We have had calcutta porcelain countertop for about a year and a half. Beautiful looking and durable, no chips and so easy to keep clean. We also had the kitchen island installed with a wedi board underneath. the texture feels like waffle cone material when you run your hand underneath when sitting down on the stool. any way to make this feature more pleasing?

I was discussing whether to go with 12 mm porcelain slab or not for my shower walls with the fabricator. The fabricator told me that the porcelain slabs on walls with shower niche will have at least 4 seams, 2 seams on each side of the shower niche to prevent it from chipping/cracking during installation. Not sure if this is true or if my fabricator lacks the experience and or tools to install porcelain slab on shower walls. Hoping someone here knows.

Also, does anyone have experience with porcelain slabs on shower walls? Any chips at all especially around shower niche or shower bench?

Anyone know a good installer in the Dallas, Texas area?

So happy I found this thread. Does anyone know how to securely adhere a 12mm porcelain slab to ikea cabinets without a mitered edge? We will be polishing the edge for a sleeker look, so no sub top is needed or can be shown... I was thinking to inset plywood strips in each cabinet, from and back?

Roberto Colonatti has just published a fabrication and installation manual. You and your fabricator must read, comprehend, and follow as he's the best in the world. He knows more than the manufacturers, I promise.

Thank you Joseph!

@Leonela Salazar fiandre and sapienstone are the same company - believe fiandre is 1/4" while sapienstone is 1/2" (and most likely what you would use for counters)

we used fiandre porcelain on the floor and walls of our master bathroom reno and sapienstone for our kitchen countertops, waterfall, and backsplash.

@deesg we did fiandre large format porcelain slabs in our bathroom reno. our tile was 1/4" (12mm is closer to 1/2") and our walls look great. knock on wood we have not seen any chips on the walls yet - we have seen a very thin crack on the floor tile but that is for other reasons

I have been planning to do porcelain countertops in my new build kitchen (12 mm product) and would like to know if the mitered edge looks the same as a mitered edge of quartz. In some pictures it looks as if the space where the two porcelain edges come together has more of a gap filled with epoxy than what I am familiar with seeing on quartz mitered edges.

Mine seems pretty tight. I’m attaching a photo.

With the possible exception of certain quartzites, the quality of mitered edges is determined by fabricator skill and experience, not material.

Yes, looks good. I would be very happy with that. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful!

Thank you. We are very happy with the counters.

alopez56, what state are you in? im looking for a porcelain installer in Reno, NV. Any recommendations? Thanks!

@psferretti This is what our mitered edges using porcelain (sapienstone) look like

Thank you for sharing! How long have you had your porcelain countertops? Any regrets?

@Psferretti we have had since august/September - we installed on kitchen island (waterfall with mitered edge) and stove countertop, as well as both bathroom countertops (not mitered edges there). We are really happy with the look so far, and they have held up (no scratches or chips yet, knock on wood). However I believe that sapienstone was advertised to be scratch and heat resistant, and we haven’t really tested those aspects (like cutting directly on the counter or putting hot pans/pots directly on the surface). We also made sure to choose a very good fabricator because we read a lot of horror stories on Houzz about their porcelain countertops not holding up.

No regrets (yet) on our end! Also attached another photo of our bathroom countertops for additional reference. Good luck on your project and happy to help with any additional questions!

@psferretti correction, we did mitered eased edges for bathroom countertops too!!

We've had our kitchen countertops and backsplash for 1.5 years now and LOVE it! No regrets and get so many compliments!

Thanks everyone for the comments! I’m getting porcelain slabs installed in the next week. I’ll keep you posted on how it goes!

Hi @Michelle Kim, gorgeous stone! Would you mind sharing your fabricator / install team?

Many thanks

We’ve been really happy with them for the past 10 months. Our fabricator (via the GC) got some training and certs to do the install.

