Countertop replacement in New Jersey — new stone on your existing cabinets in about two weeks

Keep the cabinets, change the stone

If the cabinets are sound and the layout works, a new countertop is the biggest change for the least disruption: one visit to template, one day to install, and the kitchen looks new. We do it on kitchens we did not build — any cabinet line, any age — as long as the boxes are level and solid enough to carry stone, which the templater checks.

How it runs

1. Quote from a photo. Send or bring a photo of the kitchen and the rough length of each run and the island. A designer quotes the price levels and you choose the material on the floor.
2. Template. A technician measures the cabinets with a digital template, confirms the sink, faucet and cooktop cut-outs and the seam positions, and checks the cabinets are level.
3. Fabrication. About two weeks through our stone partners.
4. Install. The old tops come out in the morning, the new ones go on, the sink is set and the plumbing reconnected. A slab backsplash goes in the same day; tile follows.

What to decide

• Material. Quartz for consistency and no sealing; quartzite for one-of-a-kind natural stone; granite for heat and price; marble for the look, with its care; porcelain and Dekton for heat-proof, thin and outdoor.
• Thickness and edge. 3 cm eased or mitred is standard; 2 cm laminated or mitred for a thinner or thicker look.
• Sink. Replacing an undermount with the counter is the moment to change the sink size and style.
• Backsplash. Slab from the same stone, a tile from our partners, or keep the existing one if the new counter is the same thickness.

When a replacement is not the answer

If the cabinets are particleboard that has swollen under the sink, if the layout is the problem, or if the old counter is laminate over a sub-top that cannot carry stone, we will say so and show you what a stocked-line kitchen costs instead — often less than expected once the counter is in the number anyway.