Chip in counter. How should repair be done?
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Comments (11)I'm not part of the furniture medic franchise but I am a professional furniture restorer with over 40 years experience. The cost of out of pocket expenses to make a home visit and do a small repair is what makes the cost seem "high". If you had to purchase all the equipment and pay the overhead I think you would feel differently. Another bite out of a furniture medic profit margin is the franchise fees. All that being said you can usually get a lower cost by using a non franchise shop and bringing the item to their shop is cheaper than them coming to you. Some repairs can look bad and hard to fix (so we think expensive) to someone not familiar with this type of restoration, however they are easily repaired at a small cost. Other such repairs can look small and easy to repair when the opposite is the reality. This type of work is not difficult if you have experience and the proper tools. What you want to be careful about is taking on a project, not knowing how to do it properly, then making it worse and costing you more in the long run to get it repaired. Here is a short video on the touch-up process that takes place after the chip is filled. http://furniturerepair.net/touchup1.htm After you view the video there will be several other video links to show other repair/touch-up processes. All these will give you some understanding of the process so you can evaluate if you want to take on the job yourself. To find a shop near your location try http://ProRestorers.org Here is a link that might be useful: Spot Touch-up Video...See More'Chip' in Edge of Granite- No way to repair???
Comments (19)I'm not a granite guy or a carpenter, but i am a machinist and fabricator of steel and aluminum parts and equipment. I haven't seen the chip in the granite personally, so I'm not sure how it really looks, but I will say, that some people are very easy to work for, some a little less so, and some are impossible to make happy. No matter what, no matter how much you've paid, no matter how experienced your guy is and how many 5 star reviews he has, nothing is ever perfect. Myself, I tend to roll with things, I won't gripe about it unless it's really heinous, and a lot of how I react depends on the difficulty of the job and the effort the crew put in. If they're hung over every day, or smell like they had a hydraulic lunch, that just isn't going to work. If they bust a$$ every day, do good work (is the rest of the job good quality? Are they on time, prompt, or do you have to constantly call them and ask when they're coming?), act like professionals, I realize things happen to the best of them. And I act accordingly....See Morechipped silestone repair?
Comments (5)Like SJ, I have Caesarstone counters with an eased edge. It's not knife-sharp square, but essentially it's a square edge. They are nearly 4 years old and I haven't encountered a chip anywhere on the entire counter. I'm a single retired person, no kids around, so I should have half the number of chips as the OP, but I have none. Zero....See MoreRepairing a chip and a crack in my granite counter top
Comments (14)No probably not, but they might consider fixing it. The top guy is going to blame the cabinet guy, and the cabinet guy is going to blame the top buy, and the builder is (has) told you the house had a 1 year warranty. The subs (cabinet/top guys) have to warranty a year (hence how the build warranties it). I would try the original installer/fab shop, if you talk calm and non-threatening they might come look at it, and offer to fix (or discount the fix). Of course, this depends on the reputation of the sub the builder hired in the first place. If it was my job, I would at least come look at it, and try to find the reason for the crack. Whether it is a quality/workmanship issue, or a damage/abuse issue. Depending on what I found, and the attitudes of those involved, I could be moved to either fix it, discount the fix, or nothing. In your case, you have nothing to lose by being nice and calm, and asking for a fair solution....See Morenhbaskets
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