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February 26, 2009
Granite Countertops
This photo is how our kitchen came when we bought our home. We've already replaced the appliances and are now looking to remove the existing backsplash and put up new glass stick mosaic tile. I'd also like to have a larger sink put in (I'm sure you've heard me complain about this stupid little one before). While we're at it the granite could also stand to be polished and resealed.
My question are:
- Number one, given that there is only about 5 inches of space between the existing sink cut edge of the countertop (wall) is it even possible to cut in for a bigger sink? How much of a (granite) lip should be left? There's a few inches to be spared on the side next to the dishwasher but I'd like it to be centered with the cabinet. Would it be better to not do another undermount sink?
- What order should I do this in? I was thinking, remove the backsplash, remove the counter, have them do the sink cut, polish, reseal the counter while I'm installing the new backsplash. Then put the counter and the sink back in. Do they even need to remove the counter at all, can it be done in place?
- What is the approximate cost of polishing and resealing? There is quite a bit more counterspace along the other wall (not pictured). Is it priced per sq/ft?
Have any of you done this before that can give me some insight?
Thanks!
Author's Comments
That's very true ENY.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 4:09 PM in response to Open Thread
Snappy,
This is my all time favorite Cher look and song next to Half Breed that is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOSZwEwl_1Q&feature=related
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 4:07 PM in response to Open Thread
Cher was my Armenian fashion icon growing up. I wanted to be just like her.
I still do, but the old her, not this homogenized post surgical version.
*I type touching my tongue to my lip and tossing my long hair over my shoulder*
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 4:01 PM in response to Open Thread
You're a true class act Benson.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 3:56 PM in response to New Cafe for The Heights
"OK Whitney, start off real soft and moany, then about 2/3 of the way through this MF, start yelling like you're a human fire alarm!"
ROFLMFAO!!!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 3:43 PM in response to Open Thread
What do you mean by "Amen Corner"?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 3:26 PM in response to New Cafe for The Heights
I do think though that Biff shouldn't have the mustachio. It's not in keeping with the groups "look".
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 2:53 PM in response to Open Thread
"Might be down even further in the future."
Promises, promises...
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 2:49 PM in response to Open Thread
BrokeD, I just posted it on my blog. I doubt they've gotten around to blocking me yet:
http://townhouselady.blogspot.com/
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 2:41 PM in response to Open Thread
OMG Biff, that is so funny I'm getting a belly ache from laughing so hard.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 2:33 PM in response to Open Thread
I should probably use all the words I was intending to use for reading comprehension purposes...
S/b:...even when it's NOT even remotely applicable.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 2:31 PM in response to Open Thread
Benson,
The "church" dig.
You toss that in whenever possible even if it's even remotely applicable.
We get it, you're pissed about BRG's church comments.
Oy gevalt!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 2:28 PM in response to Open Thread
LOL, I didn't remember that one.
That actually sounds pretty good to me.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 2:24 PM in response to Open Thread
With all due respect IJ you haven't been reading his posts then.
Just because he likes to sprinkle his posts with 'highfalutin' verbiage doesn't make his barbs and digs any less low or coarse. He's as bad as anyone but just coats his comments with pomposity in an attempt to deflect.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 2:05 PM in response to New Cafe for The Heights
That's either photoshopped or just a freak defect. There's no breed I know of with that.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 1:50 PM in response to Open Thread
He's have cried and ran around like she did.
Then, he'd check back to see if there was more.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 1:41 PM in response to Open Thread
Didn't even occur to her Snappy.
Sad part is she's one of my "bright ones".
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 1:36 PM in response to Open Thread
I'm shocked she did too. She probably heard me coming back and thought quick, she's coming, lick it, whatever it may be!
I laughed, I couldn't help myself. You could just hear her upstairs running from room to room crying b/c she had no idea what to do to remedy it.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 1:35 PM in response to Open Thread
Is it time for a cat story? Good.
I ate a ham and cheese sandwich for lunch and I loaded it up with Grey Poupon Mustard, because I'm an elitist ;).
I finished up the sandwich and walked away to go grab the mail. I find my cat standing on the chair leaning over the plate and licking it. What did she lick? I giant plop of the spicy mustard that had fallen onto the plate.
She then proceeded to run around the house crying this high pitched shrieking mew for the next ten minutes. Her little mouth must have been on fire.
That'll teach her to steal from my plate (probably not)!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 1:29 PM in response to Open Thread
Well said at 1:08 11217.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 1:15 PM in response to Open Thread
Oh yeah, Benson has a point alright.
Unfortunately it's mired with his usual tired condescension, personal digs and a loathing for those who would aspire to preserve the historical architecture of a great city.
Bully for him and his lofty open mindedness.
LOL!!!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 1:11 PM in response to Open Thread
Snappy I love you but you've laughed just as hard at those Mill Basin Monstrosities as the rest of us and clearly those are not builders/owners with a lack of means.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 12:58 PM in response to Open Thread
THL;
Oh so clever. I am no match for such wit.
Posted by: benson at November 20, 2009 12:54 PM
-------------------------------------------------
Clearly if that's the only response you could formulate.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 12:55 PM in response to Open Thread
"I don't begrudge him his love for brownstones and their restoration. What I dislike is his making it a virtue, and disparaging those who think differently."
