What Do Granite Countertops Cost?

Free Online Granite Estimate

Now Natural Stone Source is offering free estimates done through the interwebs! All you need to do is enter a few crucial details into our online form at this web address http://nssgranite.com/free-estimates.html and a representative from Natural Stone Source will reckon what your granite or marble project will cost.

Details To Gather

Square Feet You will need to put together a roundabout square footage amount. If you measure the length of your countertop in feet, then multiply by two, this is often just under the actual square footage amount. A laminated "bullnose" overhang will add 1/3 of a square foot for each linear foot of countertop that you measure. 

Preferred Material If you know the exact name of granite or marble that you would like in your project, this will be an excellent help in determining the cost of your material. Some people only have an idea of the type of color or possibly engineered stone like Caesarstone, but this information is helpful too. 

Contact Information Once we put an estimate together for you, we need to know how to deliver those numbers. Do you prefer to be emailed? Called by phone? Let us know and we will be happy to assist you. 

We look forward to serving you, and happy online estimating! 

Free Online Granite Estimate

Natural Stone Source is located at 425 N. Frontage Rd. in Nipomo California, 93444. You can browse our selection of slabs and our latest designs at www.nssgranite.com too!

Durable Engineered Stone

What's the most durable surface in the world? A countertop made of diamonds probably. The next best surface material might be quartzite, but just beneath that is a man made substance called engineered stone.

Companies such as Caesarstone, LG, Silestone, and Cambria Stone are adept at producing an incredibly hard and impermeable surface that the industry generalizes as "engineered stone". This countertop material is made of real stone that is ground down and combined in pleasing and predictable color palettes with a polymer that binds it together.

The lure of engineered stone is it's durability, combined with the fact that every slab can look the same, allowing for great seam matching and easy color schemes for decorating. Many engineered stones are resistant to bacteria, and come sealed forever so that re-sealing is not an issue. The wide variety of colors, including bright hues of green from Caesarstone, as well as realistic simulated granite patterns from Cambria Stone, make the concept even more attractive.

In the fabrication shops, fabricators will attest for the solid nature of engineered stone. When being fabricated, these materials rarely break in unpredictable ways like granite can. Granite and marble, being formed by nature, sometimes have fissures between crystals that can come apart when under the extreme pressures of fabrication. Engineered stone stays together under conditions that would often see a natural stone break.

The only drawback to engineered stone slabs is the one attribute that also attracts homeowners: it's predictable colors and patterns. A slab of granite is like a work of art, often beautiful enough to frame and place as a wall decoration with it's strata and movement. Granite's spontaneous colors and wandering patterns won't be found in engineered stone, but for many designs that works out well.

Find engineered stone as well as natural stone at www.nssgranite.com or visit us in person at 425 N. Frontage Rd. in Nipomo California, 93444.