At Big Easy Flooring we supply and install granite floors for homes and businesses across New Orleans, from Metairie over to Covington and Mandeville. Contact us and we will measure the rooms and price the job.
We help you choose granite and install it, in entry halls, kitchens and commercial spaces that need a floor which will not give up.
Granite is among the hardest floors you can lay. That is its whole argument.
Granite takes traffic, grit and weight without complaint.
It is also heavy and rigid, so the structure underneath it and the flatness of the substrate matter more than with a softer floor.
A polished granite throws light back and makes a hall feel larger. A honed finish is quieter and holds its footing better when wet.
Which one suits depends on the room and how it gets used, not on which looks better in a brochure.
Granite is dense, but it still takes a seal in a floor application.
Sealing it at installation is the easiest time to do it properly.
Four steps, and you know what happens at each one before we start.
Polished throws light back, honed holds its footing when wet. The room decides which, not the brochure.
We measure and check that the structure will carry the weight, which on an upper floor is a real question.
Granite is heavy and unforgiving of movement, so the substrate is made flat and stiff first.
Laid with the variation blended, grouted, and sealed while access is easy.
Very little, which is the argument for it. The failures that do happen are structural rather than material.
A cracked slab usually means deflection underneath, and replacing the piece without addressing that buys the same crack again.
Staining is possible where the seal has gone, particularly with oil. It is slower to stain than softer stone, not immune.
Sweep the grit, wash with a neutral cleaner, and keep acids off it. Granite is dense but it is still stone.
Re-seal when water stops beading. Dense stone needs it less often than limestone, not never.
Mats at the doors. Almost all damage to a hard stone floor is mechanical and it walks in on shoes.
No two granite flooring jobs price the same, because no two rooms are sitting on the same thing.
We will not quote a rate over the phone, because a rate without a measure is a guess with a number on it. We come out, measure, test what needs testing and put it in writing.
Sometimes. That is a structural question and it gets answered before the floor is specified, not after.
Less than softer stone, but it is not immune. A seal deals with it.
Sometimes. Natural stone varies batch to batch, so we will be straight with you about how close a match will be.
Honed usually, because a hallway gets wet shoes. We will talk it through on site.
A free on-site measure, a written quote, and a straight answer about what suits the space. Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 6 PM.
Hi there, how can we help?
Call us Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 6 PM, or send the details and we will be in touch to book the free on-site measure.
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