oladulce
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Help with Granite
Any suggestions how to inquire about "Granite Tile"?
How would you describe or ask for "Bullnose" on the granite tile?
So far I've tried "pedazos cuadrados de granito" for the tile, but it's hard to pantomime the bullnose and I'm trying to ask questions via email.
Gracias
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Ola,
Call Domingo Ortega in Loreto at 613-104-8801 cell
or his home number 613-135-0676.
email: domingoo@live.com
Domingo installed our granite countertops, and did a great job.
He ran a granite outfit in California and speaks English perfectly, I had to ask him to translate all the words for me, too.
He is in Loreto full time now, I believe. He specializes in granite, tile and cantera stone and does a lot of other specialty work as well.
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oladulce
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Thanks Loretana, I'll write him a message now.
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The guys building our house refer to all countertop tile as "ceramica", and all floor tile as "vitropiso" no matter what the tile is made of. I got
used to using those terms so they'd know what we were talking about but asking for "ceramica de granito" at a marmolera didn't make sense.
I posed this Spanish vocabulary question on MexConnect forum and the responses were "azuleos de granito" for the tile and "canto boleado" (rounded
edge) for the bullnose. Sounds good to me.
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Dont have any advice about craftsmen, When I did my kitchen in the states I bought two slabs of Granite i knew it would be more than I needed But I
hate seams, I insisted the counters be one piece no seams,I was planing on a Bull Nose 8in. back splash and the Craftsman related I had enough
material to do a full back splash and I would save a lot on labor because it was more Expensive labor wise to create the Bull nose the money saved
turned out to e a non issue I was really impressed with the look of the full back splash.
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Floor tile = Loseta
Other than floor tile = Azulejo
That's how my guys refer to it.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oladulce
How would you describe or ask for "Bullnose" on the granite tile?
Gracias |
Draw a picture and scan it as an attachment
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Alan
| Quote: | Originally posted by oladulce
How would you describe or ask for "Bullnose" on the granite tile?
Gracias |
Draw a picture and scan it as an attachment |
"Bullnose" is a rounded shape for the edge profile of the counter-top. There are quarter, half or full bullnose edges. I do not see how that can be
done well with granite tiles unless the tiles are the same thickness of the countertop. With full slab counter-tops they are an option, but anytime
you have to cut or round rock it gets more expensive.
Why not get creative and pour concrete ones? The new snap-away kits offer bullnose edges. This is my next project. Not hard to do on standard
counters- check the video. http://concretecountertopsolutions.com/categories/edge-profi...
[Edited on 2-19-2012 by Woooosh]
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oladulce
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
... The new snap-away kits offer bullnose edges.
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Isn't that what PVC and ABS are for Wooosh? Sometimes you work with what you've got.
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oladulce
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This is what I was referring to as bullnose granite tile:
Woooosh, the concrete counters in the video are beautiful and if we were sure ours would come out like those, I'd jump on it. But I can't tell you how
many times our masons, my husb, neighbors, etc told me before our patio pour that "concrete is unpredictable and it's going to crack and the best you
can do is to try and control it". That left an impression.
We have no experience with concrete, and our builders are very good with flatwork, but I don't know if I'd have them attempt kitchen counters.
Since we're so far from anything, getting a granite slab guy out here might be difficult so I thought I'd try granite tiles that we could transport
ourselves. We'll see...
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i love the hurricanes in your iron railing! excellent!!!
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Thanks Woody. It depends where you're standing- sometimes they're southern hemisphere cyclones.
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yeah, i noticed that. when you're watching from the porch they spin correctly!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oladulce
| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
... The new snap-away kits offer bullnose edges.
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Isn't that what PVC and ABS are for Wooosh? Sometimes you work with what you've got.
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Now I know how they did the coping on our pool edge! Great job on your hurricane deck... resourceful wins again over "kit". 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oladulce
But I can't tell you how many times our masons, my husb, neighbors, etc told me before our patio pour that "concrete is unpredictable and it's going
to crack and the best you can do is to try and control it". |
People are giving you BS! If the contractor says all concrete slabs will crack, then don't hire the idiot!
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