Quartz, Marble, and Granite Kitchen Countertops

Cost comes down to four things: the stone you pick, the square footage, the edge profile, and how many cutouts the job needs. Granite and quartz generally land in a similar range, with quartzite and marble above them. After we measure, you get a written estimate with material and labor listed separately so nothing is buried. Call us at (708) 362-7674 with your rough dimensions and we can give you a range over the phone.

If you want the least upkeep, quartz. It is nonporous, never needs sealing, and nothing soaks in. If you cook heavily and set hot pans down without thinking, granite or quartzite handle heat better than quartz does. If you want the marble look but the kitchen sees real daily use, quartzite is usually the answer. Marble is the most beautiful and the most demanding of the four.

No. If your cabinets are solid and level, new tops alone change the entire room at a fraction of the cost of a full remodel. A large share of the work we do is exactly that, particularly in older suburban homes where the cabinetry is still in good shape and only the countertops are dated.

Templating takes about an hour and happens once your cabinets are installed and level. Fabrication typically runs about a week depending on the material and what else is in the shop. Installation on a standard kitchen is a single day, including removal of the old tops.

Yes, at no charge. We come to your home or office, measure, talk through edge profiles and sink cutouts, and leave you with a written estimate in the same visit. If you have not been out to the showroom yet, we can bring samples with us.

Yes, and we recommend it for natural stone. A two inch sample cannot show you how veining moves across a full slab, and in granite and quartzite two pieces of the same named stone can look like different materials. Visit our showroom and slab yard at 4711 135th St in Crestwood and someone will walk the yard with you.

It depends on the size of your kitchen, since slabs come in finite sizes. Any run longer than a slab needs a seam. We plan seam placement during layout so it falls where it is least visible and structurally supported, usually at an inside corner, beside a cutout, or out of the main sight line. A well made seam is tight, level, and color matched to your stone. You can find it if you go looking, but it should not draw attention.

They sound similar and behave differently. Quartz is engineered from ground stone and resin, which gives it consistent color and means it never needs sealing. Quartzite is quarried natural stone, harder than granite, with unique veining in every slab. Quartz is the lower maintenance option. Quartzite is the more durable natural stone. Worth seeing both in person before you decide.

Yes. Everything is cut, edged, and polished in our own shop in Crestwood, and our own crew installs it. Nothing is subcontracted, which means the person who measured your kitchen is the same person who knows what happened at the saw, and there is one company to call if anything needs attention afterward.

Yes. Removal and disposal are part of the job on most residential installations. We protect the floors, contain the dust, and the debris leaves with us.

Warm water and mild dish soap handle almost everything. Use a pH neutral cleaner rather than anything acidic or abrasive. Granite and quartzite benefit from resealing roughly once a year, and you can test it by dripping water near the sink to see whether it beads or darkens. Quartz never needs sealing but does need a trivet, since the resin in it does not like sustained heat. Wipe up oil, wine, and citrus rather than letting them sit.

We work out of Crestwood and install throughout Chicago and the suburbs, including Orland Park, Tinley Park, Oak Lawn, Oak Forest, Alsip, Palos Heights, Naperville, Downers Grove, Bolingbrook, Joliet, Aurora, and Schaumburg. If your town is not listed, call us and ask.