Rewrite:
I don't begrudge Benson his love of Fedders and Fiberama and his disdain for quality materials and preservation. What I dislike is his making a big stink and disparaging those who think differently.
Perhaps you should take up this issue with those annoying preservationists over at This Old House.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 12:51 PM in response to Open Thread
Kittens in a sink:
http://www.theittybittykittycommittee.com/
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 3:18 PM in response to Open Thread
Now THAT is fantastic looking.
Bravo!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 3:09 PM in response to Development Watch: Turnaround at 424 Waverly Avenue
DeLepp is right, glorified studio. Plus, those loft spaces get SO hot in the summer.
I say no dice based upon that and the high maintenance.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 1:02 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 150 Joralemon Street, #5F
Garafalo looks like she smells bad.
Least Coulter looks clean. Plus, might be fun to annoy her.
"stop! You're on my hair. Could you move over. Now you're just pinching skin. Are you done yet?"
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 12:57 PM in response to Open Thread
I have to keep it till it's in it's teens? Ugh.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 12:54 PM in response to Open Thread
"I had no idea either THL. Not that in tune with my body; we barely speak."
Quite honestly, I thought I had a serious illness. I had heartburn that felt like I swallowed a flaming ball of shrapnel. The pain was so bad it was making me vomit (T.M.I. sorry). This was combined with dizzy spells and shortness of breath. I also couldn't stay awake for more than 3 hours at a time. I fell asleep twice while typing at the keyboard only to be awakened by one of those neck busting head jerks.
After hemming and hawing hoping it would clear up on it's own (I'm the master at avoiding doctor visits) I finally conceded that it's not going away and I need to see some doctors. So, here I am making appointments to see a litany of specialists when I get a phone call from an old friend. She asks me how I'm doing and I told her what was up. She said, "Sounds like you're pregnant".
EXCUSE ME??? WHAT???!!!???
So I set about doing the math. Uhhhhhh....DOH! Take the at home tinkle test and wouldn't you know it!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 12:48 PM in response to Open Thread
For real?
That's like having a voodoo vag.
I was clueless.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 12:37 PM in response to Open Thread
"I prefer a lot of force."
There a shocker!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 12:10 PM in response to Open Thread
"But just the thought of having to go thru morning sickness, get fat and have your who-ha stretched beyond normal when it was a quickie is unacceptable to me."
You don't go and intentionally 'wreck your downtown' for the sex, you do it for the baby.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 12:08 PM in response to Open Thread
I was wondering the same thing Snappy. Hell if I know when/which time this happened.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 12:02 PM in response to Open Thread
...with me that is.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 11:58 AM in response to Open Thread
Just saying I like a man to be manly not pansy.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 11:56 AM in response to Open Thread
"I try to slip it in discreetly."
I prefer a little force.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 11:51 AM in response to Open Thread
Who'd have thunk it? A waffle shortage!?!?
Good thing I have an extra freezer in the basement.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 11:50 AM in response to Open Thread
So what has been my numero uno pregnancy craving? Frozen Eggo Waffles. Well now I am panic stricken. This is bad. Very, very bad news indeed...
Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Kellogg Co., the largest U.S. breakfast-cereal maker, said flooding at an Atlanta facility and repairs at a Tennessee factory will cause Eggo waffle shortages through the middle of next year.
The scarcity was triggered by September’s floods in the southeastern U.S., which temporarily closed an Atlanta waffle factory, as well as by equipment problems at the company’s largest waffle plant, in Rossville, Tennessee, spokeswoman Kris Charles said today in an e-mail.
“We are working around the clock to restore Eggo store inventories to normal levels as quickly as possible,” Charles said in the e-mail.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 11:46 AM in response to Open Thread
LOL- Can't blame that on Jersey. It's the Brooklyn in me that brought that out!
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 11:29 AM in response to Open Thread
It's practically Shakespearean.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 11:25 AM in response to Open Thread
I just always assumed Dave was a pro at knob slobbing.
As Three Six Mafia so eloquently put it:
Slob on my knob like corn on the cob.
Check in with me and do your job.
Lay on the bed and give me he@d.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 11:20 AM in response to Open Thread
"You can catch things from doorknobs."
You don't practice safe suck?
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 11:09 AM in response to Open Thread
The glass knobs are the best.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 11:07 AM in response to Open Thread
Agreed Kens. Although a little less violently. That song and vid both are terrible.
That was a Beyonce production ft. Gaga. Bad Romance vid is all Gaga.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 10:46 AM in response to Open Thread
Actually, the booties are McQueen too but I WANT the skeletal ones.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 10:34 AM in response to Open Thread
I can NOT get that Lady Gaga song Bad Romance out of my head. I actually like it too. Super catchy, me and the kid are dancing up a storm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACm9yECwSso
I LOVE the Alexander McQueen shoes she's got on in the video. They're not the booties but the skeletal looking ones.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 10:33 AM in response to Open Thread
Arkady YES!! That is spot on.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 10:26 AM in response to Open Thread
I know Snappy. I've had such a soft spot for that little girl since day one.
The good news is they've all been adopted and are leaving on Saturday.
Bad for me because I'm going to go through bad withdrawal but good for the babies and their new families.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 19, 2009 10:25 AM in response to Open Thread
Snappy,
Confirmed. Believe is the worst.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at November 20, 2009 4:15 PM in response to Open Thread