Seeking Advice on Placement of Countertop Seam
John Chandler
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
Which is better
A - seam placed over center of door?
B - seam placed over right edge of door?
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PROJoseph Corlett, LLC
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granite counter-top seams ... are we being too picky?
Comments (44)These are my pics of my countertops placed Friday June 22, 2018. I cried looking at these seams. It looks so cheap. Fabricator explains that's the way it comes. I explained that I shouldn't be able to see the seams so clearly. It looks so unprofessional. They ended up taking them back to their warehouse. In hopes they say if it is quality control will try and fix it just to make it look better. Otherwise I will have to pay an additional fee for them to come out again to install. I just don't know what to do and if still looks the same. This is the first time I've replaced my counters in 24 years. I don't and can't live with it. looking at this for another 24 years. It looks so cheap and it really was not it's a lot of money to me. I hope fingers crossed that they will fix this problem. They never told me that there would be such seams. I thought the edges were done by a machine and it would be all one piece. I have read up on this and now understand there are seams. But now I do know that they should not look like this. If they are good fabricator you shouldn't be able to see them so clearly. I will find out next week what happens....See Moreseam in countertops - where should it go?
Comments (17)Texas: my installers 'Never' put a seam down the middle of the sink. my installer 'Never' put a seam by a dishwasher. and my installers 'Never put a seam where there is not extra support under the cabinet. They never use plywood under granite as well. (leveling issues) Sink: undermount sink: too weak to put a seam and accessable to constant water. Dishwasher: no support: L shapes: are ok to transport: although sink cut outs on an L shape during transport 'could' crack. (weak) In all the years of doing business of installing granite/ 10+ years: this is what our installers practise. They do put seams down the middle of stoves: but the stove cut out is done on site at customer's house. There should never be a big gap on the seam with a lot of epoxy showing (The seams are joined with epoxy that is mixed with the color that matches the stone. Then the joined area is smoothened, leaving only a very thin line visible). Hope this helps: if you do have a seam by the sink area: behind and infront: KEEP SEALED WELL. only my advise to others. (My installer always go over seam placement with our customers to keep them aware and content with no surprises the day of install) I get approval on seam placement. If you have the correct measurements: you could have a seamless kitchen. Buying one more slab is an option. Or find a granite that comes BIG: (granite from India comes very large! example: 128x78 I have seen myself: installed in a 60 sf kitchen with one slab used: and enough to do their bathroom vanity with left over granite from kitchen) Best of luck to all....See MoreAnother seam placement question for Compac Quartz counter top
Comments (2)i wouldn't be too worried about seam strength, frankly. if it's in the corner, the cabinet edges will help support it, and similar would be true for the sink. i would think about what you would find noticable/irritating. myself, i'd want the seam in the corner. i'd find it less noticable there....See Morequartz countertop seam placement
Comments (12)Bri: Your seam should be centered in the sink. It would be much less conspicuous. Fabricators cut for yield when they can get away with it as it makes them more money; your guys took a shot and lost. Post a dimensioned drawing of your layout please. If they had to add the end piece, at least they could have used a Seam Phantom and adhesive manufacturer recommended color adhesive. Had they done so, your seam would be much more inconspicuous. Their guy was color blind or used clear adhesive which appears as the medium gray you show or both. Whites are notoriously difficult to seam inconspicuously with the correct color match adhesive. Do not let them tell you they can't/won't seam at the sink. When your sink is strapped, not clipped, in place, it's one of the strongest areas of your top. Do not let them "buff" the seam. Buffing won't change the adhesive color or the thickness of the seam, however, it can create a noticeable dip and a mismatched finish. Matching factory finish on decks is in the very advanced class and judging by the work on your job, they don't have anyone at that level. That seam placement is not to industry standards; you are not at fault in any way....See More
PROSimply Elegant Home
4 years ago
PROPatricia Colwell Consulting
4 years agoJohn Chandler
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoThanks for all the thoughts everyone. My counter (Viaterra Cirrus) has little pattern and no veins.
P.S. Fyi... My fabricator sent this picture and asked me to approve (or request changes).
P.P.S. I actually asked about diagonal when they came to measure and they said not to.P.P.P.S. My impression of of the next thing I should ask is if it could be done in two pieces not three.
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