[Tom M]

Get it?

[Tom M]

One down.

[KCWOOD]

Tom…..   One down??

or was it two?

Did I hear you right,  when it goes up, the poster goes down?

[Tom M]

Something like that

[Tom M]

Or, you know, THAT

[Dan McAfoose]

We do not rod quartz, it can not be the rodding process, the tops have cracked when they are over 4 years old.  I would like to make comments about solid surface but we are to busy replacing them with stone! Must be I am the only one with this problem, or nobody else is willing to admit they have issue’s.

[Brian Stone]

Posted By Dan McAfoose on 12 Oct 2010 07:36 AM

Must be I am the only one with this problem, or nobody else is willing to admit they have issue’s.

I personally have only seen pictures of what you describe on the internet.

[Bill Wolle]

Posted By Dan McAfoose on 12 Oct 2010 07:36 AM

We do not rod quartz, it can not be the rodding process, the tops have cracked when they are over 4 years old.  I would like to make comments about solid surface but we are to busy replacing them with stone! Must be I am the only one with this problem, or nobody else is willing to admit they have issue’s.

Dan,

Could you please post a picture of the failure with a quartz top? I have been involved with quartz since DuPont introduced Zodiaq and have not seen this issue.

Also, you posted…

06 Oct 2010 01:07 PM
Sorry for the confusion, the bars front and or back crack the length of the countertop parallel to the sink.  We have seen it with both steel and fiberglass rodding.  I have seen this topic on here prior to my post. Just looking to see if anyone else has had the same issue. I would like to see what we have in common, adhesive, rodding methods etc.

So I assumed you were talking about an issue with rodding. I did not realize it was happening without the rods.

Bill

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Dan:

If you’re experiencing failures on unrodded estone, I’d look at my installation. There is a lack of support or unlevel/uneven cabinets or both. Tops have to go in flat at a minimum, level is preferable.

The failures you’re describing are symptoms, not the disease.

Joe

[David Gerard]

Hi Dan,  I am interested in why you are replacing solid surface.  Is it do to failure?  Is the customer simply  making a change?   If it is failure Im sure many of us would like to know  why so we can inprove our techniques if need be.

Thanks, Dave G.

[Andy Graves]

Dan,

We replace all materials with all sorts of materials. Usually it is because of a failure of the top that is being removed. People like change. Quartz is the hot new product, something else will replace quartz in the years to come.

[Dan McAfoose]

We are replacing solid surface because people have experienced what it is like to live with it.

[Dan McAfoose]

I never once said we were having failures with quartz, they have been stone countertops. I will post a picture.  My comment about replacing solid surfaces was toward the gentlemen that had the comments about natural stone. Retaliation maybe!

[Karl Crooks]

Posted By Dan McAfoose on 20 Oct 2010 07:54 AM
I never once said we were having failures with quartz, they have been stone countertops. I will post a picture.  My comment about replacing solid surfaces was toward the gentlemen that had the comments about natural stone. Retaliation maybe!

Sorry I may have mixed this up….. 

BTP has seen failures with quartz and stone due to rodding.

[Dan McAfoose]

Sorry, don’t me sound rude, we are just frustrated with the issue because we do not feel we are doing anything wrong.  I had glues tested and one that we WERE using expands when exposed to moisture.  What failures have you had?

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