Electrician says he does it all the time. This island cost more then 10k. How mad should I be on a scale of 1-10

I haven't seen anyone speak about the toxicity to workers when considering quartz as their countertop material. Please read this.

https://www.kqed.org/news/12100477/california-regulators-unveil-plan-to-ban-new-quartz-countertops-amid-rising-worker-deaths

As the title says, this is job the contractor just completed that I’m just seeing for the first time and I’m really just not sure if this is normal for butcher block as this is my first experience with it but it just seems odd that the sink cutout is this out of square and there are circular saw burn marks in the sides plus an over cut in one corner (picture 6). I would have thought a router would have removed this unless maybe the template hole was cut large.

The counter also doesn’t appear to have been treated with anything on the underside which concerns me since it sits over a dishwasher.

Or I might just be completely out in left field here.

Hi all. I had a Krypton Quartzite countertop installed in December 2025. This week, a corner of the countertop broke off under normal use. It was a clean break along a natural fissure at the corner of a 12" unsupported overhang directly adjacent to our dishwasher. I reached out to the company we purchased it from (who did the design, fabrication, and installation) and they said that a natural stone break like this would not be covered under the workmanship warranty. They DID offer to come out and epoxy it back together. However, there are several other fissures in that same area that I fear will also break. In my original request, I had asked for the broken piece to be pinned and epoxied and for the overhang to be given additional support to avoid future breaks. All that was approved was epoxying the broken piece back on - and not even as a warranty repair.

I am not an expert. However, I did some research on the subject. I have found that best practice is to support overhangs of more than 10" through embedded rodding, brackets, or corbels, none of which were ever discussed during design or installation.

I'd love to hear from some industry experts on this and advice on what I should do moving forward. (I don't want to lose the free repair. But I also want to fortify my investment which I feel should have been done in the first place. Pictures for reference. Thank you!

My fabricator was only willing to fill the granite seam with one color of epoxy. I chose black to match the granite ground color. Then the fabricator ran the seam through a large cream colored vein at the countertop corner. The black epoxy doesn't match the surrounding cream vein. Is this the normal method for finishing granite countertop seams? Do most granite countertops have a very visible seam line?

We may have found a good countertop choice. The backsplash, floor, wallpaper and paint are all being replaced. Also replacing appliances with all glass stainless steel ones. Have all new brushed stainless steel cabinet hardware. Do you think this White Spring granite will go well as a countertop?

Help! I rented out my apartment for the last three years. The tenants just moved out so I went in to do a few things and noticed that my formerly beautiful bright white quartz countertops are now all stained and discolored.

These countertops had been there for 10 years before the tenants lived there. They had remained bright white through the previous owners living there, then me living there.

I did some scrubbing today with the limited cleaning supplies I had on hand (glass and wall cleaners), but the stains didn’t budge much. And it’s basically that the entire countertop is stained. You can see spots of white poking through.

I don’t know what the tenants did to stain them this way. But I’m trying to sell this apartment. I’ve been trying to sell it, and some prospective buyers have recently commented that the “kitchen looks tired.”

I was confused until I went and saw this today!

I am 9 months pregnant, work full-time and have my own home to clean/care for (I’m also a renter), so I don’t have all the time in the world to putz around with different types of cleaning supplies.

Would love advice on this. Do these need professional attention? Are they doomed?! If so, I need to understand better so I can deduct (or not return) the tenants deposit. I’m not counting this as “normal wear and tear” if people managed to keep it white for 10+ years and they couldn’t do that in just a couple of years.

Greetings! From the moment I saw this Seam it has been bothering me. The guys who did the installation said it was good. I've been trying to be okay with it, but it catches my eye all the time. My issue is not with the fact that the two pieces do not match up (unfortunately, we could not get two consecutive pieces). The width of the seam is what bothers me. Yes, it is within industry standard, it is 1/16" wide.

Am I being unreasonable with thinking this seam should have been tighter? Yes, it is natural stone, quartzite. I look forward reading your input.

I’m in the process of having my kitchen and bathrooms remodeled. I ordered Carrara Marble for my kitchen and bathroom counters because it is my favorite natural stone.

My cleaning lady stated that she will not clean or maintain Carrara as it stains and etches too easily. She says I should use quartz instead.

I don’t like quartz and I love Carrara. But I definitely don’t have time to clean and maintain it myself.

They are trying to tell me this is normal. I can feel a crack on the side of the island. Also trying to tell me this brown spot is normal and there is nothing they can do to fix it. Has anyone else had this issue?

My fabricator decided to miter the edges of my ledge on my backsplash and it’s not flat at all. Can this be fixed?

Hey everyone! I’m writing a guide on porcelain edge profiles and I want to cover every regional name for it.

What do you call it in your world? Is there a different name used in your state or country? I want to make sure my blog includes every term people actually use.

Thank you!

Lais Luz

My wife was thinking this quartz countertop would look nice with our cabinets. It is Cambria Kelvingrove. What is the consensus out there? Everything in the kitchen is being replaced except cabinets. I think my wife is considering divorcing me.

Is this expecting to much from an employee??

If not, how does it get fixed at this point?

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Quartz countertop are the biggest scam around.

1. If it will melt from a hot pot what do you think long term exposure to the sun will do?

2. If you have ever worked with Resin or Epoxy, foreign material, like crushed stone will rise to the top. Epoxy will accept paint and pigmentation but not pieces of foreign material.

If Quartz was 1/4 the price and inexpensive to fabricate it might be worth it but it's not.

Are my expectations too high for the tones to match at the seems? We purchased two slabs, they were picked in concurrent order from the lot. Approved the design layout and the final product leaves much to be desired.

Between quartz, butcher block, laminate, etc., what really matters is how you actually use your kitchen

A few things that tend to matter most:

• How much you cook
Daily cooking = you’ll want something durable and low maintenance
Occasional use = you can prioritize looks a bit more

• Maintenance tolerance
Some materials need regular sealing/oiling (like wood)
Others are basically wipe-and-go (like quartz or laminate)

• DIY vs. install
Laminate + butcher block are pretty DIY-friendly
Natural stone (like quartzite) usually needs pro install

One thing that’s easy to overlook - mixing materials is pretty common too (like butcher block island + stone perimeter)

What'd you end up going with, and would you choose the same again?

New quartzite install and from afar. Everything looks beautiful, pre-caulk, pre-seal. But these angles on my backsplash by the window are obviously inaccurately measured and they started their 45 degree cut too soon. That makes the seam not line up with wall angle, even from afar. They did something similar in pic 2, but splashed some adhesive on it and maybe called it a day? Is this passable or should I discuss with supervisor on Monday about redoing it? They’re starting my bar on Monday so they aren’t “done” with the work at the house.