Granite’s relatively non porous nature makes it an ideal material for any number of surfaces, whether in a bathroom, kitchen, hallway, living room or utility room. Because it is non porous, this helps to protect the surface from staining when it comes to spillages. Unless the granite is tiled and therefore grouted, liquids cannot penetrate its surface in the way that it can other surfaces.

This week I have been mostly looking at Roman Aqueducts. The first, the Aqua Appia was built in 312 BC to provide the populace of Rome up to 75,537 cubic meters of water per day. The amazing thing about this structure is that the majority of it’s length was subterranean and dropped only 10m throughout it’s entirety. Aqueducts move water through gravity alone and the Aqua Appia, built from stone, brick and the special volcanic element pozzuolona also afforded itself protection by it’s underground construction. During the Samnite wars, the […]

Do you know where your kitchen sink was made? The answer is probably no. If you choose a full-service kitchen worktop company like Surrey Marble and Granite, you’ll know exactly where your kitchen worktop was made. This gives you more control, more flexibility and more choice. All the kitchen worktops that are sold are cut and finished at the Surrey factory and installed by our team. Why do kitchen worktops need to be bespoke? Every kitchen is slightly different. Even if you compare buildings built at the same time, they […]