’s time to offer some answers for all readers.
Late Fee or Late Business?
By Tom McNall
How many times have you heard your peers say, “I’m running around like a one-armed paper hanger?” (And, hey, how many times have you said it?)
Proper Shower Construction
By Don Halvorson,
CTA, CTC, CMRS, CRMI
Forensic Tile Consultant
Showers are a common construction item in residential construction that is causing problems for homeowners and contractors alike – and it’s due to tile and shower assembly installation.
Soapstone: Cleaning Up In The Market?
By K. Schipper
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After falling below the public’s radar in the years following World War II, soapstone is making a comeback, fueled in part by the rise of do-it-yourself media.
Thin-Veneer Stone: Lose Weight, Not Look
By K. Schipper
Lower prices and greater availability went a long way toward putting natural stone slabs in the nation’s kitchens and bathrooms. Now, a new set of surfaces – walls, both indoor and outdoor – may be the new frontier with thin-veneer stone.
Thin Stone: Think Thin(ner)
Thanks to diamond tooling, the last decade has seen the development of thin-veneer natural stone in thicknesses as little as ¾” suitable for interior or exterior use.