ONLY way to do it. Unless you put in the wall cabinets after, and its not between 2 walls.

A 6' splash shouldn't be a problem in one piece. I'm betting he's saving money using remnants. Depending on the color, particulates, and movement in the stone, your'e going to see eye-level vertical seems.

For me, the beauty of the slab backsplash is that you can see and follow the veining without disruption. I'm assuming this is costly, unless the they are using remnants. If it were me, and I couldn't (due to fabricator capability or cost) have the slab without seams, I'd select something else for the backsplash.

I have heard it's common for there to be three pieces because one Slab might not be enough and they want it to be even so they have one piece under the hood area and one on each side.

What did you end up doing? I've just run into the same dilemma. I was thinking it would be one continuous slab, but after taking measures the installer is insisting on three pieces.

Hey Rachel, I ended up doing the backslash in one full piece. After talking more with my fabricator i think there was a miscommunication... turns out he suggested 3 pieces because he thought adding the additional price of the slab would exceed my budget. I think they *prefer* to do it in 3 pieces because there's less chance something will go wrong in the installation. Once I said I was ok with the additional cost, not a problem.

Just a word of advice if doing in 1 slab, take the time to make sure the wall is as flat as possible before they measure. My slab is 90" long and I put a skim coat on the wall to help build up the low spots so the slab fit properly.

I have the same issue. After cabinets installed and met with fabricator I was told had to be 3 pieces but the seams would be ok. My designer never told me this would be the case and in the plans she had it in one piece. She told me whatever he says was golden. Now I have marble cut in 3 pieces and it looks like crap. I have since learned it could have been installed prior to cabinets in 1 piece. Any designers out there taking issue that this wasn’t determined prior to the cabinet install or speak to cabinet guy and have them removed so it’s not 3 pieces? Please help.