You empty the counters and the lower cabinets before template, and you handle water, appliances, pets, and parking. Paint and backsplash order is a choice you make before the crew measures, not after the stone is cut.
New stone does not go on a working kitchen. ATX Granite King templates, fabricates, and installs after you pick the actual slab off a real Austin slab floor with 299 lots. One crew start to finish. Before they arrive you clear the tops, empty the lower cabinets in the run, shut water, pull appliances that sit in the stone, and open parking. They serve Austin, Pflugerville, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, Hutto, Jarrell, Salado, Belton, Temple, Killeen, Harker Heights, and the corridor. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Prep is not a remodel. You are not opening walls. You are making the cabinets measurable and the path walkable. Upper cabinets generally stay. The island empties like any other run. Sink cutout and sink set are included in the fabrication work, but the old sink and the plumbing still have to be ready on your side. The crew gives dates in writing with the quote.
Paint, tile, pets, and cars belong in the same plan. Wet paint takes marks from a slab. Old tile can block a full height splash. A pet or a parked car can stop the unload. If that sequence is unclear, call. They are reachable seven days a week. Email is info@atxgraniteking.com. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Take everything off the tops. Empty lower cabinets in the run that is getting stone, island included. Uppers usually stay. The crew needs to see the boxes to template and to set clips and the sink. Leave a path. If the run is still full, they can decline the visit and you wait for dates in writing. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Shut the valves. You or your plumber disconnect supply, drain, dishwasher, and any cooktop in the run. The crew is not that trade. Sink cutout and sink set are included in fabrication once the opening is real. Gas and electric are yours. A wet cabinet stops the work. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Crate pets or take them out. Hold a parking spot for the truck. Decide paint and backsplash before template. Paint first and let it dry, or paint after and accept scuffs. Tile after stone in most cases. Tile first only if it stays, and accept a scribe. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Kitchen prep for new countertops is the work you do so a crew can measure, cut, and set stone without moving your stuff on install day. It is emptying the tops that will be replaced, emptying the lower cabinets in that run, shutting water, pulling appliances that sit in or against the stone, and making a path from the curb. ATX Granite King handles granite, quartzite, engineered quartz, marble, dolomite, soapstone, porcelain slabs, and semi precious from a direct importer slab floor in Austin with 299 lots. You pick the actual slab. Prep is about a full kitchen, not the stone. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Lower cabinets matter because install uses the cabinet boxes as the structure. The stone sits on them. Seam support, sink clips, and dishwasher clips live in that space. If the cabinets are packed with pans, the crew cannot see the boxes, cannot set a level, and cannot drop a sink. Upper cabinets usually stay in place because the template and the slabs pass under them. Islands get the same empty rule as perimeter runs. If you have an undermount, the sink cutout and sink set are included in fabrication, but the cabinet still has to be empty and the old sink ready to come out.
Plumbing prep is valves off and lines free, not a full remodel. You or a plumber disconnect the supply lines and the drain if the sink is moving or being replaced. The stone crew is not your plumber. Dishwashers that tuck under the stone need to be out or slid forward so the template sees the real opening. Ranges and cooktops in the run need the same. Gas disconnects and electric disconnects are your trade, not the countertop crew. Leave the area dry. A leak on template day or install day stops the work. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
After you pick the slab on the Austin floor, the crew templates the empty tops. Template is a physical measure of the cabinets, walls, corners, sink, cooktop, and overhangs. If stuff is still on the counters, the measure is wrong. If lower cabinets are full, they cannot confirm box height, square, and support. One crew does template, fabrication, and install start to finish. They work Austin and the I-35 corridor: Austin, Pflugerville, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, Hutto, Jarrell, Salado, Belton, Temple, Killeen, Harker Heights, and the corridor. Template happens on the empty kitchen you prepared. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Fabrication happens off site from that template. The slab you chose is cut to the measure, edges profiled, and the sink cutout made. Sink set is included in that fabrication work. If your template was taken with a toaster in the corner or a dishwasher still in place hiding the side of a box, the cut will match a kitchen that does not exist. That is why prep is not optional. Quartz is engineered from ground stone and resin and is generally non porous. Granite is a natural igneous stone that is hard and heat tolerant but porous enough to want sealing. Those facts do not change prep. The empty cabinets still matter.
