07/09/2009 - Granite, the Igneous Rock and “Your” Dream Kitchen.
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive rock (hot lava) it also includes felsic , (light in colour) and lastly it contains igneous rock (main rock, above sea level). Granite is the second most strong rock after the rock diamond. Granite has a medium to coarse texture, sometimes with individual crystals being larger than the groundmass, which forms a rock known as porphyry or igneous making up 60% of the earth’s crust. Granites can be pink to dark grey or even black, depending on their chemistry and mineralogy (minerals).
Granite is generally always very large breaking off in massive heavy chunks and in every case the granite being very tough and hard. This is why it has become so widely populated in the construction world, due to its robust factors. The word “granite” comes from the Latin granum, a “grain”, in reference to the coarse-grained structure of a pretty crystalline rock (a mineral rock).
The demand of such this little maintenance work surface, is increasing with time. Its hard texture and durable nature has made it more popular among other manufacturing materials, most quarry companies handling over 50,000 tons of material per year.
History wise there are many famous monuments and buildings that were constructed from this stone, dating back thousands of years. One of the best examples is the beautiful and mysterious Red Pyramid in Egypt. Its granite surfaces are extremely attractive. Granite was also used in the birth of the famous pyramid of Giza. Red granite was used for constructing this beautiful mystifying pyramid.
Other Many famous temples where created with granite, where Hindu gods and goddesses are worshipped commonly in southern India. Even the famous lions outside the art gallery in London are made out granite itself.
Granite is also a favourite amongst the rock climbers because it’s so formidable, being the steepest rock, with most friction and crack systems being more than a challenge for any qualified rock climber.
Granite is one of the commercialised materials used for the decoration of homes, offices and buildings across the world. It is durable, and long lasting in nature. But is also gives a stylish and modern look to your house making you kitchen look famous, and yourself very happy indeed. Granite can be polished, giving it immunity to liquids, it can also be produced into any of the following, Kitchens, Bathrooms, Shower rooms, Wet rooms, Bedroom vanity units Hotel receptions , Grave stones and much more due to its global coverage. Although it has only been viable for use of kitchen work surfaces in the last 30 to 40 years. It can be produced in many radiant colours and fancy styles forming from lightest of beiges right to the darker more elegant tones, including the colours, black, blue, brown, green, grey, pink, red, white, and lastly yellow. All these have different colours in their group’s right through from Angola gold, Bros blue, Verde tropical and cashmere white. With such a selection it’s rather a hard decision to make, when it comes to the choice of both colour and finish.
Granite is also used in floor tiles, because of the durable texture and the tuff nature of this little rock. There are many kinds of granite tiles for all different purposes, offices, homes and even restaurant floors. Every floor can have a different finish on it too, and every style is there to fit the requirements of the customer and the need of the floor.
Kitchen granite worktops can make a very impressive design statement. Granite kitchen worktops have certainly become the work top choice for most people, as granite worktops can not only look impressive but also add to the value of your home. Granite is very attractive, easy to maintain, and also very durable. Other benefits of kitchen granite worktops are the mirror-like finish. Granite worktops can also resist the extreme heat from boiling hot saucepan to the frying pans.
Some of the other advantages of having a granite worktop are not only that they are affordable and alluring, but also because they change appearance in the light from a day to day basis depending on natural lighting. Granite stones are unique, which means the colour can change in this the light. So ask to see the slab before the company cut your work surface from the rock, (not the sample), just to make sure you are completely certain on your chosen sparkling new work surface.
An edge profile is the exposed bit of the granite worktop. This can be manufactured in a certain style and a colour, which may be considered at the planning stage. Add a under mount sink for your kitchen granite worktop. An under mounted sink would sit under the granite worktop being there no lip hit when cleaning.
In conclusion, whether you’re adding value to your property, or just simply making your kitchen look more glitzy and glamorized, a granite kitchen worktop is an important addition to your brand new sparkling kitchen.
