On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:24:02 -0500, someone wrote:

We upgraded our countertops to granite and on one side of the kitchen, they
have used two slabs rather than one. I know they can do this, I am perfectly
fine with it, but the problem that I have is that, where the seem is, there
is a significant amount of color differential, thus the seem stands out


I am in the U.S. so take that into consideration.

Granite being a natural material it varies in color.

How long is the counter, slabs only comes so long to start with, PLUS
too long a single slab will be too prone to breakage. The house can
settle or the floors flex from loading and a very long piece might not
be able to take it.

Unless there is some specific specification inyour contract, which I
dubt exists, there could be a "normal" or "commercially acceptable"
variation from slab to slab. I suppose you could try to go to court
and let a judge decide - up where you are, are legal fees "loser
pays"? Does it say that in your contract even if not the general
default (this is common in US builder contracts).

If the degree of match is really really important to a person, they
should get this spelled out in writing. But then you may not find
anyone willing to take on the job. The other thing is to let you pick
the slabs yourself. That's what we did. Went down to the fabricator
and they took us out back and we picked.




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