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Before you start a new home renovation project, you’ll want to know how long it will take – will your kitchen will be out of commission for days? Weeks? Months? At Surrey Marble and Granite, we offer a full service granite worktop manufacture and installation, and we’re accustomed to slotting in with other trades and service providers. Here are the main steps we go through with some rough time estimates – depending on the project, each step may require more or less time so it’s essential that you talk to […]

Located in Wiltshire, Stonehenge is one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the world. Archeologists believe that it was constructed around 3000 BC  from, in the most part, Preseli Spotted Dolerite. This stone, which is harder than granite is believed to have been brought all the way from the Preseli mountain range in Wales, a journey of around 250 miles. How the stones were transported this distance with the meager tools the natives are believed to have possessed has been deliberated for decades. The  glacial erratic theory suggests that […]

As with any large project, the best time to start work is when you’re ready: when you’ve got the funds, the time and ideally haven’t got an urgent deadline. But if you’re having a significant amount of work done – installing a completely new marble kitchen or building an extension, for example – you’ll want to time the project to minimize disruption at home. Here are our insider tips.