TheGraniteLady.com aka FLGACabinetsTileAndTops.com Assists with Habitat for Humanity

Gainesville, Saturday, 12/8/12
We at FGCTT were fortunate enough to participate in building a home for Alachua Habitat for Humanity!  The homeowner was there working side by side at the Santa Fe College's Perry Construction Institute with the volunteers.  Carol Barron kept things lively and moving along with her keen eye for all things construction, even offering lunch at noon!  Hard work and FUN was had by all!!!

Radon & Building Materials

According to the EPA, radon is "In a small number of homes, other building materials can give off radon, too. However, building materials rarely cause radon problems by themselves."

The scare tactics used a few years ago to promote a radon scare in conjunction with stone, is simply unmerited.  How do I know this first-hand? Well, the EPA has done studies as referenced in the link below. Also, I have had a situation where a home that my family lived in in High Springs, Florida, tested positive for radon when they were selling it.  They had Plastic Laminate countertops--no natural stone ANYWHERE in that home!

A study of granite countertops was done (initiated and paid for by the Marble Institute of America or MIA) in November 2008 by National Health and Engineering Inc of USA, and found that all of the 39 full size granite slabs that were measured for the study showed radiation levels well below the European Union safety standards (section 4.1.1.1 of the Nat'l Health and Engineering study) and radon emission levels well below the average outdoor radon concentrations in the US.

To find out how radon gets into a home, read the EPA's findings at http://www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/citguide.html#howdoes

TheGraniteLady.com aka FLGACabinetsTileAndTops.com, LLC & DuPont Corian Serve the Military

Gainesville—When the phone rang for TheGraniteLady.com recently, the other end was a retired US Air Force pilot explaining that he and his wife wanted to do something special for their son.  He explained that he would like to purchase some new countertops for the Gainesville condo his son lives in.  You see, not only is he a former pilot, the son he is referring to is now a pilot and Intel Officer serving our country over in Afghanistan.  CORIAN didn’t hesitate to JUMP right in—what better way to show our support than to use materials formed right here in the good old USA.  Along with support on the material side, were the members of TheGraniteLady.com, donating their time and expertise in assisting with color selections, templating, fabricating and installing the CORIAN solid surface counter tops.  I think our Air Force pilot is going to be pleasantly surprised—don’t you?  =D