You pick the actual slab off a real Austin importer floor with 299 lots on it. One crew then templates, fabricates, and installs your Pflugerville island, including sink cutout and sink set.
A lot of Pflugerville housing in Travis County went up in the late 1990s and 2000s east of I-35 near the SH 130 corridor. Those tract kitchens often still have original builder counters, including a small island or a peninsula that was never meant for heavy stone or for four stools. The island is where people actually stand, chop, and sit, so it is the surface that shows wear first and the one that has to be planned as a single field of stone, not as leftover pieces from the wall runs.
ATX Granite King serves Austin and the I-35 corridor, including Pflugerville. You pick the slab yourself on a direct importer slab floor in Austin. Then our crew templates, fabricates, and installs it. One crew, start to finish. We handle granite, quartzite, engineered quartz, marble, dolomite, soapstone, porcelain slabs, and semi precious. For rental grade and flip grade stone we work with a slab selection and fabrication partner so a rental does not have to use a showpiece slab. Sink cutout and sink set are included in the fabrication work.
Island tops bring overhangs, optional waterfall ends, seams on long runs, and cooktop or prep sink cutouts. None of that is automatic. Support, slab yield, and the holes you put in the middle all change the job. We put dates in writing with the quote. If you want a number, call for a straight quote at (512) 297-7493 or email info@atxgraniteking.com. We are reachable seven days a week.
A sit down overhang on an island is generally more than a few inches past the cabinet. Stone still needs brackets, a steel plate, or corbels once that cantilever grows. We template the seating side and mark support so the shop and the install agree. Skip the support and the stone can crack at the cabinet line when someone leans on it.
A waterfall drops the stone down the end of the island to the floor. It is not one bent piece. It is a deck and a leg, usually joined with a miter so the face tries to turn the corner. It uses extra slab and the match is only as good as the lot you picked on the Austin floor. Not every lot will yield two waterfall legs.
A long island often will not fit on one slab, so the shop puts a seam where the stone and the openings allow, not always on center. Cooktop and prep sink cutouts are made in fabrication. Sink cutout and sink set are included. A cooktop in the middle leaves narrow webs of stone that are easier to crack in handling. We lay the pieces out before we cut.
In Pflugerville, Travis County, many late 1990s and 2000s tract kitchens still sit on original builder counters. East of I-35 near the SH 130 corridor, those islands were often sized for a short breakfast overhang or for no seating at all. Replacing that top, or growing the island into the room, is a different job than wrapping wall cabinets. The stone has to span the box, sometimes a support post, and a seating side that was never designed for a heavy slab. We look at the existing cabinets, the floor, and the walk path before we talk about which lot to pull.
Granite is a natural igneous stone that is hard and heat tolerant but porous enough to want sealing. Engineered quartz is ground stone and resin, is non porous, needs no sealing, and can be damaged by direct heat and by long UV exposure outdoors. 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. Dolomite, soapstone, porcelain slabs, and semi precious stone are also on the floor. We speak in generally and usually, not in absolutes.
An island top is a large field of stone with a finished edge on all four sides. That means more edge work than a wall run, more chance of a seam, and more chance that a cooktop or prep sink cutout sits in the middle of what you see. You pick the actual slab off the Austin floor, not a photo. Movement, pits, and resin fill that looked fine on a small sample can dominate a long island. We would rather you see that on the floor. The crew gives dates in writing with the quote, not a verbal guess.
One crew handles the job start to finish. After you pick the slab on the Austin floor, we template the island in the house. Template means we record cabinet size, planned overhang, waterfall drop if any, cooktop opening, prep sink, faucet holes, and any radius. We mark where support will live. Houses from the late 1990s and 2000s in this corridor often have islands that were added later or cabinets that are not square to the floor. The template is what the shop cuts to. If the cabinets are not set and screwed down, we wait.
Fabrication happens off site on the slab you chose. The deck is cut, edges are profiled, cutouts are made, and the sink is set as part of that work. Sink cutout and sink set are included in the fabrication work. Waterfall ends are usually mitered so the face grain tries to turn the corner. Miters need a full contact glue line and they still read as a joint in raking light. Seams on a long island are cut, then filled and polished as close as the stone allows. Natural stone will not hide a seam the way a busy printed quartz pattern sometimes can.
Install is the same crew. Stone is heavy. A long island with a cooktop hole is weaker in the middle and has to be carried and set without racking the webs. Overhangs get their brackets or plates as planned on the template. We set to the cabinets. After it is down we check the seam, the overhang, the waterfall joint, and the cutouts. We do not promise same day or next day anything. The crew gives dates in writing with the quote. If you want a number, call for a straight quote at (512) 297-7493.
Seating overhangs look simple until the stone is in the air. Past a short cantilever, granite, quartzite, and quartz all need mechanical support. Corbels eat knee space. Hidden steel under the top needs a buildup or a cabinet that hides the plate. If you skip support, the stone can crack along the cabinet front, often after someone leans or sits on it. That is a real failure mode. We will not install a deep overhang without a support plan. That can mean changing the cabinet, adding a panel, or accepting a shorter sit down side than the first drawing showed.
