Close up of the seam? Does it ‘feel’ even and smooth? Did you review the layout of the slab before they fabricated?

Here are a close-up and one a little further the seem is really smooth I didn't look at the layout beforehand and the contractor did it for around $48 an sqft so I'm probably just being too picky

So if it was done at $100 per foot you might feel o.k. to request that they fix it?

If you are referring to the seam in the 1 ST photo, I would encourage you to have them redo it. Quartz should be a bit more even in design. And I have experienced the same issue with granit and I did not complain and dearly regret it.

Well it's natural quartz and they had to use two slabs so there was a bit of variation

if they used two slabs then they should have done a better job matching up the two pieces where you have the seam. That would have meant exploring diff ways to cut the slab so that the two neighboring pieces are as close in match as possible. I'll also add that as the buyer of this, they should have informed where they were cutting it and how the seams were going to match up. But, 48 bucks for material and install is pretty cheap.

the seam itself is ok, the rest of it, not very dedicated workmanship.

And I'm also going to say that this doesn't look like quartzite. (It's not quartz. quartz slabs are man-made) have you done a stain/etch test on it? Any eft over pieces that they gave you? (which you paid for so you should have them. that doesn't look like two slabs worth. )

I'll have to do a stain/ etch on it. There is also a vanity top that they made from the slab

I think most of the issue is with the fabricator, not the installer

"If they used two slabs then they should have done a better job matching up the two pieces where you have the seam. That would have meant exploring diff ways to cut the slab so that the two neighboring pieces are as close in match as possible."

Beth:

Seam matching is not as easy as you make it sound. Stones with movement aren't going to line up like they don't have seams unless they're book matched. You can flip pieces end-for-end until you're blue in the face, but it ain't gonna match perfectly.

The pictured seams are fine.

well yes, the fabricator is the one who decides where to do the cuts. but the installer usually works with him as a team.

if you slab is a hard quartzite material, the sharp corner edge will scratch a glass tile. if instead it leaves a powdery residue, you have a marble material.

if you drop pure lemon juice on the top and let it sit for 5 mins, what happens to the finish? (do it on a spare piece.)

Joseph, i understand that. but w/two slabs, the fabricator could have played around w/the pieces in order to get a better match in the most prominent part of that countertop! come on. If he's going to cut one piece, then the next piece should be cut from the same area of the same slab. this match looks like he used 2 diff slabs

at the very least, the fabricator should have shown the guy where he was cutting and how it might look once placed side by side.

We get these posts all the time.