SFA: What's the Answer?
Feedback on Porcelain Countertops
Jeff Mcbride
Looking for feedback – I have a customer that wants porcelain in kitchen. I believe there are more-durable products and can still find the look that she wants. Need people that have worked with porcelain before.
Oliker Atrian
Embrace the challenge but charge accordingly.
Tony Russo
Educate your clients on both the pros and cons in the form of a waiver that they sign.
Shannen Geisler
Porcelain is about as durable as it gets. Must add plywood subtop. Advise against mitering the sink. I have been working with porcelain for 8 years. Porcelain has a tendency to chip but I’ve repaired chips on all countertop materials, so I don’t differentiate.
Darin Ericson
Just add a plywood subtop? Doesn't plywood swell and warp over time as it absorbs moisture and dries? I do not do porcelain countertops; it makes more sense for walls in my opinion. I do miter stone and use KERDI-BOARD or similar.
Shannen Geisler
Had the exact same crack in a slab of LX. Less than a year after install. Customer filed a warranty claim. Denied at first, but after customer sent a second letter on his law firm’s letterhead, we were paid to replace the counter.
Jose Montanez
Material is hot garbage and meant for showrooms 🤣.
Jane Danielson
I don't love porcelain for a busy kitchen. It chips, and it's easy to chip the miter or get a full-blown crack. I love it for vertical applications and heat-sensitive ones. If she doesn't use her kitchen all that much, porcelain will likely be okay. But otherwise have her look at something else..
Jon Barnes
If they are dead set on porcelain, go with Neolith for porcelain countertops.
Oscar Arguijo Jr.
People are talking about never using plywood as underlayment, then what? Not for porcelain, but for any 2cm, what’s replaced ply?
Paul Petty
I love porcelain the most for every surface besides the countertop itself.