Waterfall ends consume slab. A matched waterfall can force you onto a larger lot or a second slab, and the miter is a glue line you will see when light rakes across it. A long island often cannot come from one slab. The seam is a joint. On busy granite it can recede. On quiet marble or a linear quartzite it reads as a line down the deck. Moving the seam away from the cooktop or the prep sink is usually the right call even if it is not centered. A centered seam looks planned until food, water, and light hit it every day.
A cooktop cutout removes a large rectangle from the middle of the island. The remaining stone on each side can be a narrow web. That is where cracks start if the piece is racked during carry or if someone stands on the counter later. A prep sink does the same on a smaller scale, plus faucet holes. Marble will etch at a prep zone. Quartz can scorch if a hot pan sits on it. Some quartzite is not as hard as the name suggests. Porcelain slabs are thinner and the support and handling are different. These are limits to plan around, not surprises after the cut.
Start with the slab, not a drawing of an island longer than the stone. The Austin floor has 299 lots. You walk it and pick. A pair of matched slabs can make a long island without a random seam, but only if the lot is actually two slabs that belong together. For a rental or a flip, the partner selection is there so you are not forced into a showpiece. In a Pflugerville tract kitchen the island is often limited by the walkway around it. Leave room to open the dishwasher and to walk behind a seated person. That clearance matters more than an extra six inches of stone.
If the island will take hot pans, granite or a true hard quartzite is generally more heat tolerant than quartz or marble. If the island is a baking and citrus station, marble will etch. Sealing does not stop etching on marble. Quartz needs no sealing and is usually easier to wipe, but keep it off long sun through a window if you can, and use a trivet for heat. Soapstone is soft and will scratch and take on a patina. Porcelain is heat tolerant in most cases but the edges and what sits under it matter. Decide based on how you cook, not only on the look of the lot.
Decide seating depth, waterfall yes or no, and whether the cooktop or prep sink lives in the island before we template. Changing those after template means recutting or another slab. Waterfall on one end only is a common, honest compromise when slab yield is tight. A prep sink on the island is useful and it is also a hole, a faucet hole, and a plumbing chase through the cabinet. Two openings in one deck make seam placement and leftover web width harder. If you want a number on the layout you choose, call for a straight quote. The phone is (512) 297-7493.
Call or email. We are reachable seven days a week at (512) 297-7493 and info@atxgraniteking.com. Say it is a Pflugerville island, what is on it now, and whether you want seating, a waterfall, a cooktop, or a prep sink. Then you go to the Austin slab floor and pick the actual slab from the 299 lots, or from the rental grade and flip grade partner if that is the job. We do not pick the slab for you unless you ask us to walk the floor with you. The lot you choose is the lot we cut.
After the slab is chosen we schedule template once the cabinets are set. The quote that goes with those dates is the number you work from. We do not put prices on this page. If you want a number, call for a straight quote. One crew handles template, fabrication, and install. Sink cutout and sink set are part of the fabrication work. 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.
On install day the top arrives finished. We set support, set the stone, and set the sink if that is in the plan. Plan for the kitchen to be down while the old top is off and the new one is not yet in. We give those dates in writing with the quote. If something in the house is out of square, we deal with it in the field the way a crew does, not by pretending the slab will flex. That is the work. Email is info@atxgraniteking.com if that is easier than the phone.
$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.
Usually yes. Slab size is the limit, not preference. A long island often will not fit on one piece, especially after you lose stone to edge profile, waterfall legs, and a cooktop or prep sink cutout. We place the seam where the remaining webs stay strong and where the pattern fights the joint the least. On quiet stone the seam will show. That is the honest downside. A second matched slab can reduce how random it looks, but it is still a joint. Call for a straight quote once you have a length and a lot in mind.
Not much. A few inches past the cabinet can sometimes stand on the stone alone, depending on thickness and whether the edge is built up. Past that, granite, quartz, quartzite, and the rest all need brackets, corbels, or a steel plate. Corbels take knee room. Hidden steel needs a place to live. We will not hang a deep seating overhang with no support. People lean and the crack starts at the cabinet line. Template is when we lock that plan. If you want a number for the whole island, call for a straight quote.
They will look close if the lot has quiet movement and the miter is tight, and they will look like two pieces if the vein does not turn the corner. A waterfall is a deck plus a leg, usually mitered. You will see a glue line in raking light. It also uses a lot of slab, which can force a second lot or kill a waterfall on both ends. That yield hit is the downside people skip past on a drawing. We would rather lay it on the actual slab with you on the Austin floor before we cut.
Yes, if the island is large enough and the remaining stone on all sides of both holes stays wide enough to carry and to live with. Two cutouts in one deck make the piece fragile in handling and they dictate where a seam can go. The cooktop also means heat on that stone. Quartz can be damaged by direct heat. Marble etches around a prep sink. We would rather keep one major opening in a modest island and put the other function on a wall run. Call for a straight quote with the cabinet size and the two cutout sizes.
Call for a straight quote. Phone is (512) 297-7493. Email is info@atxgraniteking.com. We are reachable seven days a week. The square foot rate is on this page, and the quote for your job comes from the crew. Have a rough length, whether you want an overhang, a waterfall, a cooktop, or a prep sink, and whether you will pick on the main Austin floor or the rental grade partner. We quote after we know the slab and the template, and we put dates in writing with that quote. One crew templates, fabricates, and installs.
Tell us the rooms, the rough square footage and what you have in mind for kitchen island countertops in pflugerville. You get a number for the whole job, in writing, before anyone cuts anything.