Granite Countertop Installation

[Neck]

What should I expect to pay to have 2 slabs of granite (6 x 9) cut and installed in a kitchen? Farm sink with 3 hole faucet. No other cutouts except for the stove top.

It is quartzite so it's actually a little harder than granite and gonna be little harder on blades and bits.

What about a prefab piece for a small bathroom about 5 feet long with one sink and 3 hole faucet?

Thanks!

[Hawkpuppy 1]

All depends on total square feet typically. With a farm sink and two slabs, I'd guess north of $3000 if you haven't already bought the slabs.

[Neck]

All depends on total square feet typically. With a farm sink and two slabs, I'd guess north of $3000 if you haven't already bought the slabs.

Installer said 2 slabs should cover the kitchen. I've got the 2 slabs. The slabs were a higher level and expensive at $1685 a slab so $3370 total. The installer is saying to cut and install is $3500. That's more than the slabs themselves. Is that right? Labor and installation is typically more expensive than the slabs themselves and higher level slabs at that?

[Gclyde28]

Labor should be based off sq footage of countertop, not square footage of slabs. Then there will be adds for sink cutouts/additional edge polishing, special edge profiles, etc.

Need to know sq footage of counter space to determine how accurate or outlandish the labor number actually is.

[Neck]

I am checking on the total countertop space now but the installer is saying it will take almost every bit of the 2 slabs which are 66 sq foot slabs so 132 sq foot combined.

[Texastaxi]

We recently bought 2 nine foot, pre-edged pieces for our kitchen ... $300.
Install, which required 8 cuts and one sink cut-out ... $800.

[RingSteel]

We recently bought 2 nine foot, pre-edged pieces for our kitchen ... $300.
Install, which required 8 cuts and one sink cut-out ... $800.

That's good pricing! Can you share the contractor/supplier info?

[Bow-TechAggie]

One thing to take into consideration, and your situation is the perfect example, is how much responsibility is placed on fabricator. What I mean is, do you expect a fabricator to give you the same price to work on $1600 slabs as he would cutting $300 slabs. One screw up on an expensive slab and not only does he not make money, but he loses his arse.

[Hawkpuppy 1]

Edge profile and undermount sinks can add a LOT to the total price....

[techzan]

Assuming your existing countertops are easy to remove I'm guessing fabrication & installation costs should be around $35 sq/ft. If a fabricator knows you didn't shop around they can try to stick it to you. I'm surprised you were able to buy the slabs yourself. I know of only a few wholesalers in Texas that allow that. One of them being where I work. Where did you buy them? You also asked if fabrication & installation could cost more than the material. In most cases it does cost more than the material.

[Hawkpuppy 1]

FYI, you can buy direct from Italian Granite in Waco. They do waaaaaaaay better work than everything I saw from Stone Systems in Austin