r/CounterTops

Salt pool just got pebbled and filled over the weekend. They came and are putting chlorine, cleaning it and teaching us today and tomorrow. Then weekly checks and chemicals.

Pool builder is going to fix the remaining small issues before we sign off. The sprinklers are being installed this week, then grass.

Outdoor kitchen—Blaze LTE+ 40 inch grill, functional sink, stone all around, Bahamas White polished granite with a 10inch overhang.

We live in Tampa Bay and have 2 kids under 7 who are eager to jump in later in the week.

Thx for the feedback and help throughout this process.

Any ideas on what this may be or something really close? I asked about another one a few weeks back and Reddit came thru and hit it exactly. This is another building on a university campus and apparently no one keeps any records there on what was used in the past.

This granite countertop is in a bathroom at my job and it is sagging severely. Outside of replacing them the only other idea I have is to beef up the framing in minor ways. Can anyone tell me would my idea actually work?

A. Add more cripples for extra support. A minimum of double what's already there.

B. Turn all existing cripples 90° so that they actually add support as intended.

C. Run a board flush with the bottom stud to the wall length wise to fill in any space.

D. Put whatever size blocks I can fit under space so that the frame has its own support to rest the weight on or possibly building a box to run length wise for the same purpose with the added benefit of being more asthetically pleasing when all is said and done.

This is the template from our fabricator. They want us to sign off and we made the changes as you can see from the hand writing. The countertop fabricator insists that the seam is regularly at the sink. We are purchasing two slabs that we have already picked out. They are waiting for our approval and we are adamant not to have the seams at the sink where they will attract more dirt than the places where we have requested the seams. The fabricator is fighting us, but we are standing firm. Will plan to discuss again tomorrow morning.

A bit of background: we did purchase from Lowe’s, so worst case, I will go back to Lowe’s and tell them the issues we are having. Curious if others think our seams are unreasonable? I mean, we know why we want them there and it works for us. Does it make it difficult to install? After we can agree on the seams, we are planning to pay for the digital layout to match up the grain. We just seem stuck at this point.

Background: got free granite off of market place. I do had them cut to piece together is it’s for a garage. I have two joints that have an awful finish

Any help making this smoother would be greatly appreciated

Will this maintain color with oiling?

My husband and I have narrowed it down to 2 granite choices for our kitchen and bathroom.

Pic 1 is White Thunder. Pics 2 and 3 are zoomed in parts of White Thunder

Pic 4 is Leathered Lennon. Pics 5 and 6 are zoomed in parts of it.

We do not have cupboard colors picked out yet.

I'm reading on here that leathered granite is more for outdoor kitchens and it's harder to clean.

For those who have leathered, do you find it hard to keep clean with kids?

Husband didn't like the look of polished Lennon, only the leathered option.

Thank you!

Is there a way to remove the stains on the quartz countertop in the photo above?

Finally had our Iron Blue honed quartzite countertops installed. I love them and need backsplash ideas. Should I go with frosted/matte glass elongated subway tiles to lighten up the room or something else. I'm trying to avoid dark colors or a busy pattern. Anyone else install Iron Blue? As an FYI, this is not Ijen Blue - Ijen Blue is much lighter so I classify the color as moody. Also going to seal it with Akemi Darkener Super for a 'wet look' seal to bring out the depth of colors.

After the cleaning person finished with our bathroom last time I noticed these white stains. They have cleaned our bathroom for years. Is this etching? Water stain? It doesn't come off with gentle pressure. Considering just getting the whole counter fixed professionally but wanted to see if this is fixable myself. Thanks in advance.

I'm on the hunt for this countertop! Does anyone have a clue what it is? Found on Pinterest

From start to finish our kitchen took just shy of months to finish from tear down to completion yesterday. We started tearing down 4th of July last year and yesterday it is 95% done. Minus water hook ups and filler.

I need some help with what countertop to go with based on our materials picked and AI inspo pick. Vanity cabinet will be oak Kemper cabinets stained in Kanga, bedrosians mystere tile floors, and the sage green tiles for the walls. Anyone with similar colors have photos?

I don’t know if anyone will remember but a few weeks back I posted about finding my dream quartzite but it wasn’t available. Since then I’ve been looking high and low to find something similar. And while there have been some close contenders, nothing I found had the depth of color and movement that I loved on those other slabs.

Well today I gave up the search and ended up locking down two slabs of “Aqua Cristallo”. I actually was inspired by some of the recent posts here that showed Cristallo variants that looked really nice. So thanks you guys! I’d love to know what you all think of what I ended up with!

And, I’m still holding out hope that I’m going to get that paradise crystal after all. The fabricator is hoping to have a little bit of extra that I’m going to try to have turned into a coffee table for my living room! So fingers crossed that comes through. Thanks to all of you for the suggestions of similar materials!