Home Depot kitchen countertops

[Anonymous]

What experience have you had with them? Did they do a good job with seams, installation, etc?

[Anonymous]

We got Caesarstone countertops through HD. We were nervous — they were going on custom cabinets, and there were a lot of bad stories out there. But HD was literally less than half the price for the exact same countertops from the fancy kitchen contractor. So we tried it, and they turned out fine. It wasn’t a very personal experience, and maybe someone could point out fine flaws, but we can’t see them.

If you require vein matching or directionality in counters, you might want to proceed carefully. We didn’t have those things. And make sure you are clear on the right overhang and angles for your space — if you have inset cabinetry the template technicians won’t really be able to help you, as they work almost exclusively with overlay doors and drawers.

One thing I figured out is that there’s a way to read the reviews for countertops from particular HD stores. It was a little hard to find the store-specific reviews, but they’re there (store location will be in the URL when you find it). As far as I understand, individual stores have exclusive contracts with one or two private fabricators, and you can use the reviews to figure out which fabricator that store would use, then read the Google reviews for the fabricators (or even call them). We found big differences between customer satisfaction across stores, so we went with the store that had the best reviews.

Hope this helps.

[Anonymous]

We had HD replace Formica countertops with Corian in the kitchen. Process went pretty smoothly overall. Corian usually has a uniform appearance, so matching wasn't an issue.

[Anonymous]

I agree with poster that said each HD subs out to a fabricator. The HD price we found was lower but the choices of granite types was small. We ended up going with an independent fabricator and we chose our slab from the granite yard.