No engineered stone is approved for UV exposure. It’s not an industry secret at all. None can go outside. Period. If your professionals that you worked with had done their jobs, you’d be an educated consumer and know that it’s not an exclusion just for Cambria. Direct sun from standard new windows shouldn’t pass enough UV to damage your floors, furniture, or e-stone. Standard windows already come with UV blocking properties, so if yours are so old that they don’t have it, you’ve got other issues about UV exposure in your house. Old windows need UV blocking film installed to avoid degradation to all kinds of interior finishes. Not just your e-stone. If it’s a relatively new window, that’s a conversation that you need to have with your window manufacturer. It’s defective. This is Not on Cambria. Or Silestone. Or Pental. Or Zodiaq. Or any e-stone manufacturer. New windows shouldn’t have issues with transmitting enough UV to damage your home.. Poop happens. This isn’t on Cambria. Talk to your window manufacturer.

GreenDesigns is right about Cambria, so far as how it is being handled in our area, which has a lot of moderate to high-end construction going on. The distributor is watching like a hawk. They wouldn't even let me see samples until I told them which of their authorized dealers I was working with. And I've been told Cambria doesn't warranty any product if it isn't cut and installed by an authorized fabricator. You can see a list, I think, on their website. We found a Cambria we loved, and despite a few hoops to jump through, we are sticking with it.

That was my first thought, but not the case. all of the vendors are using 2 full slabs from the start. Some of them are charging me in full for the 2 slabs and others are only charging for the material being used. All quotes have the seams in the same spots. My only guess is that some places may pay a premium for the material, or simply want to get paid for all of the material up front even though they are keeping it anyway.

Not Northern Virginia but in Beltsville - https://www.marvamarble.com/?_ga=2.74579090.1479115053.1592162713-2104459821.1590928543