Quartzite seam woes
A few days ago, I posted a few photos and answered a few questions about our almost done kitchen renovation. This is one side of the room:
I plan to do a full "reveal" post with details, as well as to answer more questions, but I've become increasingly upset about our quartzite seams. I questioned them immediately, the fabricator fell all over me and came back out to fix them, but I'm still unhappy with them, especially this one which is about two feet to the left of the sink:
And I'm pissed because when I contacted the fabricator to discuss ongoing concern, he acted like I was being unreasonable. He told me this is how quartzite seams are, and that the roughness is normal. I told my GC he needs to deal with it now because I don't believe it.
Talk to me please. Am I supposed to accept this? There are other little things that need my GC's attention too, that together are making me feel really UPSET today. We were without a kitchen for 8 mos and although my overall vision was brought to life and I love it, I don't love that I feel like I need to fight to make these last details right. I'm just so freaking tired. I'm worried I'm gonna sign off on something that isn't ok, just out of fatigue.
Thank you, in advance.
Comments (9)
designsaavy
7 years agoFirst I want to say how beautiful your overall kitchen came together.
I'm no expert, but there's no way I would accept that seam. It looks like a grout joint.
I don't have quartzite, but I do have granite and my seam is extremely thin. It's not absolutely perfect and bothered me at first because it appears white, but now I rarely notice it. From a distance you don't see it at all.
Your "grout" joint looks like a glass would tip over sitting on it. I would not be happy either and would not sign off on that.If they couldn't get it right the second time, they need to send someone that knows what they're doing.
javiwa
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI'm worried I'm gonna sign off on something that isn't ok, just out of fatigue.
Call me biased, but don't settle just because you feel worn down.
Our quartzite counters were installed last December, and we're in the middle of small claims litigation.
However, one of the few things this company DID do correctly was the one seam to the left of our sink -- for reference, this is a 12" section of seam:
From the Marble Institutes of America's Homeowner's Guide to Countertop Installation: Joint (seam) widths between two stone
units should equal 1/16" (1.5 mm), with a
tolerance of ±1/64" (±0.4 mm).ETA: Your seam doesn't do your beautiful kitchen justice.
Good luck. As so many supportive GWers have told me: hang in there.
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PROJoseph Corlett, LLC
7 years agoKristi
7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
beachem
7 years ago
Kristi
7 years agoI have similar quartzite in my kitchen (although not nearly as much as your beautiful space!) Just snapped this pic of the seam that's in the middle of my sink. It's much narrower than the seam that you ended up with.
Hopefully the installers can fix that seam for you!
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