Granite and Marble Concepts Custom Natural Stone Fabrication – Creativity and Ideas with Conviction

Custom fabrication is a new name but these genres of trade and business were already in existence a long time ago. Look at those ancient coliseums, cathedrals, villas, castles and amphitheaters where marble pillars, flooring's and pedestals abound which are now in ruins or buried beneath layers of earth. Accordingly when you wish for a kitchen, which is fitted with custom natural stone countertops, backsplash and floor tiles rest assured you are not merely falling for a modern approach to convenience.

In ancient times these natural stones were quarried manually using crude implements; hewn by hand with the aid of an unsophisticated tool. Although all of the quarrying and the hewing were done manually they were able to solidly and attractively fashion their structures. The modern way of fabricating custom natural stone products has improved immensely from the ancient method.

Here’s how your custom fabricator came up with your custom natural countertops, vanity tops, built-in cabinet shelves, shower stall walls, backsplash panels and tile floorings. The modern way of producing these highly in demand custom natural stone products today is mainly through technology driven systems of equipment backed by extensive skills training, protection coverage and certificates.

1. Importing raw materials – there are many ways of sourcing raw materials. Some custom fabrication companies import raw slabs and stock them as resources at their shop/factory. They will let their customers choose from the stock slabs the ones they want for their required product. Other companies have in-house designers and artisans who produce CAD drawings and template designs which they send to an on-site manufacturer they are partners with for production then the finished products were shipped to the store or shop which placed the order for the merchandise or product. Natural stones sources are Brazil, Italy, china and India to name a few. Each of these sources compete with each other for quality and price although they each have their own species of natural stone

      2. Designing, Planning and Costing Template Structure

Initial consultation and estimates are offered free of service charge by many custom natural stone fabrication companies to allow customers to collaborate with a team of skilled workers for design, materials and labor plans. Images of designs most often are the basis of customers for their design ideas. These will be interpreted into paper by draftsmen and given measurement and life by designers. Estimates of materials and service fees will be then computed by an engineer or by a skilled worker who is handy with cost and materials estimates. Calculators, measuring and drawing tools and computers are the modern implements used today in this kind of trade to accurately custom fabricate what customers require.

3. Custom Fabrication Work

Your creativity is then interpreted, the concept that’s in the paper will now be brought to reality. State of the art technology used in many modern fabrication shops/factory will give precision, efficiency and accuracy to the finished product. Making all your visualizations tangible. All those things you imagined you will be doing on, with and around your design plan are now doable. Physically experience now the convenience and the effectiveness of the vision you’ve thought about.

     4.  Finishing – Popular Choices

Finishing the completed products have many features and you should consider this step when you discuss your requirements with the designers, draftsman and workers so no miscalculations will happen. All fabrication companies have their own versions of finishing and edges for you to choose from. How your custom natural stone products are finished determines its efficiency and functionality.

You canchoose from this list for the kind of finish you want:

                 Bush Hammered

River Washed

Sandblasted

Brushed

Leathered

Cleft Faced

Honed

Polished

Flamed

Tumbled

 For Edges you can choose from this list of selection:

Double Bullnose

Bevel Square

Ogee Square

Ogee Square Out

Square

Miter Edge

Top Radius

Radius

Knowing your way around natural stone fabrication will make your project easily gets done. These are the basic knowledge you need to know to make your task of accomplishing your dreamed custom naturalstone kitchen , bath or living/working places as smooth as possible that you may want to extend the experience and the project to include your dining, hallways and patios.