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Granite Countertops—Watch Our You Tube Video’s…

While many of you out there are familiar with the PGC website and blog site, you can now find out more about us by watching our You Tube video’s. Check out our video’s below:

Hope you take a few minutes to check them out.

Thanks for reading!

Barb

Posted in Company, Granite, Industry News on August 25th, 2010 by Barb | | 0 Comments

When It Comes To Fabricating Countertops—Precision Counts!

For those of you out there that follow my blog, you may recall my last post, “Let’s Get It Right The First Time!” Well—I wanted to share a few photo’s of a recent job we fabricated and installed doing just that. This particular job included a large island fabricated from Desert Limestone Caesarstone and included angles, curve work, and mitered edges to achieve a 6 cm thickness.

Following are a few photo’s:

Prep work

Prep work for edge lamination

Seaming the sink area in the island

Installed island

If you are looking for a fabricator to fabricate and install your kitchen, or other project, including those with intricate curves, angles, or mitered edges, please give us a call. Rest assured—we can handle the job.

Thanks for reading!

Barb

Posted in Granite, Industry News on August 16th, 2010 by Barb | | 2 Comments

Granite Countertops—Let’s Get It Right The First Time!

When it comes to granite fabrication, at PGC, we cut curves, sink holes, and cut-outs, but…Not Corners! Well—we actually cut corners too, but not when it comes to quality. Our motto has always been, “Let’s get it right the first time,” which is something we are very proud of. Too many fabricators, these days, are cutting cutting corners when it comes to quality, and the unfortunate thing is that the everyday homeowner doesn’t know it. The general public, for the most part, is uneducated when it comes to stone and they are being taken in by “hack shops” offering a low price. Although many fabricators, and others in the stone industry, thought some of these hack shops would go out of business with the turn in the economy, this has not been the case.

In fact, according to, “Stay the course; don’t compete with the hacks,” an article found in the August 10, issue of Stone World eNews, by Michael Reis, “As it turned out, the hacks started to thrive in most markets. When homeowners would re-do their kitchen or bathroom, they did so with one eye on their dwindling back account, and sensible people started buying solely based on price. As a result, some amazingly bad granite work was being done.” Yikes! We know first-hand, as we’ve taken numerous calls from customers who decided to go with some cheaper fabricator, but ended up getting burned.

While we always do our best to try and educate our potential customers, as to what makes PGC different from other fabricators, unfortunately—in some instances, it is not still not enough. If you are looking for a granite fabricator for your project, you may want to check out the Hall of Shame, that shows some really poor work. Then—perhaps, you can decide for yourself, if spending a little more is worth it to you, or not.

Thanks for reading!

Barb

Posted in Granite, Industry News on August 10th, 2010 by Barb | | 2 Comments

Follow Our Granite Blog Posts On Twitter…

While some of you out there may subscribe to our PGC blog posts, or see them via the PGC Facebook page, you can also find our blog links on Twitter. (Yes-we are getting very social.) If you haven’t checked us out on Twitter yet, make sure you do. Our Twitter page has a new look—very similar to our website.

Send me a Tweet and let me know what you think.

Thanks for reading and happy Tweeting!

Barb

Posted in Company, Granite, Industry News on July 29th, 2010 by Barb | | 0 Comments

2010 NARI Golf Outing A Success…

The 2010 NARI Golf Outing held yesterday, at the Prestwick Golf Course in Woodbury, MN proved to be another successful event. The weather couldn’t have been more perfect for the golfers! The PGC hula hoop contest, which was set up by Green # 6 that PGC sponsored, was also a hit. Most golfers were willing to give the hula hoop a whirl, for a chance to win a prize. All in all, there were a lot of laughs and fun.

Following are a few photos I wanted to share:

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