Shree Vinayaga Granitz

You can find us over at Kuppamal Layout, right on Mill Road. It’s number 22/177-A. We have been working with granite here for a while, and the place usually smells like wet stone and grease from the machinery. It’s a messy job, really. There’s always water on the floor because we use it to keep the dust down while we are cutting. We wear boots all day and by the time we go home, they are usually covered in grey slush. The layout is a bit tucked away, but once you find us, you’ll see the slabs leaning against the walls. It’s not a showroom where everything is polished and shiny; it’s a working yard. We move the heavy blocks with the hoist and hope the weather stays clear so we can work outside. Some days are slower than others, and we just spend that time cleaning up the scraps or organizing the smaller pieces. People come by looking for something specific for their kitchens or floors, and we just walk them through the rows. We don’t use any big sales pitches or anything like that. We just tell them what we have and let the stone speak for itself. It’s a practical business and we like it that way. Every piece of stone is different, which keeps it from getting boring. Sometimes we have to redo a cut, but that's just how it goes. By the end of the week, the yard looks completely different.