Today we&#;re sharing how we saved thousands of dollars on our quartz countertops cost&#;not only for our kitchen remodel (with two large islands), but also two of our bathroom remodels! We&#;ll also share our EXACT quartz countertops cost and answer &#;How much do quartz countertops cost?&#;
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If you&#;re comparing, going for any countertop material other than laminate is going to feel spendy by that comparison. (Especially when you&#;re doing it for a big project like your kitchen or bathroom!)
(And yes, I just had to make a rhyme for this blog post title. Shorts&#;quartz&#;who can resist? &#;)
We calculated we&#;d need 3 quartz slabs for our kitchen remodel (which has double islands, hence the need for more solid slabs so we could avoid the joints)&#;
&#;but the problem was, we&#;d still have a lot of quartz left over!
If you&#;re looking to have a beautiful and functional kitchen you need this!Boom! Solution? Matt used his Superhero Engineering Brain to calculate out how and where to cut every single piece of quartz for our kitchen within the three slabs. THEN, he figured out how we could maximize and place these cuts so that we&#;d have major quartz pieces leftover&#;
&#;which were the exact measurements we needed for
Our quartz countertop slabs (read all about the exact color we chose) measured 131&#;x63&#;.
For us, this was our two island countertops for our kitchen&#;s double islands, plus our sink area countertop (which extended underneath our hidden appliance cabinets).
You can use whatever program works best for you to do this (even if it&#;s just a piece of paper plus a ruler!), but Matt chose to use Excel as the easiest way for him to. This was even faster than doing it in AutoCad because it was actually easiest to lay out each of the small cuts this way. Also, everyone has Excel, so it was easy to share with the fabricator.
The only big bummer for me was that quartz slabs didn&#;t come in the 147&#; length I needed for one solid piece of countertop around our sink and under our appliance cabinets. So instead of cutting our sink slab up into two even pieces, we chose to do the biggest piece possible (see below) so there wouldn&#;t be any grout lines around the sink area, and add the smaller section to the right under our right appliance cabinet.
(Now, whether our fabricator chose to follow directions or not is another story! &#;)
While you might think our #2 step would be to fit in the next-largest pieces of quartz, that&#;s not entirely correct. We&#;d actually recommend that once you get your major countertop pieces laid out, you lay out the edges next to those pieces in your layout.
That&#;s going to help maximize the rest of the portions of your slabs to be useful, because your countertop edges will usually be the same length as your countertop pieces (see below for &#;Island 1&#; plus &#;Island 1 Edge&#;).
By the way, if you&#;re new here, you should know that Matt and I created 2+ kitchen guides (from design to remodels to kitchen organization) to help you get the kitchen you&#;ve always wanted from start to finish! You can find our Kitchen Design Guides here!
Now, with the remaining room in your quartz slab layouts, you can fit in the rest of your medium and large pieces.
For example, you can see that we fit in pieces for the solid backsplash above our stove. Sidenote: I&#;d originally planned to have solid &#;sidesplashes&#; covering the walls on either side of the stove, for easy wipe-down, but once the installers got them up for me I decided it was just too much quartz on the walls for me! So I had them leave the backsplash only, and we used the cut side pieces 1) for another projects, and 2) gave to a sweet friend who needed a small bathroom countertop in her ADU build! Share the quartz love, people!&#;
PS: We even used a leftover quartz piece for the shower threshold in our downstairs bathroom remodel!
Basically it&#;s an adult form of Tetris.
(Matt had no idea all his childhood years of playing Tetris were preparing him for JUST this moment&#;but I know!&#; God knew my Designer brain would start to explode were I required to do this kind of finagling, and Matt enjoys doing it, so we&#;re the ideal match for these projects!)
This, dear readers, is one way to save big-time on quartz countertops! Instead of having to buy pieces later on for our bathroom remodels, we thought ahead of what else we&#;d need in future and essentially got them for free!
Join our Insider&#;s List and get our FREE Design Guide!If you can do this too, you can save thousands of dollars! (If you need help with anything from space planning to saving money on your home projects, we&#;re currently booked through but we offer these Design Services, in many cases saving people like you $30-60,000 on average. No exaggeration. Contractors and &#;kitchen designers&#; really do try to take advantage of people, so we&#;re here to help keep it real.)
Quartz slab cost: $20.25 per square foot. So total cost for the slabs (131&#;x63&#;, or 57.3 sq ft per slab) was $3,483 for 3 slabs, or $1,161 per slab.
Fabrication & installation cost: $39.50 per square foot. So total labor was $5,490.50 for 139 sq. ft. of counter (including our custom drain grooves!).
TOTAL COST per square foot of our quartz countertops: $59.75
If you&#;ve researched quartz slab and installation costs, you&#;ll recognize the smokin&#; deal we got on both our slabs and our installation! (The average can cost anywhere from $70-150 per square foot!)
We chose the LG Viatera Cirrus and go into full detail on that HERE!
If you&#;ve missed seeing all our &#;beauty shots&#; of our kitchen remodel with our white quartz countertops, you can view those here!
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Wholesale countertops might seem like a good bargain. In reality, they have many flaws. Internet design forums are filled with complaints from homeowners who made the mistake of spending money on wholesale countertops and are now stuck with a poor-quality surface.
