Meet the Owner

Meet Nathan Faiella, Master Craftsman

Nathan is the founder, owner and principal of Rock Solid Granite & Marble Inc. It’s a small family business. He receives most of his business through word-of-mouth referrals. He has permanently lived in the Tampa Bay area for over 39 years and was originally from Connecticut. His work experience started in Connecticut. Rock Solid Granite & Marble Inc. was established on October 1, 2014, in Florida.

Nathan is hard-working and dedicated to ensuring your complete satisfaction. Doing business with Nathan is incredibly easy. He handles everything for you and will guide and advise you through his Concierge Design Service and keeps you informed every step of the way. His whole focus is to deliver the premium countertop that will delight you during a memorable, pleasant experience with absolutely no stress!

He has over 25 years of experience in the Engineered and Natural Stone Industry. He has held almost every position in the stone industry, turning stone into countertops. Nathan possesses an impressive array of hands-on skills that cover every aspect of the industry.

Nathan’s hands-on expertise covers:

• Sales consulting
• Laser measuring
• Designing to reveal the inherent stone beauty
• Design layout analysis on paper
• Template generation
• Cutting
• Edge profiling
• Polishing,
• Large countertop system design
• Operating fabrication machines
• Machine calibration
• Countertop installing
• Sealing countertops
• Repairing cracks and chips
• Customer service

His competencies and experience also extend to working as a customer service manager, supply buyer, inventory manager, shop operations manager, and sales manager. Nathan’s favorite role is working as a creative countertop designer, using his talents to transform stone into a work of art, and managing the fabrication and the installation of the countertop at the customer’s worksite.

Countertops by Nathan have been made for all sorts of residential customers. Nathan serves homeowners who need simple, affordable countertops, as well as customers with estate homes or mansions where high-end luxury countertops adorn large kitchens and spacious bathrooms. He also serves many customers who live in gated and deed-restricted communities.

Nathan also serves commercial customers, ranging from small to large countertop projects. These projects cater to businesses that need simple counters, as well as those with a need for long countertops for bars that seat 25 people, or customers with large kitchens for restaurants, hotels, hospitals, colleges, high schools, elementary schools, corporate buildings, etc.

Essentially Nathan is a countertop aficionado with the expertise, skills, and experience to do the whole job that differentiate him from larger national firms and local small mom & pop businesses. When it has to be done right the first time with excellent results, you call Nathan.

Nathan has  over 25 years of experience in the Engineered and Natural Stone Industry. He has crafted countertops from a variety of materials, including granite, marble, quartz, quartzite, calacite, dolomite, agate, onyx, and soapstone. He can tell you the benefits of each type of stone and also the drawbacks. He has extensive knowledge about both Engineered and Natural Stone, as well as the process to make a countertop.

During his in-home Free Design Session and Quote, he will educate you about the types of stones, prices, care required and which is the best for you based on your lifestyle and needs. Nathan has an easy-going style of communicating and is warm and friendly.  

Sitting down with Nathan in a normal, friendly conversation and listening to him explain the technical details about the different stone and countertop features is impressive. He makes it easy to understand and allow you to make sound decisions about your countertop. Nathan will provide instant suggestions and recommendations without hesitation. His extensive knowledge has taken decades of experience to develop.

Nathan started his career in the Engineered and Natural Stone Industry in 2000. and worked as a subcontractor for kitchen and bathroom remodeling companies. He developed his skill by working with some of the best artisans in the business.

In 2004, Nathan started as an installer at a large international company. He worked his way up from various fabrication jobs to become an operations manager. While working for this company, Nathan formed Rock Solid Granite & Marble to provide one-on-one concierge service to a market niche for premium countertops that was under served.

In 2015, he became a partner with the company that had a three-shift operation at the time. In 2018, he left the company and worked for another natural stone company as a sales manager. In 2022, Nathan returned to the large international company to address the declining sales issue and successfully turned it around by increasing value and improving customer satisfaction.

In 2023, Nathan decided to leave his corporate job in favor of a simpler life and work full-time at Rock Solid Granite & Marble, thus reducing his workweek from 70 hours to 40 hours. Nathan is a lot happier and is not chasing higher sales. He is working on what he loves to do. Nathan has the authority to focus on doing what’s right for his customers and creating the best countertops in Tampa Bay.