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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depending on where you live, see if it's worth going to Floor and Decore in Richmond.  They sell prefab granite for $6.99/square foot.  You just have to have someone deliver it and install it which they say is easy to do.  It's finished on three sides though so you'd have to do something like butcher block on the island.

I think this is what a lot of the 'design on a dime' shows have used, otherwise there is no way they are getting granite for that cheap- even when they fabricate it themselves.[/quote]

Their website doesn't have any information on this.  Can you elaborate on the sizes of the prefab granite?  Do they come in premade lengths and you'd only have to finish one and what about L shaped countertops?  Do they ha e a decent selection of Granite?  I'm intrigued.[/quote]

I called the other day about it and talked to someone in the design center but have not seen the selection in person.  The store does have tons of variety in everything they sell so it wouldn't surprise me if they had several options.  My understanding is that it is finished on three sides (the fourth side goes against cabinets) and it comes in 21 square foot sheets.  It is fine if you need to cut it and piece it but not to be used on an island since it would have one unfinished side.  They explained that it is 2 cm some places and 3 cm other places.  I went to a fabrication shop for counters last week and saw how they make countertops which comes in thin sheets into counters- it was amazing to see the thin stone turn into slab through the fabrication process.[/quote]

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