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Granite or Quartz Countertop Overlays

When your dated, tired kitchen countertops are in need of a change, it seems like you have just two avenues: replacing your counters with new countertops or repairing your existing countertops.Get more news about Granite Overlay,you can vist our website!

Most homeowners would love to have all-new kitchen countertops. But the high cost of countertops is often enough to put off some homeowners from buying. Repairing your existing countertops by painting or re-surfacing them is inexpensive but at the cost of poor durability.

Instead, why not cover up those countertops with more countertop material? A small, niche industry makes granite or quartz countertop overlays that cover existing counters. A hard slab of granite, or quartz, including edges and backsplashes, goes on top of the existing countertop. These are variously called countertop overlays, granite counter units (GCUs), modular granite, or modular quartz.Countertop overlays cover your existing countertop in the form of large, pre-cast slabs of granite or quartz countertop material.

Overlays are differentiated from countertop fixes such as Rustoleum's Countertop Transformations, a multi-stage liquid covering, or from thin, plastic adhesive sheets imprinted with an image of granite. Countertop overlays are true countertop material, just thinner.

As long as you have a strong, stable counter, you can lay the overlay slabs directly on top. You can also remove your existing counter and lay down a new base of plywood.

Nearly any type of counter can be overlaid, as long as it is strong enough to support the overlay: tile, laminate, stainless steel, granite, quartz, concrete, and wood.Most countertop overlays need to create a seam, or several, within the general installation. This is especially true where countertop turns are involved. Many types of L-shaped kitchens, for example, will have an L-shaped section of countertop.

Some experts advise against choosing what are often called wild colors if you want the seams to disappear. This is because the distinctive patterning on one side will not be matched on the other side of the seam. Generally, though, most technicians know how to expertly blend two adjacent slabs.