@HU-293304230 we used sapienstone (same manufacturer as fiandre) and we used faithful countertops for fabrication/installation, at the recommendation of the fiandre showroom in NYC since faithful countertops had installed their showroom pieces (and we thought if the actual maker is using faithful, then we should too!). i believe that faithful countertops does work in the tri-state area but i could be wrong - definitely NY and NJ though. they have a lot of experience fabricating and installing porcelain and we have not had issues thus far (knock on wood). however i would mention that although their work product is great, we had issues with them communication-wise (i.e. we would have in writing in an email that we requested x and that they had confirmed, but they would later tell us that that was not part of the agreement). i am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt though given that our installation occurred during COVID and we had some delays, so the process took a few months rather than 1-2 months.

@Crystal Johnson Did you end up finding a good installer here in Dallas?

@Michelle Kim thanks so much! We're in NYC will definitely check them out.

Still loving my Walker Zanger Secolo, but I do have some chips near my dishwasher.

Equastone in NY was my fabricator.

Does anyone happen to have a good fabricator/installer in SW Florida? Thank you!

I would also be interested in a good fabricator installer in South Florida. Thanks!

@Ryan Sanders: Really like your countertop. I have been looking for this look with no luck. What brand is it? Thanks!

Walker Zanger Secolo.

Lisa’s Kitchen: what thickness did you do for the countertops?

For the island, I think they did a mitered edge that was 2 inches. The surrounding areas were less...maybe 1.25. The original slab is thinner. Walker Zanger Secolo.

Ooh, so glad I found this. I am exploring for shower walls - it's beautiful!

Did any of the SW Florida posters find a good fabricator?

I have a really good fabricator in Houston. Roberto 832-996-9439. We installed a ton of porcelain in this project.

@E C Wow, beautiful. That vent hood is amazing. I'd almost move to Texas for that kitchen. Almost. 😉

What are the cabinets?

Stunning

@tozmo1 they are Porcelanosa cabinets. All the porcelain in this house was also Porcelanosa, all coming from Spain. Originally we were going to do a wood hood, but we had leftover porcelain cuts and decided to just use it on the vent hood. Came out very good. It’s all about the fabricator though. Takes a village to install because the porcelain can break so easily while they are doing it, afterwards it’s super durable.

@E C, Roberto isn't a fabricator, he's an old world artisan. Just beautiful. Kudos to his team too.

Wowwwww! gorgeous.

Exquisite! Going to use Porcelain slabs in master shower, countertops in all bathrooms, kitchen countertops and up the entire wall behind kitchen counters. Used to use back painted glass behind granite but eventually saw some paint faded in spots. Now to find fabulous fabricator who can install in Bernards Twp, NJ!

We were planning on getting porcelain counter tops and the fabricator we were put into contact with from our builder said he will only do 2 inch height and that anything below that destroys the integrity of the counter. Is this true?

Thank you

What do you mean by 2” height? You mean the front piece/face of the countertop?

@knealech, 2 inch mitered edges look good, go for it, that’s the modern look nowadays

First, where can I get the Fab & Install Manual By Roberto Colonatti? And Second, Desperately need recommendation for *Fabricator/Installer" for Porcelain Stone in the San Fernando Valley/ LA area. Thanks so much.

Ask him please.

@Shelley Anderson did you find a Fabricator/Installer" for Porcelain Stone in the San Fernando Valley/ LA area? we are looking for one too.

Question to those using porcelain : with an undermount farmhouse sink in the kitchen - are you building up the interior inner edge ? The porcelains ( especially the silky ) are so much more beautiful/ authentic looking than the quartz- except for that 1/2” rim around the sink . I going to try and have the installer build it up . Has anyone done that successfully? I know you have to have a radius ( we going to try to have sort of clipped corners instead of sharp edges) I am in the San Fernando valley too .

You'd better get a through body sintered, because it's mathematically impossible to get inside miters to match and you can't do a built-up edge without the through body.