On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 04:44:06 -0400, Don Wiss >
wrote:

>Yes. I put down granite on a kitchen floor (gray mahogany). No one said
>anything about sealing....

I would think that anyone who's ever done anything at all with any
type of tile and grout would know about sealing. And if you hadn't
done it before, any $5 "How-to" book tells you about sealing.

> .... I just don't see how the sealer
>can seal every seam perfectly and not get scratched to let some through.
>And people will get lazy and not seal.

Same thing with bathroom ceramic tile -- and I haven't re-sealed my
grout in ten years either. I guess I should.

> Granite has the wow factor and is
>certainly in right now. I just wonder how good it will all look some
>decades hence. It adds to the resale value now, but will it in 20 years?

I don't know that either, and we only plan to stay in this house
another five years, so I probably won't find out. But our entire
granite kitchen counter job ( approximately 35 linear feet of counter)
just cost $3700, so if I had to replace it in ten or more years it
would be bearable.

>Having worked daily on both Glacier White Corian and on granite counters,
>I'll take the Corian.

Corain was our first choice, too -- we really liked the sink looking
like a single piece with the countertop (via "Liquid Corian"). But we
can't stand white, and none of the other Corian colors looked decent
with our cabinet choice. So I guess we'll find out about granite the
hard way. It sure does look great, though.

-- Larry