Looking for a concrete countertop fabricator in St. Louis.

Looking to work directly with the fabricator not thru a designer or dealer.

Mike

Ok. Have you googled or checked the phone book? I don't know any personally.

so-ill wrote:Looking for a concrete countertop fabricator in St. Louis.

Looking to work directly with the fabricator not thru a designer or dealer.

Mike

Call Marvin Penock with Master-Crete. His number is 618.538.7600



http://www.master-crete.com/

I posted over a year ago that all you could find in St. Louis was formica and now a little granite. I was looking for soapstone installers. Someone responded that their company works in other materials now but I don't know the contact info. but the guy was informative and nice.



Your best bet is to call several of the better or reputable kitchen/bath companies and ask for referrals.

Any stone fabricator can work with soapstone. If you have acess to good powertools and know how to use them you can fabricate soapstone yourself. You need blades and router bits made for the job. Very easy to work with and there are suppliers that will ship to your residence.



I googled and everything else couldn't find anyone. I'll try mastercrete.

I know there is someone in St. louis that is doing work in the loft district. I thnk they did work for blue boat designs. Don't know the name.



-Mike-

slight off topic, but you seem to be 'in the know' . . .



Where could I find scrap/salvage granit or marble slab for a fireplace surround? I need a piece roughly 4'x2' and a three others 6"x3' . . .



I'll widen the question a bit - what's the best resource for architectural salvage in St. Louis?

Just about every large stone fabricator has a "scrap yard" of pieces too small to use for most projects but too big to throw away. You will usually pay the same rate as you would for their cheapest stone. Maybe slightly less.



You might try SFI (stone fabricators inc.) in south st. louis but anyone should be able to help you.





P.S. to the post above. I'm at one of the "high-end" kitchen and bath dealers. We are looking at doing concrete in our new showroom display.

Sorry for taking so long to answer your post, but I had to look this guy's info up at home. CK Designs is THE PREMEIRE concrete fabricator in STL. He has done extensive work on Wash Ave. He is actually based in STL, not STL county, not the Metro east. Below is a link to a gallery of his work. I think you'll find it exquisite. I met this guy at the home show in America's Center this year and he seemed enthusiastic and talented.



http://www.ckdesigns.cc/Gallery.htm



Here are a few select pieces:

Thats exactly who I was looking for. I had seen his site about two months ago and no amount of googling helped find the site. THANKS!!!



I have called around quite a bit and talked to others in the Kitchen & Bath Biz and it seems like there are more ex-concrete fabricators that current fabricators. The story I get from most is there is no market for concrete tops in St. Louis.

^Uh...Do they even do concrete? I can't find any mention of it on their website. There are thousands of granite installers...he's looking for concrete specialists.....thread title.....

Ihnen wrote:slight off topic, but you seem to be 'in the know' . . .



Where could I find scrap/salvage granit or marble slab for a fireplace surround? I need a piece roughly 4'x2' and a three others 6"x3' . . .



I'll widen the question a bit - what's the best resource for architectural salvage in St. Louis?

Just did a marble surround for a rehab...The cheapest route i found was to go 1ft X 1ft marble tiles... I installed it myself for about $250 in materials. The marble tiles were around $4.50-5 a square foot ..compared to at 2-4x more for largers pieces..even the scrap.

For more interesting stone and concrete projects, try somebody like Paul Bayer at Cassilly & Cassilly.