Formed deep in the earth and transformed by immense heat and pressure, Granite represents the ultimate choice in work surfaces.
When cut and polished to a flat surface, Granite is resistant to virtually everything which it could encounter in a kitchen, including hot pans, scratching, bacteria and grime; and with a simple wipe of a cloth can be restored back to its original condition.
Ultimate Living can provide Granite to suit any of our kitchen styles with a wide variety of styles, colours and shapes.
Granite sinks sit underneath the worktop and look great in the kitchen or bathroom. With drainer grooves built in to the granite, these sinks offer maximum functionality and a beautiful sleek finish.
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Granite
Granite is an important structural and decorative stone it’s an igneous rock that has been formed by cooling of silica-rich magma below the surface of the earth. Granite’s rich colors, stiffness and density, make it an ideal choice for flooring, and counter tops, vanities as well as exterior applications. It is known to be the hardest structural stone. Many stylish patterns and colors make granite the most versatile and popular of all stones, their wonderful variety of colors and patterns form from minerals that are melted into the liquid mass as it is formed. Granite is a low-maintenance stone that retains its beauty throughout the years and is said to be the most resistant to Bacteria, other than Stainless steal.
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Granite example: green bowenite |
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Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock formed from Limestone, which is swirled or clouded with colour, Marble is less durable than Granite and can be scratched or stained more easier, however offers a perfect material for bathrooms. The texture of marble depends on the form; size and uniformity of grains and the element components of marble determine the color of the stone. Generally calcite and dolomite marbles are of pure white color.
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Marble example: calacatta carrara |
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Travertine
Travertine is generally used for floors, walls, countertops and for outside as cladding and pavement. Travertine is generally filled with grout before it is honed or polished, which produces a uniform surface more like other marbles. Unfilled travertine is also quite beautiful, and is often seen as exterior surfaces of buildings. Travertine stones result from hot spring water penetrating up through underground limestone. When the water evaporates, it leaves behind layers of dissolved limestone and other minerals, giving it its banded appearance. Travertine stones are generally light-colored beiges and tans.
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Travertine example |
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Limestone
The soft limestone stones are ideal for today's more casual and comfortable environments. Generally these soft beiges and tans are suitable for bathrooms, fireplaces, counters and floors. Limestone is a sedimentary rock that is formed at the bottom of lakes and seas, as organic matters settle to the bottom. As more and more layers build up over thousands and millions of years, adding more and more weight, the heat and pressure cause chemical reactions to take place to harden the sediments into solid stone.
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Limestone example: Antalya |
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Slate
The lively colors and unique texture make slates appropriate for interior as well as exterior applications. Slate is formed of compressed layers of sediments formed under ocean. Since it is formed in layers, it can easily be split to expose beautifully textured surfaces. The usual colors of slates are earthy browns, beiges, yellows, black, dark-grays, and greenish-gray, pinks, purples and copper are also found. They usually exhibit lot of variations even in the same quarry. Slates are used for flooring, cladding and landscaping.
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Slate example |
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Sandstone
Sandstone consists of sand covered by silica, iron and lime. Cementing material determines the color of sandstone, iron sandstones are reddish, brownish; carbonaceous, black; siliceous, white and argillaceous, earthy to buff. The hardness of sandstones is important in deciding suitability for applications for sandstone.
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Sandstone example |
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Quartzite
Quartzite stones are the same with slates, but with higher content of quartz in them, which gives them, a bright texture. They are very similar to slates. Like slates, quartzites are used for various applications depending on their hardness.
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Quartzite example: Blue green |
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