Is this an acceptable granite counter repair?
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Granite counter is repaired..........what is it worth?
Comments (63)Mihojas, I totally feel your pain. In fact this post has brought back some of the hurt feelings and frustration I had during our kitchen reno which is now 7 years old. CANNOT believe it, but I have the receipts and FB photos to prove it! I won't bore you with all the details, suffice to say that I could probably write a book about the troubles we had. Our Granite woes began with the night (few days before Christmas so freezing cold that it took what seemed like hours for granite to thaw) of install. By the time all these men left my kitchen, I realized that they had granite running in all different ways and seams were atrocious! We ended up having two pieces replaced, fine. There was a broken piece in back corner of another piece that I knew would get covered up by backsplash, and even though they offered to replace that piece too, I said it was fine, and it was, no need to replace it. Anyhow, fast forward a few months to when new granite comes in, grain is going the correct way, but this granite doesn't match the pattern of the old pieces that were staying. A couple of weeks in, the peninsula starts cracking...long long story short, they decide to just replace all the granite and make sure it is cut with the grain and pattern all going the way we want/specify... Meanwhile, six/seven months after initial order the granite for my pony wall finally arrives...fabricator spends most of the day installing the two pieces (16 feet long). As I inspect it before he leaves, I notice one piece is cracked completely in half, can't remember now if there was even any attempt to repair it. He admits he broke it at the shop before he loaded it onto his truck. I was sick...went into DH's den and said I cannot deal with this, granite is cracked in half and Allen was just going to pretend nothing was wrong... Anyhow, that granite ended up being completely replaced. It all broke when they took it off, so there wasn't the possibility of just fixing the broken half. I won't continue with further granite stories...but do have to say I was appalled at how relatively nice people who I thought I had a decent relationship with tried to 'pull the wool over my eyes'. I think I am very reasonable, perhaps even close to being a push-over, but dealing with this company actually taught me the valuable lesson of learning how to speak up for myself, and learn how to demand being treated with respect and with honesty. I think that is all you are demanding. Just so you know, I have now learned to live with that crack in the peninsula for 7 years...company went bankrupt the DAY my granite was scheduled to be replaced. I paid for a fairly decent repair with the money I never had to pay for my granite....See MoreSeam on granite countertop acceptable
Comments (10)Nothing looks good at that distance. Luckily that isn’t the distance you’re supposed to judge anything. Stand back 3’. It will be fine. People’s expectations have really gotten out of hand. Magic doesn’t happen. Stone isn’t Corian....See MoreShould I accept a repaired countertop for new home
Comments (25)Repairs are perfectly acceptable if done well. It is standard industry practice. That picture is too poor to determine anything about any quality of repair though. You are almost certain to have existing repairs and/or resin injections and mesh in any stone slab brought to market these days. That’s the status of the industry and it is why you are finding beautiful stones at slab yards that were too fragile to bring out of the quarries just a few years ago. The technology evolved. And the industry has accepted that repairs are the price to be paid for being able to mine some stones. They are still fragile in transport, and installation. So they may require more repairs and touching up before consumer use. The good news is that any repair area will be stronger at that area that the rest of the stone. You won’t have any issues out of a proper repair. Please provide additional pictures standing back at the correct viewing distance. This does appear to be more of a backsplash issue than a stone issue. But it’s impossible to tell anything from that far too close picture....See Moredoes anyone know how to repair a crack in granite countertop?
Comments (3)You have a classic reinforcement rod failure. Your sink leaked, the water penetrated past the cheap polyester bedding the cold steel reinforcement rod, thereby oxidizing (expanding) it, and splitting the stone. There is no stone stronger than rust. You are going to get Craigslisters offering to fill it for several hundred dollars. That will work for about a month. The sink must be dropped, the rod(s) removed, the stone patched and/or the sink replaced with an apron style which will eliminate the repaired crack. Anyone charging less than $1,000.00 for this repair should be thrown out. Depending on the shape of your sink, please post a picture taken further back, you may need a custom sink replacement which could be north of 4K. Depending on the size of your kitchen, your sink's placement in the top layout, the rarity of your stone, and the availability of repair material, top replacement may be more cost effective. Your split is past your cutout; not good. Don't wait please. Not only is this terribly unsanitary, but your top will continue to self destruct. Elkay Quartz Luxe in Silvermist....See Morescooter028
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