It can be drilled and filled. Looks like blood contamination at the factory. We found a mosquito perfectly squished into a sheet of plastic laminate back in my store fixture manufacturing days. Couldn't feel him, but there he was.

I have a question for you guys. Is it too outdated to have a cointibayoon do the quartz for the badksplash(only the 4inches) without having to add any other back splash? I worry about making my kitchen Look too busy and having a hard time matching colors , so i was hoping to just install a quartz counter top with that extra 4 inch lip without doing any other backsplash . That is assuming my counter top isn’t too bland . Also, can I get away with a gray? What about the Silestone calacatta gold ? Are the speckled quartz outdated ? Thanks! My floor has to be changed because it’s got a lot of holes and pkaces that are showing the underneath black rubber. it also has stains . My dream is to have white cabinets , a Taupe counter top(warmer gray like), and wood floors . If calacatta gold form Silestone , Bianco drift from Caesarstone , cambria Torquay , or viatera “sol” would work with white or warm cabinets , I’d pick one of those maybe. It’s a small kitchen, and I don’t have a huge budget .. but I do want to make a big enough change beginning with the counter tops that were never sealed properly, flooring, (and our back wall behind the sink that needs to be replaced ) . Thanks, again. I like honesty .

The installers had to use the shims because your island was not level. Likely the floor was not level, but instead of your cabinet installers making sure the island was level, they passed that problem over to the countertop installers. What was their alternative solution?.....not install your counter?

Way too much weight. You are liable to collapse your floor. Crazy idea. Find a new installer.