At 62” and a slab of Hanstone is only 55” wide, you are getting a seam. Unless you want to buy all 65” Jumbo slabs for the job, at additional cost. You cannot mix jumbo and regular slabs together, as they will not come from the same lot.

And if you have selected a color with big bold pattern, don’t do it. Reselect to something calm and quiet that wont look so bad and need so much costly extra material to match up and look good with a seam.

We have selected Antello color, it has subtle grey/gold veins. Should there be a crack in that corner, will it be considered a manufacturer defect if there is no seam? The fabricator told me that the manufacturer's guideline recommends a seam in corners.

Elizabeth L.:

I doubt your fabricator is lying; many manufacturers have insisted on seam corners. If it's done right, it will be highly inconspicuous:

@Joseph Corlett, LLC. Nice job! I don't see any seam.

I have the choice of a beveled edge (1/8") or square edge? Which one would you recommend?

There is no way that you can get the stone stretcher to make a 55" slab stretch to the 64" needed to cover that area without a seam. Sharp edges will chip more. Do a roundover.

The more rounded the edge, the less likely the chipping. I would outlaw square edges if I could.

The fabricator came to do the first measurement.

1. The fabricator noted "double edge" on the quote. Is "mitered" better?

2. He is doing 1" overhang past the door. Should it flush to the handle, 1-1/8" deep?

Thanks

WHY are you not communicating with your fabricator? You did choose a good fabricator who has the experience for the job, right? All of your questions should be directed to him, if you want that job to end up correct.

I do a lot of research, I would like to make sure it is done correctly before they start cutting the quartz.

Everyone has provided me with very helpful suggestions for my kitchen renovation for which I am very grateful.

I'd make sure to work with your fabricator during the templating stage. Ask him to show you how the cuts will be laid out on your slabs, so that you can see what the transition will look like at the seam.

How big is/are your slab/s?

I just checked with a fabricator, the slab is 130"x65".

So he bought a Jumbo. Did he buy another Jumbo for the rest of the kitchen? Or does that 1 slab have to use every single scrap, even if it's not an optimal seam?

They charged me for 3 slabs. The perimeter countertop will be 25-3/4", 1" past the door and the island countertop, 28-1/4"x62-3/4. See picture of the kitchen layout.

They asked me if I want a waterfall on the island, but I think it will be too busy because of the solid maple wood doors (raised panels), including the side panels and my kitchen is small.

seems to me you could do that kitchen in 2 jumbo slabs and have all the veining go one way.

Left and right sides from one slab all the way to back corner using the long dimension. (call that one slab)

That shortens the left and right of the stove to about 3'(both across the short side of the slab - so that uses 60" of the 130") and then there's still 70" for the island.

I am sure you could also do it in 2 slabs if you wanted the veining to go the other way too - that was just the easiest to do in my head.

3 seems excessive.

But to answer your question - you have an L where each leg is longer than the shorter side of the slab, so it has to seam somewhere...

Quartz isn't suitable behind the range - it can't stand the heat. Fine for the rest of the backsplash, as long as the pattern isn't too busy.

I'm glad you decided against the waterfall.

"Quartz isn't suitable behind the range - it can't stand the heat."

Let's not blame a product catagory for the failure of designers and homeowners to follow appliance manufacturer's installation instructions. That is why engineered stone fails behind appliances.

Skip any backsplash behind a range.

Monique:

Thanks for making my point. Anyone who believes that a white granite wouldn't have the same singe mark is deluding themselves.