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Granite Slab Floor

  • Full Granite Slab

    Full Granite Slab

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    Full Granite Slab

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    When remodeler Mark Daniels of Mark Daniels Kitchen Bath in Manassas, Va. wanted to remodel his powder room, he realized he could purchase a full slab and use it for both the vanity top and the floor. He wanted a dramatic look, so he chose this Brazilian granite slab that has a lot of visual movement. Unfortunately, that type of movement is the result of a mix of different stones, which also makes the granite more susceptible to cracking. This was the third slab he chose because the first two cracked.

  • Truck Off Load

    Truck Off Load

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    Truck Off Load

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    Mark Daniels

    Workers remove the floor slab from the truck. It measures 4-feet-6-inches by 6-feet and weighs 500 lbs.

  • Floor Slab Lift

    Floor Slab Lift

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    Floor Slab Lift

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    Mark Daniels

    Workers carry the stone floor into the house.

  • Into the House

    Into the House

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    Into the House

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    Daniels created a template of the bathroom floor that included placement of the hole for the toilet installation.

  • In the Powder Room

    In the Powder Room

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    In the Powder Room

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    Mark Daniels

    Employees of Daniels' granite fabricator placed an aluminum frame on top of the granite and used wood 2x4's under the granite. The aluminum frame is attached to the top of the granite with large suction cups.

  • Sliding It Down

    Sliding It Down

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    Sliding It Down

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    Mark Daniels

    Two installers stand inside the bathroom under the slab to help push the slab against the wall. The other two hold up the granite piece using the framing around the slab.

  • Lower, Lower

    Lower, Lower

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    Lower, Lower

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    Workers lower the slab to the floor, then slide out the wood 2x4's and remove the aluminum frame.

  • Final Floor

    Final Floor

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    Final Floor

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    Mark Daniels

    The vanity has an illuminated glass sink. Daniels used two xenon lights in the vanity to illuminate the sink. He also placed a strip with three xenon lights below the vanity, which is mounted 12-inches above the floor. He first placed the lights on the floor under the vanity, but moved them to the back wall because fixture was reflected in the shiny granite floor. He chose to use a single dimmer switch to operate the two hanging pendants, the under sink lights and the vanity base lighting.

  • Dramatic Powder Room

    Dramatic Powder Room

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    Dramatic Powder Room

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    Mark Daniels

    To extend the countertop from the vanity to the area over the toilet, Daniels built a ??-inch plywood platform that is attached to the wall on one side, and slotted into the vanity on the other side. He chose a black toilet to blend in with the darker tones of the granite.

  • Detailed Corners and Edges

    Detailed Corners and Edges

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    Detailed Corners and Edges

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    Mark Daniels

    To create a seamless look, Daniels asked his fabricator to cut the granite molding to match the edges of the granite floor and countertop. He refers to this method as book-matching.

  • Top View

    Top View

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    Top View

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    This top view of the completed powder room shows the impact of the natural swirls of stone in this granite.

To create drama for his own powder room, remodeler Mark Daniels of Mark Daniels Kitchen & Bath, in Manassas, Va., chose dark granite for the countertop and floor and installed an illuminated glass sink for the vanity. He purchased Brazilian granite and used it for both the countertop and the granite slab floor.

Daniels installed xenon lights inside the vanity to illuminate the sink and under the wall-mounted vanity to illuminate the floor. He chose to use a single dimmer switch to operate the two hanging pendants and the under-sink and vanity-base lighting. The final look is sleek and striking.

This was the first time Daniels had installed a full slab granite floor. “It’s out of the ordinary -- a leading-edge design," he says. "The floor is durable and doesn’t have any grout lines.”