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Is this acceptable for a quartz countertop waterfall edge?

Andersson Architecture + Design

last year

Hi All!

This counter and waterfall edge was just installed. The fabricator recommended using two pieces of quartz back to back to avoid the unfinished inside on the waterfall. I asked that the whole surface be the same thickness - but is this ok ok? Also, the seam is not flush. It looks very obvious and unrefined to me. Again, it seems like a workmanship issue to me - but am I being too picky? The fabricator says there is nothing they can do. is there a fix besides learn to love it? T.I.A!

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rebunky

last year

last modified: last year

Yeah, that would bother me. A lot!

I don’t know if it is possibe to remove that extra quartz piece they added. That looks terrible. Maybe do something like this?

I think I could live with it. Although, as mentioned the corner where the pieces connect should have been a mitered edge and the inside that would show polished.

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JDMCCL
last year
Not a pro but I don’t think that looks right.
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User
last year
This is where your kitchen designer should have ordered a wood panel to finish that off. A waterfall next to a wall like that isn't the focal point hat it's intended to be.
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GC agrees and is fantastic - I use them on every project. My post was to get some objective viewpoints because after looking at it for a week straight, I've lost perspective on the two options. Faced with an option to just "accept it and move on" as live_wire stated is appealing on one hand because we are several weeks behind schedule (COVID supply chain issues) and without even basic use of the kitchen for 10 weeks now - so the thought of just plowing forward and getting this done is enticing. However, we did pay a premium for an upgraded feature from a reputable and experienced fabricator...having to look at something that is "a solid B" when that isn't what we paid for nor were promised, and doesn't match the quality of the rest of the project will probably irk me to see each time we walk into the kitchen. Again, was looking for some perspective on if this is acceptable or poor from professionals or people with more experience with mitered edges than myself. The chastizing over the inherent pitfalls of renovation and "overdone fad features" really is just white noise - this isn't my first or even 10th reno, but I'm also not a stone fabricator. But then again, who doesn't enjoy armchair quarterbacking other peoples' projects from behind a keyboard? 🙂
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Andersson Architecture + Design
Original Author
last year
Thank you for your comment. Actually, the materials aren’t in question. just the workmanship. Otherwise it turned out exactly as expected 🙂
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Andersson Architecture + Design
Original Author
last year
last modified: last year
Thank you for your comment. could you be more specific? Thanks!
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
last year
The fabricator was foolish. He laminated unfinished against unfinished, hence the nasty adhesive line. He should have polished the inside of the 3cm; it's not at eye level and would have been fine. And no miter on a waterfall?
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jackowskib
last year
Well this is educational, I thought waterfall was the term where the drop occurs at the very end of the top and not from underneath the top.
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Fori
last year
It's pretty bad. If the seam were done better it would be better. Do you have in writing that it would be the same thickness? Or any details on the edge being mitered or not? It's gonna be awfully hard for you to learn to love that I'm afraid.

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OC Kitchen
last year
Isn't a waterfall edge normally mitered?
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Charles Ross Homes
last year
The point of a waterfall is a continuity of the slab's character from the top "flowing" down the side. That requires a mitered joint where the horizontal and vertical pieces meet. The material selected doesn't have the movement characteristic of a waterfall; it's not a good choice. The lamination of the two vertical pieces is horrible as Joseph Corlette noted.
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RoyHobbs
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This waterfall should not be there. As mentioned, wrong location and the wrong material for a waterfall design. But also, the wood underneath is beautiful. What a much better choice it would have been to not have the waterfall counter, and instead have that beautiful wood as the end panel to the island.
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