Robert: Hi, I'm robert. This is Sep. welcome to another question and answer with Sarto
Today the Topic is the weight of natural Stones or the weight of Granite vs quartz
Sep, tell us a little bit more about the different weights, and what that means.
Sep: So granite actually varies
But it's anywhere from about fourteen pounds of square foot to eighteen or twenty so it varies depending on the density of the stone
Quartz it's actually funny. There's a
Huge misconception out there started by Bloggers or whoever on the internet that quartz is actually heavier than granite
It's absolutely not true ask someone who actually works in a granite shop
Quartz is quite a bit lighter 10 to 12 pound s a square foot and again granite 14 to 25 an average of 16 18 pounds
so
It's heavy and and you need a couple strong guys when it comes to doing a big island
Robert: Now give a comparison of what you know to kind of put people's mind what that means as far as the weight you're compared to like maybe us
And you would to a person or something Sep: yeah, well, so the weight
Obviously, it's a huge amount of weight when you put a big island on
You know in the middle of your floor the total weight of the stone could be seven hundred
Pounds, but but the thing to think about thats kind of intimidating
But the thing to think about is the pounds per square foot so grams
Let's say you had to have the heaviest granite out there at 20 pounds of square foot and you put a big island and people
Are worried about if my cabinets support it, can my floor support it?
Well if you think if I stand in one spot I'm actually standing on one square foot now
i dont want to tell you how much I weigh but
You have two hundred pounds in one square one square foot that
Versus a piece of granite 20 pounds of square foot. I'm ten times
but granite is static
It's just sits there when you move it
Equals a lot more weight that movement does
Robert: so if you had five people standing in one spot
I mean which could be you know three four foot area. I mean that's going to be more weight than a huge...
Sep: Yes, you can I mean when you compare it to that you can put granite or quartz countertops on on really anything again
It's heavy and a big piece, but distributed by square foot
I mean its almost nothing really yes, it's more than a laminate countertop
But it's absolutely nothing to worry about as far as weight and again to reiterate
Granite is heavier than quartz. I just say that because there's I've seen it all over the web
It's a huge misconception that quartz is really really heavy and
It's not its actually fairly light compared to granite.
Robert: So is there any issue with that weight as far as
The cabinet supporting it or the flooring, or is there anything like that to worry about?
Sep: Actually, it's the other way around when you put that that weight on your countertops
And then it gets glued all the way around the weight and the glue together actually solidify everything
And it really makes it fairly
Indestructible by having that solid of a surface up top hold and everything together the weight
It's absolutely nothing to be concerned about again because it's distributed evenly over a lot of square feet
Robert: great
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