Quartz owners: mitered laminated edge or stacked?
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Comments (4)I'm sorry that I don't have picture to show you, but any kind of seams at the corner is OK. The fact is that the mitered edge at the corner is very fragile (because they have to cut 45 degree on each side of the stone corner), so it'd prone to be cracked, especially when you put something hot at this area. The seam at this corner allows the stone expand when the temperature changes, so no risk of cracking. I hope you understand what I say. Like jrueter said, with mitered edge, you can't do any radius corners (or edge)- all angled. You can visit Gracesantacruz's kitchen to see the edge: http://finishedkitchens.blogspot.com/2009/11/gracesantacruz-kitchen.html In summary, the advantage of mitered edge is that 1- you don't see the lamination 2- You can have a thicker edge 3-Like jrueter said, you can have the granite vein on the side matches to the top. It's very pretty. However, you should have seams at the corner & you can't do any radius corners. At the beginning, I planed to have a mitered edge, but instead of 2 seams, I should have 3 seams at each corner!!! And because we go with caesarstone, with stacked lamination, the line is not noticeable, so we stay with stacked lamination to save money (about &400.00) & to have 1" radius corners....See MoreUrgent: How more expensive is the miter edge? Thank you!
Comments (9)I think you need to be clearer on whether you have a 2cm slab or 3cm slab. Probably easier to stay with metric too. Note 3/4" is 2cm, and 1 3/16" is 3cm. I think you are saying you have a 2cm (3/4") slab, and you are doing an eased edge so that the overhang extends to 1 1/4". On a 2cm slab it would be more common to have the overhang extend to 4cm (which is ~ 1 1/2" or a bit more). The problem with 1 1/4" is if you put a 5/8" plywood support under the 3/4" slab, then 1 1/4" probably won't be long enough to prevent the plywood from showing. On a 3cm slab it's not common to ease the edge. Given your statement "I don't want the counter to be thicker..." why don't you just get the 3cm slab, forget the plywood subcounter, and be done with it? If you do go with an eased edge, the miter is more important if you have a busy pattern -- with a very homogenous pattern like yours, I would think a good fabricator could make a laminated edge line not show. Then again, you buy this once and use it for years, so I'd go with a mitered edge anyway (assuming your fabricator is recommending it as an upgrade and knows how to do it)....See MoreIs this what a mitered granite edge should look like?
Comments (33)Yes, they put in an extra piece of plywood because I chose such a thick edge, but we actually factored in the extra 5/8" plywood when we designed the height of the cabinets too, so that the final counter height was the height that we wanted--I am only 5'2" so my counters would usually be shorter but I designed them for a taller (average) person so they have a finished height of 37.5"....See MoreCeasarstone Mitered Edge
Comments (8)Make sure your fabricator is going to do a mitered edge versus a laminated (stacked) edge. A mitered edge is much more difficult to do & some fabricators just don't have the skill level to do mitered edge that has an invisible, non-chippy seam where A meets B. I'd ask your fabricator to make a sample of the stone edge This is a mitered edge: This is a good mitered edge: This is a not so good mitered edge: This is a laminated edge. The stone is stacked with a seam between the two pieces of stone. The first one doesn't look too bad. We've had some unhappy people post laminated edges that have either had a very visible seam between the two pieces of stone or the pattern/color of the top piece of stone is an obvious mismatch to the bottom piece of stone....See Moresjhockeyfan325
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