KRC Rock Presents...

“Romancing the Stone”

Featuring: Quartz Sweet Water Gold

At KRC Rock, we are passionate about our products and believe that each stone has a unique story to tell. Utilizing natural stone forged from the earth itself adds a primal beauty to your home and landscape that can be as unique as a fingerprint. Knowing the type of rock, its origin and the process by which it has entered your landscaping or countertops is an amazing story that goes beyond the name on the label.

This month KRC Rock presents…

Quartz Sweet Water Gold ¾”

It has been once said that Sweet Water Gold Quartzite is the perfect stone. Quarried from deep in the high elevation mountains of Northern Idaho, there are not many other types of stone that match the quality of Sweet Water Gold. This stone is a rare beauty, with shimmering textures and splashes of brilliant gold and white colors that dance across its surface. The Quartz Sweet Water stone’s balanced colors and exceptionally flat surface makes it an excellent choice for many stone applications. The consistency of thickness also allows for approximately 200-250 square feet of coverage per ton.

Quartzite:

A hard metamorphic rock transformed from sandstone. The sandstone is converted into quartzite through heating and pressure usually related to tectonic compression within orogenic belts. Pure quartzite is usually white to grey. Quartzite often occurs in various shades of pink and red due to varying amounts of iron oxide. Other colors are due to impurities of minor amounts of other materials.

Just Remeber F.I.R.E

It is safe to say the heat, as well as fire season is upon us. Ranging from July to October, the California fire season is a constant concern for property owners. To help protect your family and home during the summer season, here are some fire-wise landscaping tips and guidelines to help insure the safety of your property and family. There is a great deal of useful information across various experts and fire departments, however, to help you recall the tips, simply remember…FIRE.

Fuel Brakes are barriers designed throughout your landscape that will help keep a fire from spreading. Include stone driveways, walkways, patios, parking areas, dry streambeds and retaining walls to reduce fuel loads and create space between vegetation.

Introduce well-irrigated, low-growing, fire-smart plants in the first 30 feet around your home. Keep it “lean, clean, and green.”

Remove dead or dying vegetation around your home. Do not remove all of the vegetation leaving bare ground, which can cause soil erosion.

Experts are available at KRC Rock to assist you in creating a beautiful, fire-safe landscape.

By implementing these four simple guidelines into your landscaping projects you can reduce your house and property vulnerability to wildfires.

For more information about wildfire safety, visit the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection website at http://www.fire.ca.gov/.

KRC Rock’s Rock Star of the Month

KRC Rock is proud of all our employees that work hard to make us the industry leader in customer service and product support. Each month, we will highlight one of our “Rock Stars” via our social communities to give you a glimpse into our KRC Rock family.

August Rock Star- June Kelley

June Kelley is KRC Rock’s Assistant Manager and oversees the daily operations of the Lakeside location. Originally from Tuscon, Arizona, June brings over 10 years of business management experience. Her love for the outdoors and passion for the natural stone industry makes her a guiding light at the forefront of the KRC Rock family.

An action sport enthusiast, June can be found on her free time repelling down mountainsides, 4-wheeling, skiing or parachuting out of a plane. June also enjoys spending time with her three grandchildren and carving stone crosses and sculptures.