Choosing granite for your home interior remodeling needs is a fantastic idea. This special material will not only be a great addition to your kitchen design and set-up, it’ll also last you a lifetime and continue to add real value to your home until you’re completely ready to put it up for sale.
As much as you’d like to have the kitchen countertops you’ve always imagined fabricated for you, one thing continues to hinder you from making the necessary arrangements to start work on your home: The amount of time it’d take to install the granite countertops.
Well, since you’re willing to know, granite installations do not take too long to complete. The fabrication of countertops is usually dependent on a lot of factors (such as size, texture, etc.) that can either extend or shorten the time of installation. Typically, this is a matter of mere hours or a day at most.
This is probably your first time installing granite, which is why you’d like to know more about how the installation process goes before contacting our team of experts to come install the countertops for you.
Don’t worry!
Here in this article is all the information you might need on granite installations and also the amount of time it can take us to have them completed—in no time at all.
The Process
Just as we mentioned earlier, granite countertops installations do not take that long to carry out. Depending on the size of the slabs, the texture, the size of your kitchen and many other contributory factors to be involved, we should have our job all done in just a few hours or days.
The installation processes followed by our team are usually the same for everyone.
Consultation & Inspection
The first thing you’d have to do is to consult us so we can go over all the details together. We’d like to have information on the size of the slabs you want, the color, and on many other important features you’d like your granite countertops to have.
We’re also going to come down to your home to inspect your kitchen and/or bathroom and make the necessary measurements we’d need in fabricating your granite countertops for you.
Old Countertops Removal
In case old countertops removal would be part of our project, it’ll be one of the first things we’d be definitely doing.
A considerable amount of all the time we’d actually be using in your home to install your granite countertops would, in fact, be spent on removing the old ones you have installed, if you haven’t already done that before.
This removal process could take up to four or five hours depending on the type of material you have there before, as well as the size of the countertops we’d be removing.
Moving The Granite
Once we’ve had all your old countertops removed completely, we’d then go ahead to move the granite slabs into the location we’d be having them installed.
To ease the transportation of the granite slabs, as they can be really heavy, there are a few things we’d require you to do for us—just before we begin to make the proper installation of your kitchen countertops:
- We’d like you to clear the pathway to the location in which the installation project would be carried out. This would considerably reduce the stress our guys will go through when transporting the heavy stone into your kitchen and/or bathroom.
- We’d also like you to get your kids out of the way, for their safety.
- You can also cover all the furniture close to the job site to prevent dust and other materials from settling on them.
- If it’s a new site, and other construction works are currently going on, you might actually want to have them completed or stopped for us to be able to easily move the stone into our job site.
Ensuring All Your Cabinets Are Level and Secured
Before we start the installation project, we’d also want to ensure that your cabinets are level and perfectly secured in place.
Normally, this shouldn’t be a problem if your cabinets are newly built or installed, but for old cabinets, we’d try to re-anchor each one of them firmly to the floor to keep them tight and secure.
We usually carry out this activity to protect the stones from eventually falling off the cabinets.
Main Installation
After setting your cabinets in place and making other necessary arrangements to set up the space for the project, we’d go ahead with the installation by placing and arranging the granite, setting the seams of all the slabs, and finally caulking them.
The granite will be cemented together and also arranged to fit into your kitchen arrangement and design.
Backsplash and Clean up
If you ordered granite backsplashes to match your countertops, we’re also going to be installing them by making some rearrangements and setting the seams up in accordance with decks of your countertops.
To finish up our job, our team would seal up your granite and also try as much as possible to clean up the job site by removing every leftover of caulk, epoxy, and dust that would have gathered in your kitchen and/bathroom.
How Long Will The Installation Take from Start to Finish?
As mentioned earlier, it all depends on the size, texture, and number of slabs of the project. Depending on the size of your kitchen/bathroom, the installation shouldn’t take more than four to eight hours, and maybe more if we encounter any extra difficulty along the line.
What Can I Do While The Project Is Ongoing?
The best thing you can do for us is to keep your distance (and that of your family members) away from the job site and leave our workers to do their job.
We know you’d like to ask a lot of questions; which is why we’d have our supervisor on ground to answer to your needs and also ensure our contractors carry out a perfect job, just as you’d like to have it done.
Ready to Have Your Granite Countertops Installed Now
To be honest, no time is the right time to install those granite countertops you’ve always wanted to have.
Having them installed in your home now, once and for all, will save you a lot of stress and put off the worry of having to choose the perfect time for the job to be done.
If you’re ready to install your granite countertops now, you can call us, at RSK Marble & Granite, on 978-447-1001 to speak to any of our expert fabricators. You can also reach out to our friendly staff for inquiries on anything you might need.
You can request a quote here.