Elkhart REALTOR Evelyn Johnston Meets Granitech Desgn Center At Elkhart Fall Home Show

Lisa Graber represented Granitech Design Center at the Elkhart Fall Home Show and was surrounded by stunning cabnetry and granite table tops and counters. Located on Old US 20 near the new Wal Mart, Granitech started in 1998 and has assembled a professional staff with over 60 years of experience in working with natural stone. The experience encompasses the highest quality of design, fabrication and installation for residential and commercial application. Their expertise extends to work with kitchen counter tops, fireplace surrounds and hearths, bath vanity tops, tub and shower surrounds and a large variety of flooring materials. Granitech is committed to your total satisfaction; from design, to quotation, to final installation.

According to Granitech's brochure, The hard facts are:

• Rock: A natural combination of minerals.
• Granite is a rock commonly consisting of minerals such as feldspar, mica and the quartz group. Natural and varying amounts of these minerals determine the color and lightness or darkness of granite.
• Minerals from the Feldspar group provide the different background colors.
• Minerals from the mica group provide the different foreground colors. Other mineral groups provide smaller amounts of color
• The amount of silica in granite determines appearance. Silica-rich rock tends to be lighter in color
• These minerals provide granite with excellent wearing properties. Thus it makes granite a more durable material than most man-made materials.
• On a relative hardness scale (Moh) of 1 to 10, a knife rates a 5.5, glass at 6, granite at 6 to 7/ and a diamond at 10.
• It requires industrial diamond compounds to cut and polish granite.
• These aspects make granite a very scratch resistant, and durable material.
• Depth is a uniques quality of natural stone; something no man-made material duplicates.

For more information about granite or Grantitech Design Center, give Lisa Graber a call at 574-361-2372. For questions about Real Estate, call Elkhart Real Estate Expert Evelyn Johnston with Prudential One Realty at 574-304-7148.