Yes, ask about it either in the kitchen or bathroom forums. Several people have done this - you do have to be careful on cutting the tiles for the edges of the counter so that it looks professional.

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4 x 4 inches? Or 4 x 4 feet? if feet, they'll have to be cut down. If inches, they would be pretty easy to work with. However, depending on the movement in the particular slab, you may have trouble figuring out how to lay them and have it not look like a checkerboard (something like Absolute Black or Uba Tuba may work best).

Also, I'm one of those that doesn't care for granite tiles -- it just makes me think they didn't want to pay for the slab granite. In my case, if budget were an issue, I would get a nice laminate before I would do granite tiles of any size. But that's just me, and your mileage may differ.

I have to agree with jakabedy - I think you would be better served with a nice granite looking laminate rather than 4x4 tiles. With then that small I think the focus would be pulled to all the grout instead of the granite . . . and then what is the point? I think unless you had a patternless (is that a word?)granite it would just break it up too much. A friend of mine has a laminate in a gloss finish that looks strikingly like uba tuba . . . you should check them out.

I've seen nice granite tile counters but the tile sizes were much bigger. 4x4 inches may be too small and choppy. It would depend on the granite color and the grout color.

Oh no, you don't want those for a counter. Backsplash, maybe. There are 12x12 granite tiles, and counter-depth mini-slabs (usually something like 18x26) available to do granite at a lesser cost. There's also prefab granite slab, usually with a full bullnose, that can be *really* inexpensive, although the folks on the kitchen forum could tell you what to watch out for when evaluating it.

No 4x4 on the counter. Please :)

I agree with fly........use at least 12 x 12 on the counter. Most granite tiles have a beveled edge and you can install them so that there are practically no grout lines. They can look really nice on counters and often work better than a slab in some locations.

Lowes and HD carry granite tiles at a good price. There are fabricators that will bullnose tile so that the ends are smooth for the edges and/or corners.

We have 12x12 marble tiles on our powder room vanity top. The builder had originally specified that it was going to be a slab, but he couldn't find a remnant:

If you are going to hire the help, it will cost you more to get the 4 x 4s done in granite than it would for the 1 x 1s. Granite people who do tiles are very expensive. Granite is hard to cut and smaller pieces can fracture easier. Plus, it will look like a patchwork quilt if it has any pattern.

Well, that's what I thought, too. I just was trying to find something I could do with these tiles :) We;ll probably just bite the bullet and order our granite slab.