Marble counter, chip and missing a hole
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8 years ago
Our carrara marble countertops were installed today. I think they are beautiful! No seams anywhere.
But there are supposed to be four holes at the sink--two faucets and two soap dispensers, one set of each on each side of the sink.
And there are a couple of chips at the back edge of the countertop. With the gap and the chip, the biggest ends up being 1/2 inch out from the wall. That wall will have heath ceramic tile for the backsplash and we are concerned that the tile will not extend out far enough to cover this.
Are we right that the chip will show? If so, how should it be fixed now?
And how hard is it to drill a new hole at the sink? They did the three they did in our driveway before installing the slab (we left midway through due to the noise and need to feed our kids lunch--we were not watching them work anyway because our GC was here and we didn't want to be in the way of the equipment and moving of heavy slabs). The sink run otherwise looks so beautiful and with no seams I hate to have the whole run taken out and reinstalled because it seems like it would a risk to have it damaged. If it makes a difference, there is a wood underpayment under that part of the cabinet so it would also need to be cut.
I'm going to email my GC later today and let him know about these issues. Any thoughts on them would be appreciated.
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Comments (16)Moccasinlanding, thank you - I wondered if I could just take a picture of it. Now, however, the deadline has passed and I'VE DECIDED WHAT I'M DOING. Whew! Actually I didn't decide. I told my contractor who showed up this morning that I CAN'T DECIDE and am going completely crazy out of my head bonkers not being able to decide between stainless w/ marble subway backsplash or soapstone w/ beige subway backsplash. So I told him to decide for me and I'd be happy either way (and if not happy, it would be default tell me that I really wanted the other thing)! So HE chose stainless w/ marble. He said black counters are too ubiquitous these days, and dark (potentially depressing), and that we can add more warmth by replacing our kitchen island top with butcher block (it's currently stainless). To answer your question about our floors, they're wood. Yesterday I found an interesting online piece about a woman's original 1912 or 1913 kitchen - showing pictures - having one counter w/ steel on it. It appears to me to be zinc or pewter, and it was in a pantry-type room that had U-shaped counters, the connecting counter being the metal one. The other two were made of old dark wood. Stainless was invented in 1913 (amazing how many things were - including refrigerators!) and so I feel good enough about doing a period kitchen in stainless as long as all else looks old-fashioned for the most part. And as long as I can contrast w/ lots of warmth in other ways - particularly re. wood. The marble should help w/ that too I hope. Can you tell I'm trying to convince not just you guys but myself, too? ;) Here's the link that shows that woman's original 1913 kitchen (I can't help but feel sad that she changed it - and also some of her choices - but to each her own. Plus she wrote that it was meant to be a temporary fix only): http://www.fromtimespast.com/RestorationJournalTheKitchen.htm Third pic down shows the metal which you can see much better if you use your computer to zoom in on it....See Moreanyone have pics of OLD white marble counter tops?
Comments (10)lol...i totally want carerra. i would get soapstone if i could. in my last house we remodeled and i got cobra soapstone which was great. i would recommend it to anyone and everyone. our last house was in PA. now we are in florida. i am going to get a cobra sink made and shipped down here but soapstone down here would cost us too much for counters....over $100 more a sq ft than carerra. but carerra is my #2 choice and i love how it looks. but...i cook for reals and i know "patina" is my destiny. but still...i don't know if i am prepared for "the big one!" like an 8" turmeric stain or whatever. on the plus size..the cost here is about $44 a sq ft. it's beautiful. it's natural. it doesn't contain any toxic resins or formaldehyde or radon. i can live with some wabi sabi and if we sell 20 years from now and it looks like crap, i guess we will have to replace it w/new marble to get it ready for the market. who knows! i just want to see some pics ;)...See MoreUpdate on today's marble counter install
Comments (9)It just keeps getting worse! So they brought back my counter tops. Installed the now honed tops. It looks like my 7 year old took sandpaper to it. Rough and uneven. They told me it just needs to be cleaned and it is rough from the sealer. Then upon inspection I notice a horrible seam in such an obvious spot. I ask them why they put a seam there instead of cutting the stone into 2 small "L" shapes. They tell me the size would not have worked and I had no choice about that seam line being there. Next, I have a second estimate floor guy(not my builders) come to give me an estimate to sand, stain and finish the floors (my builder's guy was too high$$$) I find out from my floor guy that the wood upstairs is different from the new installed floor downstairs. My builder "decided" to use red oak on the first level even though I told him to keep the same wood throughout the house (we have white oak upstairs and they replaced some spaces up there with white also). I am refinishing the old white oak floors upstairs and staining the whole house. He tells me noone uses white anymore and red is better. boxer- I had me a couple of screaming fits today! My builder is trying to convince me the stained end result of new red oak will look just like the white oak upstairs. I just want an apology and admission of wrong-doing at this point but he wont budge. I told the marble guy the weird seam looks like $H*T and and the honing job is worse than that, but he says it is what it is and "owner #1" is the fabricator and "owner #2" is the installer so they did what was necessary to make the slab pieces fit so the grain matches. Does not look like it to me! And my kitchen is a small U. Couldn't they cut 2 small L's and have the seam at the cooktop? NOOO cause then they couldn't sell my remnants probably! (I only paid for pieces used). So the saga of the coastal house continues... it was easy up until now!...See MoreWhat if I LIKE the idea of worn, etched, stained marble counter tops?
Comments (16)Omg you are so lucky, pictures please I’m starting a reno on our 150 year old farm house , my new husband is a real farmer so he’s lived here most of his life! It’s challenging I’m looking at an alternative to those beautiful Italian ranges ,and I love love Marble, we live in Canada so it’s hard to find some of the things I’d like to get at least at affordable prices, I love reclaimed things though and am excited to see your place...See MoreNothing Left to Say
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