New counters, old backsplash, fit issues.

last year

I feel like I've read threads like this before, but in my search i cannot find any guidance. My lovely sister is getting a new induction cooktop to replace her amazing, but aged Fasar induction cooktop that the last owners of her house installed in the 1980s (the surface of which are tiles!). Her counters are Corian with a very pretty built up edge. To accomodate the new cooktop cutout that will be smaller than her existing cutout, she is planning on getting new counters. The granite she is considering is about 1/2” thicker than the Corian, which would not be an issue, but she loves her backsplash tile, it’s everywhere, and she does’t want to loose the tile, some of which can be seen below.

The only solutions i can think of are 1. for her stone guy to remove the bottom row of 4” square tiles and replace it with 3.5” of stone backsplash, above which the rest of the tile will sit, a look any of you who know me, know I dislike. 2. for her stone guy to cut the bottom row of tiles by that 1/2”. Dear houzzers, do you have any other ideas?

By the way, that’s my eggnog pie below 😁

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Amy Loves Pink Bathrooms
last year
Corian is installed with a built up edge and is 98% as thick as 2cm stone with a built up edge.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
last year
There is no law or rule that mandates a splash has to sit on top of a countertop. Let the stoner know that he has to scribe the stone to the splash within 1/8". He'll charge a little more, but that will be less than the alternatives. Fill the gap with color matching silicone caulk.

You don't want to start removing tile.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
last year
You could just inconspicuously make the cutout in the Corian smaller; can't do that with stone.
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Jackie Brown
last year
Nice looking pie!
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eam44
Original Author
last year
Thank you Joe, I think this might be what my sister was trying to explain to me. It looks ok that way?

And thank you Jackie, it was delicious 😋
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
last year
It will look fine.
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eam44
Original Author
last year
Personally, i like the idea of making the cutout smaller. Use Corian for what it’s great at. her counters are from the ’80s and there isnt an exact match any more, but she can get pretty close. That way she can keep her pretty edge profile that no one here seems to make anymore. Would she hire a fabricator to do this?

I think she really wanted the granite. ”No one gets Corian anymore" apparently. On a related note, the indiction top installer doesnt want to install the cooktop in a flush mount, but that’s what my sister was hoping for. Are there any cons to doing this? Should she look for another installer?
Connecticut Yankeeeee
last year
I’m just here for the pie 😋😋
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
last year
A good Corian repairperson will be trying to steal color-match material from another area if possible and using the replacement in the stolen area. Solid color Corian seams old to new quite inconspicuously.