Kitchen Countertop Edges Question

3 years ago

Hi Everyone,

I am remodeling my kitchen and have a certain look I'd like to achieve (see inspiration photos below) in terms of thickness for my countertops and waterfall island.

In discussions with my GC, I was told that there would not be much difference in terms of 2cm versus 3cm slabs. I ended up going with 3x 2cm Taj Mahal slabs because the color was what I'd been searching for; those slabs happened to be 2cm.

I've provided the inspiration pictures to my GC and was told the look would be achieved with mitered eased edges. However, I posted on a different topic (Whitehaven sink installation) and am getting a little worried based on the feedback I received about 2cm slabs. Is it possible for my GC to create the thick edged look below with 2cm slabs? Thank you!

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HU-131248914
3 years ago
The edge is possible at the counter edge. Not the cutouts. Which is why I don’t care for 2 cm stone.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
3 years ago
IMO waterfall counters work best in very contemporary kitchens and a whitehaen farmhouse sink is not in any way that style. The bookmaatcjong on the edges is the part that needs a real pro and costs a lot of extra time and maybe even slabs to get right I think you need 3cm for sure to get even close to what you want but I would not do a waterfall.
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Ouroboros Design
3 years ago
It is a lot of extra work and material to miter a waterfall and have it look good. Most of the time, it doesn’t. That thin tell tale overlap of the 2cm stone at the sink edge never looks good either.
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Granite City Services
3 years ago
I am a fabricator. it takes extra skill and the right saw and saw blade to make clean no ship mitre cuts on Taj Mahal. 2 or 3CM is not really a concern. That said, it's possible to make edges as shown in your pic but it usually impossible to make the grain roll over the edge at all locations due to material limitations and you need to accept that. As long as your fabricator has the skill i'd say go for it. Taj Mahal is an extraordinarily beautiful stone.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
3 years ago
" Is it possible for my GC to create the thick edged look below with 2cm slabs?"

On the perimeter, no problem. At the sink, not so much.
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Yonder Way Design
3 years ago
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With 3 bookmatched 2 cm slabs, you just might have enough material for an island with waterfall. But all the multiple multiple seams required to for a built up edge waterfall to look good WILL have edges where the patterns do not perfectly align. Which is just one of the many reasons why waterfall sides are not a great idea for most kitchens.

What counter are you planning for the perimeter? Is it slso 2cm?