Water soaks particleboard decks and cabinet boxes under a counter even when the slab still looks fine. ATX Granite King templates, fabricates, and installs replacement or reused stone once the restoration crew has the boxes dry enough to work.
When a supply line, dishwasher, ice maker, or roof leak hits a kitchen, the countertop is often the last thing people look at. Granite, quartzite, engineered quartz, marble, dolomite, soapstone, porcelain, and even semi precious slabs are dense. Water usually does not wreck the stone itself the way it wrecks the wood under it. Particleboard and MDF decks swell, delaminate, and lose screw holding power. Plywood fares better but still cups if it sits wet. The cabinets can rack, the face frames can split, and the old sink cutout can sit over a hole that no longer matches a square box.
Restoration companies tear out wet drywall, run dehumidifiers, and replace base cabinets when the boxes are gone. The stone may still be usable. It may also be cracked from the swell, stained at the sink, or cut in a shape that will not fit the new cabinet run. We do not dry houses. We do not rebuild cabinets. You pick stone on an Austin slab floor with 299 lots, or we reuse your existing piece when that is honest, then one crew templates, fabricates, and installs. Sink cutout and sink set are part of the fabrication work.
Timing is the hard part. The restoration side has its own schedule for drying and cabinet replacement. We give dates in writing with the quote. We do not promise same day or next day work. If you need a number, call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote. Email is info@atxgraniteking.com. We are reachable seven days a week. Service area is Austin, Pflugerville, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, Hutto, Jarrell, Salado, Belton, Temple, Killeen, Harker Heights, and the I-35 corridor.
Particleboard counter decks are glue and chips. Once they take water they swell at the sink and dishwasher, then they crumble when you try to unscrew the stone. The slab can still be sound while the deck is trash. We do not rebuild the boxes. Restoration replaces cabinets. We template the new run when the boxes are in and dry enough to measure.
Granite is generally hard and heat tolerant but porous enough to want sealing. Quartz is engineered from ground stone and resin, non porous, needs no sealing, and can be damaged by direct heat. If the existing slab did not crack and the new cabinet run matches, we can reuse it. Layout changes usually mean a new slab off the Austin floor with 299 lots.
Restoration drying is not our clock. We do not give a timeline in days on this page. The crew gives dates in writing with the quote after we see the cabinets and the slab. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote. We work Austin, Pflugerville, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, Hutto, Jarrell, Salado, Belton, Temple, Killeen, Harker Heights, and the corridor.
The job after a flood or a slow leak is not just a new slab. The counter sits on a deck, usually particleboard on stock cabinets, sometimes plywood on better boxes. Water from a burst line, a failed dishwasher, an ice maker, or a sink overflow travels along the deck and into the cabinet walls. Particleboard takes on water fast. It swells at the cut edges around the sink, then it loses its ability to hold screws that clamp the stone. You can have a granite or quartz slab that looks fine and a deck that will not take a fastener. That is the usual failure, not the stone dissolving.
Cabinets themselves take damage in two ways. The boxes rack when the floor or the toe kick stays wet. Face frames can split. Doors swell and no longer close. If the restoration company replaces the boxes, the new run may not match the old counter footprint. Overhangs change. The sink centerline moves. Cooktop cutouts sit in a different place. That is why we wait to template until the new cabinets are set, level, and fastened. Templating a missing or moving box is how you get a slab that does not fit. We use one crew from template through fabricate and install so the same people own the fit.
Stone after a leak is usually still sound. Granite is a natural igneous stone, hard and heat tolerant, porous enough to want sealing. Standing water on unsealed granite can leave a dark spot until it dries, and sometimes a stain if iron was in the water. Engineered quartz is non porous, needs no sealing, and does not soak the way granite does. Direct heat and long UV can still damage quartz. Marble is calcium based and etches from acids like lemon and vinegar regardless of sealing. Quartzite is metamorphosed sandstone and is very hard, though some slabs sold as quartzite are softer and behave more like marble.
We do not start until the restoration side has the cabinets in a state we can measure. That means new or dried boxes, set, screwed, and close to level. A template taken off a swollen, racked, or missing cabinet is waste. Our crew comes to the house, measures the run, sink location, cooktop, overhangs, and backsplash height, and builds a physical template. You pick the actual slab off a real Austin slab floor if you are replacing the stone. There are 299 lots on that floor. If you are keeping the old slab, we still template the new boxes so we know whether the old piece even fits.
Fabrication happens after the template, not before. We cut the slab to the template, polish the edges, and cut the sink. Sink cutout and sink set are included in the fabrication work. If the old undermount sink survived and still matches the new cutout, it can go back. If it did not, you supply a new sink or we set what you buy. We do not invent a sink brand here. Cooktop cutouts, faucet holes, and outlet cutouts in a full height splash get cut from the template too. One crew does this start to finish so the people who measured the boxes are the people who cut the stone.
Install is setting the stone on the new or repaired cabinets, seaming if the run needs more than one piece, setting the sink, and checking overhangs and square. We do not rebuild wet drywall or replace flooring. If the restoration company is still running dehumidifiers in the kitchen, say so before we schedule. Stone does not like sitting in a wet room any more than wood does, even if quartz does not soak. Dates are given in writing with the quote. We never promise same day or next day work. If you need a number for the stone work, call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Keeping the old slab sounds simple. The honest downside is fit. New cabinets after a gut are rarely the same length, depth, and sink location as the ruined boxes. An old L shaped granite piece will not magically match a new straight run. Seams that were hidden can land in the middle of a new opening. A cracked slab from cabinet swell is not something we glue and call good. If the stone is marble that already etched, water damage did not cause that, lemon did, and putting it back puts the same surface back. Reuse only works when the footprint is close and the slab is sound.
