How does concrete compare to granite on price?
If calculated on a square foot basis, our countertops can cost less, the same or more than granite, which is becoming more affordable and readily available to the masses. Just as paintings are not sold by the square foot, we tend to price our countertops per project, not by size, as not all square feet are created equal. More creative and technically complex projects require more complex forms and a more sophisticated mold making process. The steps involved in producing certain finishes and textures also vary. An 8-foot countertop run is not half the price of a sixteen-foot run. Hand cast concrete is not a commodity product quarried and processed in factories, (which is exactly why many of our clients are drawn to it). Square-foot “volume-based pricing” has been developed by large, automated companies producing hundreds, even thousands of square feet of product daily, shifting the emphasis to production volume and away from where we feel it should be: creating and crafting special piec
