@appatel14 You'll get excellent service in any material including porcelain from a little shop near the design district in Dallas, Texas, called Escobar Marble & Granite at 2339 Farrington Street, Dallas, TX 75207, Phone: (214) 905-5045. However, after more research since my previous comments were posted, I strongly recommend against porcelain. It has too many issues during fabrication, installation, and usage to be reliable for a kitchen that receives moderate to heavy traffic. Please consider quartz or granite instead. If you use quartz, many people have had the best performance from brands like Cambria that use the Breton technology in manufacturing.

Oooffaaa. I'm a Certified Tile Installer & Forensic Tile Inspector. Yes, you are correct....95% mortar coverage is required in wet spaces & especially for slab installations. It's not a recommendation but a requirement. ANSI A108.19 & .20. If you were able to extensively extend an item behind those voids behind the slab then those slabs are spot bonded. Not 🚫 an acceptable form of installation for neither 6mm or 12mm slabs. If you notice grout joints missing or slab having movement then I'd be concerned at that moment. I 1 time had to perform an inspection with same issue, homeowner lost balance while cleaning legs & shoulder went into the wall & cracked slab. The shower didn't last 6 months bc it was due to inexperienced installers

The thin slabs can be mitered to appear thicker. Get Roberto Colonatti's fabrication manual and follow it to the letter please.

I investigated - we have a Cosentino showroom done in a bunch of Neolith. Looks great - mitered corners all over their desk / reception area, etc. and a lot of wall cladding and custom tables. They worked with a local high end fabricator who has won some industry awards for her technology and environmental work. it was crisp and well crafted/ I've also see another showroom with shaky mitered corners and filler than did not match that looked "really bad" At that time it was at least $100/sq foot and I was (and still am) unwilling to take the risk of an install that isn't good - AND the potential for chips and dings on those corners. All these manufacturers also all just seem to have the same product variants (marble, marble, fake metal, soapstone, many beige things, white things and white and grey things.) . Perhaps if they had something brighter, I would have been tempted to risk it - but not for things that I could so with slab products for less cost and a higher chance of a good outcome.