Step 1: Finding the Deposit
Geologists and quarry owners study rock formations to find granite deposits with attractive colour, consistent quality and few cracks. Test blocks are cut and polished to evaluate the stone before full-scale quarrying begins.
Step 2: Extracting the Blocks
Workers drill rows of holes into the rock and use diamond wire saws, controlled splitting or carefully managed methods to separate large blocks from the bedrock. Blocks can weigh twenty tonnes or more. Modern diamond-wire cutting reduces waste and produces cleaner, larger blocks than older methods.
Step 3: Transporting the Blocks
Cranes and heavy loaders lift the blocks onto trucks, which carry them to processing plants. Imported granite travels by sea in containers or as raw blocks.
Step 4: Cutting Blocks into Slabs
At the processing plant, gang saws or multi-wire saws slice each block into slabs of standard thickness — commonly 18, 20 or 30 mm. This can take many hours per block.
Step 5: Resin Treatment and Polishing
Some slabs are treated with resin to fill natural micro-fissures and strengthen the surface. Slabs then pass through polishing lines with progressively finer abrasive heads to achieve a polished, honed, leathered or flamed finish.
Step 6: Selection at the Stone Yard
Finished slabs are shipped to suppliers like FB Marble. You visit the yard, view full slabs and choose the ones for your project.
Step 7: Templating
Our team measures your kitchen precisely, recording cabinet sizes, wall angles, sink and hob positions.
Step 8: Fabrication
Bridge saws and CNC machines cut the slab to shape. Edges are profiled and polished, and cut-outs are made for sinks and hobs.
Step 9: Installation
The pieces are carried to your home, placed on level cabinets, bonded at the seams with colour-matched epoxy, sealed and finished.
Granite in Pakistan
Local granite is quarried in regions such as Nagarparkar in Sindh and the northern mountains. FB Marble also imports from India, Brazil, Norway, Finland and Ukraine.
Get a Free Quote from FB Marble
Send a simple sketch with measurements on WhatsApp (+92 323 4148908) and we will reply with the best rate, usually within hours. You are welcome to visit our Lahore showroom on Bedian Road to see the stone in person. More guides and products are available at fbmarble.com.
