Such a busy time with the Home & Garden show coming up next week in the Tacoma Dome.  Come see us October 15th-18th in booth #931.  It ws a busy last weekend as well.  I enjoyed volunteering at the Tour of Remodeled Hmes an MBA event.  I was stationed in a Titlow remodel by York Enterprises a North end remodeler which was a design project for Michael Bowman & Sunny Houser who have also just celebrated the opening of a new Design Gallery studio in Lakewood.  In today's economy, it was impressive to see how much you can do on a budget.
     An interesting outcome yesterday whe comparing sink pricing for a couple from Allyn who were looking for a Kohler Lakefield undermount in almond.  Local prices came in as follows:
     --Water Concepts offered a similar sink  (Irontones) for $610 before tax. 
    -- Ferguson $449.45 before tax with a 3-4 week lead time.
    --Keller $463.27 before tax with 4-6 weeks lead time.
    -- Home Depot $518.59 before tax and available in about 11 days.
     Goes to show how a sink can delay a project. Just yesterday we were about a month out on a sink for a condo remodel here in Tacoma for the Mother of a previous client.  The job is otherwise ready, so it pays to think ahead when it comes to selecting a sink.
     Otherwise, I have recently been told by a prospective client in Olympia that he was asked to sign off on a statement that his installed granite might be subject to cracking. He asked about RAS written warrenty which we will gladly provide on all our projects.  Bottom line, granite can have natural occlusions and/or fissures however in hand-selecting your materials many of these  will be visable to be discussed.  Ask your fabricator.  Your slabs will have block and slab numbers in many cases or can be side-marked so you are assured of getting that slabs you have seen in person.  Properly supported, you should not have to live with a crack that has occurred during installation.  There were some other questionable items in the paper he was asked to sign, so read the fine print  on your contracts and warrenties, ask questions,  and be a wise consumer.  It's never a bad idea to get committments in writing.