Granite and Concrete

Lots going on since my last post.  This would have been several posts, but I got behind as we have been trying to get our current house ready to go on the market.  SunTerra won't be ready to move into for a few more weeks, but we didn't want to wait until too late in the fall to get this one on the market.

The granite was installed last week.  We chose St. Cecilia.  Here is a picture of the buffet in the dining room before the granite was installed...

And here it is with the granite installed

This is a closeup of the stone

Here are most of the slab pieces still on the truck

This piece of the kitchen counter was heavy enough for three guys to lift into place

Here is the cut out where the induction cook top will be installed (more on induction cook tops in a future post)

There will also be granite in the master bath, it will be tile instead of slab to match the border in the tub and shower.  Here is the vanity with the Baltic brown granite tiles.

 And now on to concrete, in the last post I noted about how the tape left lines in the concrete.  Dave tried hard to disguise them with the acid stain, but they can still be seen in some places.

And at one point when he was applying the sealer, his machine "exploded" and caused a trail of spots through the house

So Dick, our G.C., has been busy trying to figure out how to solve these issues.  It sounds like the painter may be able to help.  Will update on this matter in a future post.
Another issue with the concrete floors was the crack in the basement floor.  We never figured out for sure what caused it, but the section was cut out and replaced.

Here is some concrete that came out beautiful, the driveway!  It really helps to make it look like a home.

Dave (the concrete sub) is also working on some retaining walls.  They are huge blocks of concrete with a stone looking front.

Here is a wall that has been started

I mentioned the painter, that process should be starting this weekend.  So we are also busy trying to decide on paint colors.  Thought we had one figured out, but after looking at it on the wall, not so sure anymore.

So it's back to looking at paint chips.

And the weather is changing in Colorado, making for a beautiful fall, so thought I'd share another picture of our view.