Phone: (919) 598-7509  Fax: (919) 598-3927  Email: info@prescottstone.com

Launch of Our New BASICS® Program

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of our BASICS® Program. Your benefits from use of this program are two-fold:

#1. You can offer your customers a line of granite that comes in selected colors at very competitive pricing while continuing to enjoy the overall quality you have come to expect from Prescott Stone.

#2. In the BASICS® Program, we itemize optional upgrades, products, and services (see below) that we routinely included in our previous pricing. You can now include only the options that are important for your job. For jobs that do not include any optional upgrades, there will be substantially less paperwork!

Please note, even our BASICS® granite job is detailed with the highest Prescott Stone standards! We will NEVER use separate strips of stone at the sink or cooktop areas (as it creates additional seams and performs poorly over time). We will NEVER put a seam in an inside corner. Our site seams will ALWAYS be no more than the industry standard of 1/8”. We will ALWAYS use our in-house installers who will show up on time, are courteous, and uphold the standards of our owner while working under his direct supervision.

Selecting optional upgrades for your granite can raise it to the elite level. Many different options make your project stand out from the rest! Select color- and grain-matching along with a consultation with our talented sawyer to establish your layout preferences and achieve the best visual result. Does your design have a long run of countertop? Select the Factory Seam® upgrade and everyone will be WOWED when they walk into the room! Does your customer require just the right slabs? Select the upgrade of a material selection trip to an international vendor with our owner who has 15 years of experience. Is there a raised bar with a substantial overhang in your kitchen plan? Select the custom steel supports upgrade to provide for your customer’s safety and to allow more legroom. Don’t want to worry with the maintenance of the granite? Select the Annual Sealing Upgrade Service along with the One Year Comprehensive Warranty, including up to three follow-up visits.

Send us your plans today to receive your BASICS® quote (fax: 598-3927 or email: info@prescottstone.com). Now you can have the quality and reputation of Prescott Stone involved with your project while controlling costs through careful selection of the optional upgrades. Obtain the quality outcome you want within your budget!

A stunning kitchen renovation in Chapel Hill, designed by architect Steve Clipp (929-7838). These homeowners, with European taste, required a light granite that would remain understated and not darken the room. Shivakashi granite was the selection, and the outcome, using our Factory Seam® System, was spectacular!


This stunning Vyara granite was specified for the Recreation Room of this Orange County home. Note the Prescott Stone signature curves in the front and back of the sink. The layout was done so the grain and direction of the countertop granite flowed up the wall of the backsplash.

The Buzz About Town

Stone Expo 2003
This year’s Expo in Atlanta proved to be a treasure trove of new techniques and tools to make your jobs go even better! We have discovered some new and exciting products that will place your customers on the leading edge of the newest trends.

Newly designed hardware will speed the curing time for undermount sinks and also facilitate a better securing method for your dishwashers.

Also, and very importantly, we have discovered a new line of stone care products—details to follow in our next issue.


Juperana Casablanca & Verde Candeis granite combined into one piece. Designed by contemporary architect, Karl Gaskins of Raleigh (217-8449).

Capital Design Trends
We toured the showrooms of Washington, DC in mid-December and found them ablaze with the colors of natural stone. Interestingly, a large percentage of the stones in these showrooms are honed (low-gloss) as opposed to polished. Prescott Stone Fabricators can provide your customers with this option which creates a more “organic” feeling and works very well in both traditional and contemporary spaces.

Another strong design trend is the use of chiseled edges on all types of stone. We can create chiseled edges up to 2 5/8” on granite and even thicker on limestones.


A chiseled edge on stone


Giallo Realle marble was used on this Raleigh living room fireplace surround to meet designer Carson Clark’s (782-8916) requirements for a combination of soft gold, taupe, and salmon tones.

Optional Upgrades Available

  • Custom color upgrade
  • Color and grain matching
  • Client consultation with our sawyer to establish layout preferences
  • Factory Seam® system if access to house permits
  • Upgraded edge profiles
  • Butt-jointed site seams less than 1/32”
  • Customized sink layouts (multiple holes and/or non-rectangular sink shapes)
  • Sampling upgrade (includes several samples of the same material from which customer may select)
  • Overnight worldwide shipping of samples
  • Inlaid cooktops
  • Material selection trip to local and regional suppliers with one of our owners
  • Layout providing fewest possible site seams and largest possible pieces
  • Technical solutions and design consultation
  • Engineering, fabrication and installation of custom steel supports for the overhang (supports of some type are required on overhangs exceeding three to four inches; steel supports will be painted matte black)
  • One-year comprehensive warranty on the material to include up to three follow-up visits inclusive of labor and travel
  • Re-sealing of stone after one year by one of our trained specialists
  • Stone samples from each room of project for decorating reference
  • Personalized Stone Care Instructions
  • Personalized Stone Care Product Kit

Before & After


BEFORE

AFTER: This professional couple who enjoy entertaining selected Sante Fe granite. This granite has been difficult to procure and is quarried in Argentina. Deep, rich, brown-green hues with russet accents and medium sized crystals make up this stone. The addition of the granite to this kitchen renovation yielded a dramatic finished product and made the room look like it was a new kitchen!
Prescott Stone Fabricators, Ltd.
607 Ellis Road, Bldg. 49-A
Durham, NC 27703
Phone: (919) 598-7509
Fax: (919) 598-3927
Email: info@prescottstone.com
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