Light gray Sharpie. Do it now before you fill it with contamination by feeling for the crack with your finger.

It appears he smacked the drill against the top when the the piece he was drilling let go. Amateur. If he had to eat this top he'd never do it again, I promise.

Geez. He didn't even bother to wipe off his pencil marks. Hope the Sharpie works :-/

Surely if the installer broke the countertop she or he has to replace it? I would not be happy with the Sharpie solution.

If he had done that to just one hole, I might let it go, but he did it to every hole he drilled. Either he is really bad at drilling holes or the quartzite is very fragile? If there are no other cracks like that anywhere else on the slab, then I think you have to go with drilling error.

/\ what Oldryder said, exactly.

Just wondering what your installer did to fix this or did they replace the counter?

I just had Calacatta quartzite countertops installed and I also have stress fractures around the sink...but even worse

Trying to figure out what to do myself because fabricator says its not his fault

Tracsurf - the installer replaced the slab. It took a couple more weeks to get everything in but was worth it. I would press your installer to do the right thing, replace and make you the client happy.

Heather- any more pictures of your new stone? I’m debating White Pearl, White Lux and Taj Mahal. Any unusual colors in yours?

We went with Sea Pearl Quartzite. Supposed to be very hard and they broke a number of blades cutting. So far six weeks in no issues. Looks great in my opinion but stone yard tried to sell me some marble first calling it soft quartzite. My fabricator went with us to purchase to make sure we got the right product. Also went with the thicker 3 inch stone slab vs 2 inch.

"Also went with the thicker 3 inch stone slab vs 2 inch."

You went with 3cm (centimeter) 1 1/4", not 3".

Heather, you have some good advice above, the countertop is damaged.

Quartz is a manmade material that is created by combining crushed stone with color and resin to make an engineered slab so there is no fissure.

"Quartz is a manmade material that is created by combining crushed stone with color and resin to make an engineered slab so there is no fissure."

That's true, but the stone in this thread is quartzite, which is natural.

We are happy with our new slab!

This is from them drilling without water its a bit messier but the diamond bit gets hot so combine hot and hard surface its gunna stress no matter what i been doin counterops since i was 18 i know this

Pelon and Mayo stoneworks

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