Can we do this?

9 years ago

Hi. We are in the infancy steps of investigating a major update to a house. There's a long complicated back story, but we have two houses on the family farm. The newer (1977 era) one is sitting empty and has the potential to have more finished square footage (thanks to a mostly dry unfinished basement) then the older house we moved into 2 1/2 years ago. We updated the kitchen before we moved in, I was able to select my dream countertop. Netuno granite.

My question is, can we remove the granite, send it in to get refabricated to fit the new kitchen in the newer house? I've seen where people reuse granite on an identical layout, but the 2 layouts would be completely different. Thanks to the large farmhouse kitchen in the old house, we have 3 long slabs that would easily be enough footage for the newer house. We are talking about tearing down the older house as other then some awesome granite, it needs a lot of work. (roof, flooring, cabinets, foundation, septic, the list goes on)

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CEFreeman_GW DC/MD Burbs 7b/8a
9 years ago
I would say that anything is possible.

For a price!

Sounds like an interesting project.
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9 years ago
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Better to design something outside those size constraints and maybe just concentrate on using a single piece as an island, and the rest as vanities. Creating constraints is not the best way to go about doing a design.

You won't save any money. The money in granite is the labor, not the materials. The removal, transport, storage, and refabricating is likely to be higher in costs than just starting over picking new stone. Especially if you have a year or more of storage as would be involved in a new build. Salvaged materials always come at a higher premium than new materials.
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wilson853
9 years ago
I sold my previous kitchen to a family that had a house fire. They purchased everything including the granite and had it fabricated to fit their layout. Their crew removed everything very carefully and were even able to get the 102" island off in one piece. If you were happy with your fabricator, I'd check with them first to see if they would be willing to help you with the removal and re-fabrication. It sounds like you have some great pieces. It would be a shame not to use them in some fashion.
eam44
9 years ago
Before you do anything else, do whatever it takes to make that mostly dry basement into a very dry basement :-)

As far as storage costs go, can't you just leave the granite in the old house until you need it worked on? In fact, can't you worry about the granite after you have a drawing for your new kitchen layout? Then you can call your granite guy and ask him for a quote.

It's so early in the process. May I recommend you start a folder for every element of your kitchen (one for counters, one for appliances, one for layouts, etc...) write down all of your ideas and keep them handy so you can refer to them when you need them?
Stacy T
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you everyone! I was worried about the price to have them refabricated, especially since we live over an hour from the company. Yes, we will be living in the old house while we remodel the newer house. The only issue I see with that is if we can (including cost effectiveness) recycle the current counters for the new kitchen, at some point we will have to live without them while they are being refabricated. We will have to rig up some plywood counters or some alternative.