Today, we&#;ll take a look at the various issues with wholesale countertops as well as red flags you should look out for when shopping for quartz countertops.
There are many different types of wholesale countertops out there, the most common being wholesale solid surface countertops and wholesale quartz countertops.
In both cases, low-grade manufacturers are attempting to fool you into believing premium surfaces can be yours for suspiciously low rates.
Let&#;s look at specific problems you&#;re likely to find with each of the common types of wholesale kitchen countertops.
The quartz countertop manufacturing process requires a high degree of expertise. At Caesarstone, our quartz countertop quality standards are extremely high. While our prices are highly competitive (more on this later), they also represent the quality you&#;ll receive.
When you buy cheap quartz countertops wholesale, however, you will likely find the following issues:
These quality issues should be particularly troubling in light of the next challenge you face when buying quartz slabs wholesale.
At Caesarstone, we&#;re so confident in our work that we offer lifetime warranties. When you buy quartz slabs wholesale, manufacturers don&#;t afford you the same level of care. You may find you get no warranty at all &#; or a policy that&#;s full of restrictions and doesn&#;t actually cover you for any of the issues you&#;re likely to run into.
As with buying quartz countertops wholesale, ultra-cheap wholesale solid surface countertops lack quality and durability. There are some other issues specific to wholesale solid surface countertops as well, though.
Wholesale solid surface countertops often come from China, where environmental standards in manufacturing are much lower than here in the United States.
Additionally, wholesale solid surface countertops need to be shipped to the United States, unlike higher-quality countertops produced here.
As you&#;ve probably noticed, the most common wholesale kitchen countertops are made from materials that consumers deem desirable and even luxurious. It&#;s a tale as old as time. The promise of luxury for almost no money.
Buying granite and quartz wholesale pose many of the same issues but the former is particularly concerning given how inferior even premium granite is to quartz.
Even high-grade granite is extremely porous and needs to be resealed as often as twice yearly. Otherwise, the surface will soak up stains with ease.
With wholesale granite countertops, that issue is magnified. You&#;ll end up with a surface that stains and soaks up moisture remarkably easily. Repairing granite is very costly and it&#;s an expense you will certainly deal with if you cheap out on it.
Quartz countertop benefits number in the dozens. It&#;s undoubtedly the best countertop material available &#; and it may not be as expensive as you think.
Sure, with an upfront cost between $40 and $150+ per square foot, it surpasses the likes of laminate. But a quality quartz countertop is more than worth it in light of the following benefits.
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Buying solid surface, granite, and quartz wholesale will result in you replacing your kitchen countertops frequently. If you forgo buying kitchen countertops wholesale and instead purchase a quality quartz surface from Caesarstone, however, your countertop will last you a lifetime.
When you buy kitchen countertops wholesale, maintenance can be a headache. The surfaces often stain much easier than premium quartz countertops. You may find that you need to de-stain them more often, which quickly becomes a headache.
When you buy quartz countertops wholesale, you&#;re not adding resale value to your home. In fact, buying kitchen island countertops wholesale acts as a deterrent against prospective buyers. You won&#;t recoup money spent buying or maintaining wholesale quartz kitchen countertops, costing you in the long run.
Now that you have a good idea of the downsides to buying kitchen island countertops wholesale, here are a few tips for fitting premium quartz countertops into your budget.
Of all the rooms in your home, the kitchen has the biggest impact on resale value. That doesn&#;t mean every kitchen upgrade is worth the price tag, though. Choosing the right countertop is key. Scale back on these areas to ensure you get a quality countertop:
Understandably, quartz countertop installers will typically charge you more to remove and dispose of your existing countertops. If your existing countertops are a material like laminate, you can easily remove them yourself. This is especially true if you do plan to replace the cabinets as well.
After the kitchen, the master bathroom is the second most important room when it comes to your home&#;s resale value. If you&#;re planning on installing quartz countertops there (or anywhere else, for that matter), consider combining the projects to save money overall.
Caesarstone pioneered the quartz surfacing movement and continues to dominate the industry by delivering uncompromising performance. Caesarstone countertop materials are extremely durable, scratch, stain and crack resistant, nonporous, mold and mildew resistant, consistent, and low maintenance.
The following are some major differences between Caesarstone quartz countertops and low-quality quartz:
When considering buying low-quality quartz surface slabs, you are entering the unknown. Many companies aren&#;t strictly quartz. They sell all types of different stones, from low-quality granite and marble to travertine and onyx, along with holiday décor, apparel and electronics.
Caesarstone has perfected one material and offers one of the widest spectrums of colors, design options, and applications in the industry. The slab composition is precise, and each and every slab goes through a rigorous inspection process and is imprinted with our trademark zigzag for identification.
Wholesale quartz kitchen countertops can cost as low as $50 per square meter. That&#;s about $5 per square foot. That&#;s the definition of &#;too good to be true.&#;
One of the most common sources of wholesale quartz countertops is Alibaba, which will ship the surface to you from overseas. In other words, you won&#;t even be able to inspect it &#; and installation is your responsibility to arrange.
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