Guides
Guides: the answers before the sales pitch
Six things people ask us before they ask for a price. Written to be useful whether or not you ever call us.
Quartz vs granite: which one wins, kitchen by kitchen
Quartz vs granite compared on heat, sealing, seams, chips and price, with a clear winner named for seven real kitchens instead of a shrug and it depends.
Read it Quartz vs quartziteQuartz vs quartzite: same first six letters, different products
Quartz vs quartzite explained: one is made in a press, one is quarried. Heat, sealing, price, and the two tests that catch a slab labeled quartzite wrongly.
Read it Choosing a materialHow to choose countertop material: five questions that settle it
Five questions that settle which countertop material you should buy, a comparison table of seven surfaces, and a named pick for eight kinds of household.
Read it Countertop seamsCountertop seams: where they have to go, and what a good one looks like
Where countertop seams have to go, what a good one looks like at counter height, what makes one bad, what you can demand, and what is physically impossible.
Read it Countertop costCountertop cost per square foot: the published ranges, and what moves them in Seattle
Published national countertop ranges from Angi and HomeAdvisor, why Seattle sits above them, slab-only versus installed, and how to compare three quotes.
Read it Bathroom remodel costBathroom remodel cost Washington State: what the money actually buys
What a bathroom remodel costs in Washington: labor rates, sales tax on labor, permits, why Eastside bids run high, and the season when quotes come down.
Read itNext step
Tell us about the kitchen.
Leave a number and Mike calls you back. After you meet, your written itemized price arrives the same day.
- The seamFlat to the touch, or we redo it before we leave.
- The priceWhat is on your bid is what is on your invoice.
- The warrantyOne year on our workmanship from the day we install, on one page handed to you at the measure.
- Your slabThe stone itself is covered by the manufacturer's own warranty. That document goes to you on install day.
- A year laterWe come back, test the sealer and redo it if it needs it. No call-out fee.
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