Somebody here stated that solid surface (quartz, granite, Corian-like) is flammable? Cite please. If you can't cite (which I know you can't) it just proves once again that you talk out of your ass.
love,
Rob
Rob, send it to Iceland, maybe they can get my granite counter top to go up in flames. It just isn't going to happen in my kitchen.
My wife has tried. ;-)
*I* wish. I'd keep you and others buried in work and in no time we'd be having scotch and cigars on an head office balcony at the end of each day. GregO can come and watch....once.
Corian and -like products have high fire ratings which allow them to be installed in the most demanding applications. People who actually do their homework know this. Granite is hard to light, LOL... even in Iceland they, at best, would be able to melt it.. but burn? Naaa... that takes a bit more.
Ever seen what winds up in a carpet? Give me tile anytime.
Carpet on a countertop??? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I know, I know...LOL...and I agree that tile on the floor is MUCH cleaner than carpet would ever be. We have ONE rug in our entire house and that is leaving as soon as I am done with the in-floor heating in the bathroom reno. Wait.. we also have some small ones in front of exit doors. I guess they're more mats than anything.
You carpeted your countertops? Ew! ;-)
Well, granite isn't flammable in the ordinary sense of the word. Of course, most "granite" countertops aren't granite, they are "granitic" rock. Which also isn't flammable in the ordinary sense of the word.
The man made ones with mineral particles - they also aren't flammable in the ordinary sense of the word - hold the particles together with plastic, acrylic often, and I'm guessing the plastic is flammable. Not much of it in the material though.
The non-particle ones like Corian have a Class 1A flammability rating. They are just *barely* in it, one more point less and they would be Class 2.
Carpet on a countertop??? . Reminds me of Orson Bean, a totally eccentric actor who was often on Johnny Carson. Becasue he was so colorful and funny.
He had astroturf installed in his house. He said it looked like grass and crumbs would fall into it and just disappear. It saved on cleaning.
No silly. The only place I'd have carpet is around the john...it turns a pretty shade of yellow :)
I watch 2 and a Half Men the odd time for a bit of mindless entertainment. Orson Bean was on that show as a guest. It was pretty funny.
My previous house had (red, better than white, but not much) carpeting in the bedroom and master bathroom (other bathrooms were vinyl). When I ripped up the bathrooms and put down tile, surprisingly, the carpet wasn't all that disgusting. It had been there for fifteen years, too. My guess is that carpet in the kid's bathroom wouldn't have been as "clean".
Damn. I was hoping to score the trim router ...
We bought a upper scale house 30 years ago - it was a 747 pilot house - he had some money. Nice and all - but the kitchen -
It was in tile. - tops and back sides. It was a total pain.
Pans don't sit still and glass dishes ride high on the edges and skitter around.
My wife used kitchen towels and trivets with rubber feet.
Go to a synthetic material instead of top end before tiles.
Mart> Larry Jaques wrote:
True enough! Nice thing about a well equiped shop is very often you can spend a bunch of cash, and the weekend building something you could have bought for $50. Greg
Carpet on a countertop??? .
I never would have thought of that! Greg
Sorry, I did not mean to insult your tool supplier! ;-) Greg
On Sat, 1 May 2010 09:00:03 -0600, the infamous "Max" scrawled the following:
I can replace my entire 12' countertop for $200 and a few hours' work. I can replace either of my 3' countertops for $20 and a couple hours of my time. What will your solid surface replacement or tile cost?
Abalooley no ideas. (Who wrote that? Hands? OK, who started it?)
-- Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. -- Raymond Lindquist
On Sat, 01 May 2010 12:11:55 -0400, the infamous FrozenNorth scrawled the following:
I may put I/O carpet down in my kitchen. Then I wouldn't have to put on my slippers to get milk in the middle of the night. It has worked extremely well in the bathroom.
Wow, all that ice-cold surface, and Radon, too!
-- Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. -- Raymond Lindquist
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