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I am pricing an outdoor built in BBQ grill. They want granite, which I will sub out. But while waiting on the price they would like other alternitives if the granite comes back more than they have bugeted. Would a light colored SS, some kind of tan probobly, hold up outside around a grill. It has a porch roof overhead and would be out of direct sun most of the day, most of the year. It will get some sun in the summer. Kind of hard to tell how much as this is a current remodel and the porch roof was not there before. And we do have temp fluctuations, Summer air temps can be as high as 115-120 and winter can be close to 0. It is not uncommon to have between 30 to 50 degrees difference in the days highs and the nights lows in one day at certain times of the year. All input is greatly appreciated.
Shawn
I wouldn’t do it, but i have done it before. We made sure that the customer understands what they are getting. This is a situation where granite is a better fit. Just my opinion.
Some E-Stone is not warrantied for the direct sunlight.
Shawn, my outdoor kitchen incorporates stainless and granite with aluminym bodies sides that are painted in a faux wood with a rust proof paint. Granite is sealed with Dry-Treat and although I cover it periodically, it has held up well so far. If shje chooses granite, seal it with a quality product.
Shawn, interestingky enough I was told that if there was to be exposure to the sun, do not use engineered stone.The resins won’t stay clear. That surprised me. I think Andy’s right, this is one place to use stone.
Tom
Have you looked at soap stone. I am not convinced it is for everyone, but it is great outside as the elements do not harm it including extreme heat from the grill. That is the material we used to sell for outside. Plus you dont have to worry about bacterial or fungus growth on the top like you would on granite.
John
John, if you have a piece of granite scrap, have Wes coated with Dry-Treat, then leave it in your parking lot for oh…1-2 years and tell me if anything is on it. Now, that’s scientific !
I agree soapstone is the ideal product for BBQ.. Heat resitant, doesn’t need sealing and will last forever. That being said, you can use most any acrylic product outside with satisfaction, The problem is the heat from the grill, I would want to leave as much space between the grill and the counter as possible. The reason you can’t use Quartz products outside is the resin is polyester. It could be said ES is solid surface with quartz particulate rather than acrylic/poly. Also its misleading when they use the 93% quartz and 7% resin, thats by weight. Since the poly weights less than the quartz the % by weight is much higher.
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