Replacing the stone lets you pick a slab off the Austin floor and cut it to the new cabinets. Materials we handle are granite, quartzite, engineered quartz, marble, dolomite, soapstone, porcelain slabs, and semi precious. For a rental or a flip, we work with a slab selection and fabrication partner for rental grade and flip grade stone, so a rental does not have to pay for a showpiece slab. That is the honest split. A showpiece lot and a rental lot are not the same thing. Do not overstate quartzite. Some slabs sold as quartzite are softer and behave more like marble. Granite generally wants sealing. Quartz usually needs none.
The other tradeoff is sequence with restoration. If you replace cabinets and counters at once, the kitchen is down until both trades finish. If you try to save the old counters and only swap boxes, you still need a day when the stone is off, the boxes go in, and the stone goes back, which only works if the stone was removed without breaking. Removing stone from swollen particleboard often breaks the deck and can chip the slab at the sink rails. That is bad news we tell people up front. Sometimes the slab comes off clean. Sometimes it does not. We will not pretend every removal is clean.
Start with the cabinets, not the stone. If the boxes are swollen, moldy, or out of square, they go. Restoration decides that, not us. Once you know the new footprint, look at the old slab. Walk the seams. Look at the sink rails and the dishwasher end. Look for cracks that follow the swell. If the old run was a simple rectangle and the new run is the same size, reuse is on the table. If you are going from a galley to an island, or moving the sink, you need new stone. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote when you want a number on either path.
Material choice after a water job should be honest about the next leak, because kitchens leak again. Granite generally needs sealing because it is porous. Quartz is non porous and needs no sealing, which is why people pick it after a flood, but it can be damaged by direct heat and by long UV exposure outdoors. Do not put quartz on an outdoor kitchen and expect it to sit in Texas sun. Marble etches from acids regardless of sealing. Soapstone is generally more forgiving with water and heat but it scratches and darkens with oil. Porcelain slabs are non porous in most cases. Dolomite sits between marble and harder stone. We do not oversell any of them.
Insurance and restoration scopes often cover cabinets and not a showpiece slab. That is why the rental grade and flip grade partner exists. You can put a serviceable quartz or granite on a rental without shopping the 299 lots like a custom kitchen. Owner occupied homes on the I-35 corridor usually want to pick the actual slab. Either way, the decision is footprint first, condition of the old stone second, then material. We will tell you when reuse is a bad idea. We will not stretch a cracked sink rail to save a piece.
Call (512) 297-7493 or email info@atxgraniteking.com. We are reachable seven days a week. Tell us the city, whether cabinets are already replaced, whether the old stone is still in place, and whether this is a rental, a flip, or the house you live in. Posted service area is Austin, Pflugerville, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, Hutto, Jarrell, Salado, Belton, Temple, Killeen, Harker Heights, and the I-35 corridor. If you are outside that list, say so. We give dates in writing with the quote. We do not quote a timeline in days on the phone before we see the job.
If you are replacing stone, you pick the actual slab off a real Austin slab floor. Direct importer floor, 299 lots. For rental grade and flip grade, we use the partner so you are not shopping showpiece material. After the slab is chosen and the cabinets are set, we template. Then we fabricate. Then we install. One crew start to finish. Sink cutout and sink set are included in the fabrication work. We do not handle restoration drying, mold, or flooring. Those stay with the restoration company. Mixing those scopes is how schedules fall apart. Bring the restoration contact so dates can be written against a real cabinet install, not a guess.
When you want a number, call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote. That is the only way we handle it. Email works too at info@atxgraniteking.com. Do not wait until the new cabinets are already in with no plan for stone. Measure once the boxes are set. If the old counters are still on wet boxes, say that. We would rather look at a messy kitchen than cut a slab to a drawing that does not match the room. ATX Granite King works Austin and the I-35 corridor. We show up, template, cut, and set. That is the whole offer after water damage.
$38 per square foot, cut, measure, and install included. Jobs over 1,000 square feet: $30 per square foot.
Sink cutout and sink set are included in the fabrication work. Non standard work is still quoted before work begins. Send the rough square footage and the rooms involved, or call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Sometimes. Granite usually survives the water. The deck and cabinets often do not. If the new cabinets match the old footprint and the slab is not cracked at the sink or seams, we can reset it. If the layout changed or the stone chipped coming off swollen particleboard, you need a new slab. We will say so after we see it. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Yes, on sequence. They dry and replace cabinets. We template after the boxes are set. We do not dry structures or replace flooring. The limitation is that we will not template moving or missing cabinets, and we will not give dates in days until we write them on the quote. If dehumidifiers are still running in the kitchen, tell us before we schedule install. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Quartz is engineered from ground stone and resin, is non porous, and needs no sealing, so standing water on the surface is less of a stain risk than on granite. Granite is porous enough to want sealing and can darken or stain. The honest downside for quartz is direct heat and long UV outdoors. The cabinets and particleboard deck fail first either way. Stone choice does not save a swollen box. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
We do not give a timeline in days on this page or as a blanket promise. The crew gives dates in writing with the quote after we see the cabinets and the slab. Same day and next day work is not something we promise. Restoration drying and cabinet set control the start. If you need a number and a written date, call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote. Email info@atxgraniteking.com. Seven days a week.
We work with a slab selection and fabrication partner for rental grade and flip grade stone, so a rental does not have to pay for a showpiece slab. You still get templating, fabrication, and install from one crew, with sink cutout and sink set included. The limitation is you are not picking a showpiece lot off the 299 on the Austin floor. That is the point of the rental path. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Tell us the rooms, the rough square footage and what you have in mind for countertops after water damage. You get a number for the whole job, in writing, before anyone cuts anything.