Install day is when the templated slabs leave the shop and get set in your kitchen or bath. You should be home so the crew can reach the path, confirm the layout, and reconnect the sink once the tops are in.
Install day is not a sales visit. It is the day the fabricated pieces come off the truck and go onto your cabinets. ATX Granite King runs one crew start to finish, so the people who templated your kitchen are the people who set the stone. You already picked the actual slab off a real Austin slab floor with 299 lots. The job covers granite, quartzite, engineered quartz, marble, dolomite, soapstone, porcelain slabs, and semi precious when that is what you chose.
The sink cutout and sink set are already part of the fabrication work. On install day the crew still has to carry the pieces through your house, set them, shim them level, join the seams, and put the sink in the cutout. If the old sink was disconnected, reconnection is part of the closeout once the new top is sitting. The crew works Austin and the I-35 corridor, including Austin, Pflugerville, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, Hutto, Jarrell, Salado, Belton, Temple, Killeen, and Harker Heights.
You should be home. The crew needs a clear path from the truck to the cabinets, someone who can answer layout questions, and access to water shutoffs if the sink is going back in. Dates come in writing with the quote. If you need a number, call for a straight quote at (512) 297-7493 or email info@atxgraniteking.com. They are reachable seven days a week.
The crew walks the route from the truck to the cabinets before any stone moves. Stairs, tight turns, and finished floors change the carry. You clear rugs, pets, and clutter. You cover floors you care about. If a full piece will not fit, seams were already planned in the shop. Tell them about dogs, kids, and gate codes before they leave. If the path changed after template, call (512) 297-7493.
Pieces go on the cabinets dry so the crew can check overhangs, cooktop holes, and sink position. Then they shim. Cabinets are rarely dead level. Shims take out twist so the stone does not rock and so seams can close. Too few shims leave a hollow that can crack under a standing load. Stay clear until they ask you to look at a seam or an overhang.
Seams get color matched epoxy, clamped, and scraped flush. A good seam is thin. Natural stone still shows the joint. After set, granite generally wants sealer. Engineered quartz is non porous and needs no sealing. Marble still etches from lemon and vinegar. Sink set is in the fabrication work. Supply and drain reconnection happens once the top is sitting, if that work is in the job.
Install day is the set, not the template and not the slab walk. The stone you picked off a real Austin slab floor, from a direct importer with 299 lots on the floor, has already been cut to the template, edged, and given a sink cutout. Sink set is included in that fabrication work. The same crew that templated the job loads the pieces and brings them to your cabinets. They work granite, quartzite, engineered quartz, marble, dolomite, soapstone, porcelain slabs, and semi precious. One crew start to finish means the people who measured the room are the people who put the weight on your boxes.
What the job actually is is heavy lifting plus fit. A full kitchen run can be several large pieces. The crew needs a path that will take the weight and the length. They dry fit, shim, seam, and then fasten. They do not rebuild your cabinets. If a box is twisted or a wall is out, they can shim the stone, but they cannot make a bad cabinet run true. 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.
You should plan to be home for the whole set. The crew gives dates in writing with the quote. They do not promise same day or next day anything. Someone has to open the house, show the path, keep kids and pets off the work, and look at overhangs before the epoxy goes off. Plumbing reconnection needs water off and then on. If you cannot be there, leave a person who can make those calls. For a rental or a flip they work with a partner for rental grade and flip grade stone, so a rental does not have to pay for a showpiece slab. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
The first real work on site is the path. The crew backs the truck as close as they can, then walks every turn from the curb to the cabinets. They look at stair width, railings, door casing, and floor finish. Stone edges chip if they hit a jamb. You move furniture that blocks a turn. You take down a screen door if the opening is tight. Finished wood floors need protection you actually put down. If the only path is through a finished living room, say so at template, not on install morning. A piece that will not make the stairs was already seamed in the shop when the template showed that limit.
Once the pieces are inside they go onto the cabinets dry. The crew checks the overhang at the bars, the cooktop hole, the sink center, and the walls. Then shimming starts. Most cabinet runs are not level. Shims under the stone take out high and low spots so the top does not rock and so a seam can pull closed. Color matched epoxy goes in the joint, clamps pull it, and the squeeze out gets scraped and buffed. A seam in busy granite hides better than a seam in a quiet slab. You will still see it if you look. That is normal, not a defect in every case. Do not lean on a fresh seam.
After the tops are set, porous stone generally gets sealer. Granite is hard and heat tolerant but porous enough to want sealing. Sealer is a surface treatment you maintain, not a permanent skin. Engineered quartz is non porous and needs no sealing. It can still be damaged by a hot pan set down dry and by long UV outdoors. The sink drops into the cutout cut in the shop. If supply lines and the drain were disconnected, reconnection is the last mechanical step. The crew needs the water off, then a test on. Old valves that crumble are a plumbing problem, not a stone problem. Stay home until they run water and wipe the joints.
The honest downside of stone install is that the house takes a beating for a morning or an afternoon. Corners of drywall get scuffed. Floor protection still lets grit through if people walk it all day. A seam that looked tight in the shop can open a hair if a cabinet is in twist and will not let the joint close. Busy movement in granite hides that better. A quiet marble or a solid color quartz shows every line. Marble etches from lemon and vinegar regardless of sealing, so install day sealer does not make it a cutting board. Quartz can scorch from a hot pan. Those are material facts, not crew failures.
Cabinets that were not built for stone are a common bad surprise. Thin particle sides, missing support under a seam, or a dishwasher opening with no rail will show up when the weight lands. The crew can add shims and can tell you a span is weak. They cannot rebuild the run on install day. If you skipped support at template, install day is late to fix it. Porcelain slabs are thinner in many cases and need a flatter, better supported deck than a thick granite. Soapstone is softer and will take scratches and dents in use. Semi precious slabs can have resin filled voids that look different under kitchen light than they did on the slab floor.
