good place to buy some granite?

[Flames_Gimp]

any reccomendations on where to buy some granite? not looking for a full kitchen, just a small bathroom counter and part of the kitchen counter..

[Burninator]

Try IKEA. I kid you not. Not the biggest selection, but pretty low prices. Obviously IKEA doesn't make the granite, it's all done by big granite retailer in town. For a 1/4" slab you'll probably be looking at about $120 a linear foot (at a 25 1/2" depth). Prices will go up from there.

[There is no G in MacInnis]

I'd help you out if you were in Vancouver. Keep in mind when you are shopping prices that quality of workmanship is an important factor, since everything is custom made.

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by Burninator

Try IKEA. I kid you not. Not the biggest selection, but pretty low prices. Obviously IKEA doesn't make the granite, it's all done by big granite retailer in town. For a 1/4" slab you'll probably be looking at about $120 a linear foot (at a 25 1/2" depth). Prices will go up from there.

oh ya, i forgot about ikea... I heard it was cheap...

[troutman]

Harold Borges. I met Harold; he personally goes to Brazil to bring back nice granite. The interior designers at my wife's architecture office were impressed.

World Stone Inc.

hborges@worldstone.ca

243-3880

[Ice]

If you only need small pieces, you can sometimes get remnants from a warehouse or distribution center for free. Then you only pay fabrication fees. I have a friend who did both her bathrooms for 250.00 using remnants. The remnants were still solid pieces, just too small to keep out in the yard with the other large slabs.

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by fotze

My inlaws company have a granite/marble company but Calgary is to piddly a market for them so I can't help, or get any for myself. I can get it for free just have to somehow get it shipped for cheap.

i'd pay the shipping to get it free lol

[guzzy]

Don't actually use Ikea just phone and ask who they use. They contract it out through someone anyway. I re-did my entire kitchen last year myself and bought all cabinets, etc from Ikea. I hired someone for the countertops because that is something you don't mess around with. They gave me the contractors number I phoned him and he said he would knock off $100 if I didn't actually go through Ikea.

[Nufy]

I think that if you want em to match they (obviously) have to come from the same piece of stone...

You buy it in a slab and have it cut to your dimensions.

My wife is office manager for a tile company here in town.

I now they have some surplus slabs in their warehouse cuz we have looked at a few.

I'll check on some pricing for a slab for ya if interested.

Ya want lighter colors of darker tones ?

[Flames_Gimp]

Originally Posted by Nufy

I think that if you want em to match they (obviously) have to come from the same piece of stone...

You buy it in a slab and have it cut to your dimensions.

My wife is office manager for a tile company here in town.

I now they have some surplus slabs in their warehouse cuz we have looked at a few.

I'll check on some pricing for a slab for ya if interested.

Ya want lighter colors of darker tones ?

sweet ya darker tones, greens/blacks ...i need a piece about 59" x 8", a piece about 34"x25" and maybe a 6' counter piece.

thanks..

[Ducay]

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