Soapstone is fairly expensive 100 per square foot or more.
Is soapstone less expensive than granite.
It is less dramatic than most types of granite but many people prefer its subtle beauty to the loud exuberance of granite.
Aside from its warm soft appearance and touch.
Not including installation a typical 30 square foot slab of granite or quartz costs about 1 500 to 3 000 while a soapstone countertop costs about 2 100 to 3 600.
Granite and quartz cost about 50 to 100 per square foot while soapstone countertops costs 70 to 120 per square foot.
Soapstone costing 2 700 to 4 200 costs about the same as granite.
But if your tired of generic granite and you want some wow.
General cost not including installation 70 100 per sq.
Basically soapstone is still plenty hard but it s just soft enough that it s less brittle than granite or quartz.
You could do concrete tops.
That being said granite will offer you many more styles than soapstone does.
Also a high quality natural stone granite will not cost you as much soapstone.
Like granite and slate soapstone is a siliceous stone and is not affected by acids.
Most often found in dark grey with light gray veins.
However construction grade soapstone the kind that is used for counters and other around the home purposes generally falls around 5 5 6 5 on the mohs hardness scale which isn t much softer than either quartz or granite.
Soapstone countertop pros and cons.
Composed of magnesite dolomite chlorite and talc soapstone is very soft yet extremely dense.
Concrete is one of the more expensive tops you can use.
70 100 per sq ft.
What is a composite granite countertop.
Can be expensive to install in slab form.
The pros of soapstone countertops.
Many natural and random colors and styles.
Many colors fewer random patters than granite.
Is soapstone cheaper than granite.
Soapstone is heavier than granite per square foot.
Soapstone is quarried like marble and granite with most of it coming from brazil.
Composite granite countertops are a type of engineered stone typically made from 90 quartz and 10 resin.