Plumbing reconnection has its own downside. Old shutoffs seize. Supply lines are too short once the new sink sits deeper. A disposal flange does not match the new cutout style. The crew can set the sink. They are not a full replumb. If the valves fail when the water comes back on, that stop is on you and a plumber, and the stone job still sits there wet. Another limit: they do not give dates as a count of days on the phone. Dates come in writing with the quote. Weather, shop load, and your cabinets being actually ready all move the day. Call for a straight quote. Do not expect the truck because you asked for speed.
Be home for path, layout check, and water. Path is first. If a piece will not make a turn, someone has to say whether to cut a new seam, pull a door, or stop. Layout check is second. Overhangs at a seating bar, the reveal at a farm sink, and whether a seam sits on a dishwasher all get decided before epoxy. If you are at work, the crew will set to the template, and you live with that. Water is last. Someone has to know where the shutoff is and stay until the sink holds. Kids and dogs need a closed room. The crew cannot watch them and carry stone.
Decide before install day whether you care more about a hidden seam or a full length piece. A long island with no joint looks clean and is heavier to carry. Stairs and tight halls often force a seam anyway. Decide whether you want natural stone that generally needs sealer or engineered quartz that needs none but can take heat damage. Decide if marble is worth the etch marks in a house that cooks with citrus. Those choices were made at the slab floor in Austin. Install day only reveals them. If you are still choosing stone, go look at the 299 lots. Then call for a straight quote.
Have the cabinets set, screwed, and loaded with no bounce. Have the old top off unless the quote said the crew would pull it. Have the sink on site if it is owner supplied. Have a clear path and a place for the old debris. Have the dishwasher out or at least the top screws pulled if the stone has to slide. Have a person who can sign off on seam color and overhang. If the job is a rental, say so up front so they use the rental grade path with their selection and fabrication partner. Posted service area is Austin, Pflugerville, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, Hutto, Jarrell, Salado, Belton, Temple, Killeen, Harker Heights, and the corridor.
Start by picking the slab, not by asking for a mystery number. ATX Granite King has you pick the actual slab off a real Austin slab floor with 299 lots. The crew then templates, fabricates, and installs. One crew start to finish. If the job is a rental or a flip, they route you through a slab selection and fabrication partner for rental grade and flip grade stone so you are not buying a showpiece you do not need. Materials they handle include granite, quartzite, engineered quartz, marble, dolomite, soapstone, porcelain slabs, and semi precious. Bring photos of the cabinets and the sink model if you already bought it.
Template happens after cabinets are set and the sink is on site or fully specified. The crew measures, marks seam locations, and notes the path the finished pieces will take. Fabrication includes the sink cutout and sink set. You will not get a same day turn from template to install. The crew gives dates in writing with the quote. When install day comes, the steps you already read are the job: access, set, shim, seam, seal if the stone wants it, sink in the hole, plumbing reconnection if that is in the work. Email info@atxgraniteking.com if you cannot call. They are reachable seven days a week.
To get a number you call for a straight quote. Call (512) 297-7493. Tell them the city, the material you want, whether it is a house, a rental, or a flip, and whether cabinets are already in. Serve area is Austin and the I-35 corridor through Pflugerville, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, Hutto, Jarrell, Salado, Belton, Temple, Killeen, and Harker Heights. If you are on the corridor and not sure, ask. Do not send a wish list with no slab and expect a firm figure. Pick stone, get templated, get dates in writing, then be home on install day so the path, the seams, and the sink all get a real yes from you.
$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.
Yes if you care about path, overhang, seam place, and the sink test. The crew can set to the template if you leave a key, but then you live with the overhang they chose and you are not there if a piece will not make a stair. Pets and kids need to be out of the carry path. Plumbing reconnection needs someone who knows the shutoff. If you cannot stay, leave an adult who can say yes or no. Call (512) 297-7493 to set that expectation with the quote.
Sink cutout and sink set are included in the fabrication work. Reconnection of supply and drain is the usual closeout when the old lines still reach and the valves work. That is not a full replumb. If shutoffs seize, lines are too short, or a disposal does not fit the new sink, you need a plumber and the stone still sits. The honest limitation is that install day is a stone set, not a mechanical remodel. Have new supply lines on site if the old ones are cracked. Stay until they run water.
Granite is porous enough to want sealing and generally gets sealer after set. In most cases that is a topical sealer you will maintain, not a coating that never wears. Engineered quartz is non porous and needs no sealing. Marble still etches from lemon and vinegar even with sealer on it. Quartzite is usually very hard, though some slabs sold as quartzite are softer and behave more like marble, and those still want care. Soapstone is softer than granite and is treated differently. Ask at quote which process they will use on your slab. Call for a straight quote.
It depends on piece count, stairs, seams, and whether the sink and cooktop have to go in. A small bath is a shorter set than a full kitchen with an island and two seams. The crew gives dates in writing with the quote. They do not promise same day or next day anything from the first call. Plan to give them the house for the working day they put on the quote. If cabinets are not ready, they will not set. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote and the written date.
Clear the path from the door to the cabinets. Move rugs, chairs, and anything that chips if a slab edge hits it. Cover floors you care about. Pull the dishwasher top screws if the stone has to slide over that opening. Have the old top off unless the quote said otherwise. Put pets in a closed room. Have the sink on site if you are supplying it. Know the water shutoff. Tell the crew about a tight stair or a low header before they leave the shop. If the path changed after template, call (512) 297-7493.
Tell us the rooms, the rough square footage and what you have in mind for countertop installation day. You get a number for the whole job, in writing, before anyone cuts anything.