Bedrock Quartz
Riverside Drive showroom in St. George stocking quartz, granite and marble slabs, part of a Utah group.
Bedrock Quartz stocks quartz, granite and marble slabs at a Riverside Drive showroom in St. George. Engineered quartz has become the default choice in new kitchens across the valley, and the one place it consistently disappoints people here is outdoors.
Background
Engineered quartz is a composite: roughly nine parts ground natural quartz aggregate to one part polymer resin, with pigment, pressed under vacuum and cured. The resin is what makes it non-porous, uniform in color and free of the maintenance a natural stone needs. The resin is also the reason nearly every manufacturer excludes exterior use. Polymer resin is degraded by ultraviolet light - it yellows, and pigments dispersed in it fade - and southern Utah delivers an ultraviolet load that few places in the country match, thanks to elevation, clear skies and long sun hours. A quartz top on a covered patio in Bloomington will not last the way the same slab lasts in a kitchen.
Outdoor kitchens therefore run different materials. Natural granite is the traditional answer, since it is an igneous rock whose color comes from minerals rather than dispersed pigment and is unaffected by sunlight. Sintered and porcelain slabs are the newer one - fired mineral products with no polymer binder, unaffected by ultraviolet light and by heat. The same reasoning applies indoors to any surface in the direct path of a large south or west-facing window, which in this valley is a real consideration rather than a theoretical one.
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Address
270 E Riverside DrSt. George, UT 84790
Contact
- Office Phone: (385) 404-6285
Frequently asked questions
Can engineered quartz be used outdoors?
Manufacturers generally exclude it, and southern Utah is a poor place to test that. Quartz is bound with a polymer resin that ultraviolet light degrades, so the surface yellows and dispersed pigments fade. The region combines elevation, clear skies and long sun hours, which makes the exposure unusually severe.
What countertop material suits an outdoor kitchen here?
Natural granite or a sintered or porcelain slab. Granite takes its color from its minerals rather than from added pigment, so sunlight does not affect it. Sintered and porcelain slabs are fired mineral products with no polymer binder, which makes them unaffected by both ultraviolet light and heat.
What is engineered quartz actually made of?
Roughly ninety percent ground natural quartz aggregate and about ten percent polymer resin, plus pigment, pressed under vacuum and cured. The resin fills the space between the mineral particles, which is what makes the finished slab non-porous and consistent in appearance, and is also what limits its heat and ultraviolet tolerance.
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