Install day needs the same empty kitchen, plus parking and a path. The crew needs a straight shot from the truck to the cabinets. Pets in the way, cars blocking the drive, and boxes in the hall stop the carry. They set the pieces, seam them, set the sink, and wipe down. They do not paint, tile a backsplash, or reconnect your dishwasher. You or your plumber put water back on after the sink is set and the silicone has a chance to sit. The crew gives dates in writing with the quote. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
If counters are not empty, template is a guess. The crew can refuse the visit and you wait for a new written date. That is the honest downside. If they template around clutter, the stone can come back short, long, or with a cooktop hole in the wrong place. Then the slab you picked on the Austin floor is already cut. Some leftover can be recut. Some cannot. Marble is calcium based and etches from acids like lemon and vinegar regardless of sealing. A recut on a tight lot still means another trip to the floor. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Full lower cabinets hide problems. Out of level boxes, missing support under a seam, and a dishwasher opening that is not square only show when the cabinets are empty. Install on full cabinets means the crew is working blind. Seams can lip. Sinks can sit high. You live with it or you take the stone back off. Taking stone off after silicone is ugly work and can break a piece. Quartzite is metamorphosed sandstone and is very hard, though some slabs sold as quartzite are softer and behave more like marble. Hard stone is not more forgiving of a bad template. It is less forgiving.
Parking and pets sound small until a slab is on a cart in the driveway. A dog underfoot is a safety problem. A car in the only approach means the crew cannot unload. They will leave. Paint that is still wet will take a handprint from a slab. Backsplash tile that is already on the wall can stop a full height splash of stone or force a scribe that looks like a gap. The tradeoff is time with empty cabinets versus a wasted template visit. You crate animals or take them out for the whole visit, not just the first hour. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Decide wall finish before you lock a template date. If you paint first, paint the walls down to the cabinet line and let it dry hard. Stone will cover the bottom of that paint. If you paint after stone, you tape the stone and you will still scuff an edge or leave a hairline of unpainted wall if the tape line is high. Neither order is perfect. Painting first is generally cleaner for the stone. Painting after is generally better if you are changing wall color after you see the slab. There is no third option that avoids all scuffs. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Backsplash sequencing is the same kind of choice. Tile after stone if you want the tile to sit on the counter and caulk the joint. That is the usual order and it hides small wall waves. Tile before stone if the splash is already there and you are only replacing tops. Then the stone scribes to the tile. Scribes show every bump in old plaster. Full height stone splash is cut with the tops and needs empty walls, not existing tile. You cannot have old tile and a full height stone splash without demolition. Demolition is not the stone crew. Plan it before template.
Appliances decide holes and overhangs. A cooktop needs a cutout from the template. If the cooktop is still in the old top, they can often measure it. A new unit on site is better so the cut matches. Dishwashers need a return of stone and clips. If the dishwasher is not pulled, the return can be wrong. You disconnect. The crew does not. If you are flipping a house, they work with a slab selection and fabrication partner for rental grade and flip grade stone, so a rental does not have to use a showpiece slab. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Start on the slab floor in Austin. You pick the actual slab from 299 lots on a direct importer floor. Materials on the floor include granite, quartzite, engineered quartz, marble, dolomite, soapstone, porcelain slabs, and semi precious. One crew then templates, fabricates, and installs. That is the whole job. They serve Austin and the I-35 corridor including Pflugerville, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, Georgetown, Hutto, Jarrell, Salado, Belton, Temple, Killeen, and Harker Heights. Bring photos of the kitchen and note which run is new stone. They are reachable seven days a week at (512) 297-7493 and info@atxgraniteking.com. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
When you call, say the address, the rooms, and whether this is a house you live in or a rental grade job. Ask what you must empty before template. Ask whether the old sink comes out before they arrive. Write down parking notes if the street is permit only or the drive is steep. The quote comes with dates in writing. Do not clear the kitchen weeks early. Clear it for the template date they give you, then keep it clear through install. Food and pets need a plan for those visits. Call for a straight quote if the first call did not cover your street.
Prep checklist before they roll: counters bare, lower cabinets in the run empty, water off, dishwasher and range pulled or disconnected by you, pets out, a parking spot open, walls either painted and dry or left for after, backsplash plan decided, old sink ready to come out if it is being replaced. Sink cutout and sink set are in the fabrication work. The crew will not pack your kitchen, will not store your dishes, and will not call your plumber. That limitation is fixed. If you cannot empty the run, wait to call until you can. ATX Granite King, Austin, Texas. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
$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.
In most cases no. Upper cabinets stay. Empty every counter that is getting new stone and empty the lower cabinets in that run so the crew can see boxes, set clips, and drop the sink. Islands count as a run. If a tall unit or a hood sits in the stone, empty that too. They will not move your dishes. If lowers are still full when they arrive, they can turn around and you wait for a new date in writing. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
You or a plumber you hire. ATX Granite King is a countertop crew. They template, fabricate, and install, and the sink cutout and sink set are included in fabrication. They are not plumbers and they are not appliance techs. Live water and a dishwasher still screwed in will stop a sink cut and a template. This is a hard limit, not a preference. Get disconnects done before the written template date. Reconnect after the sink is set. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
You can if the tile is staying and you only want new counters. The stone will then scribe to that tile. Scribes follow every bump, so an uneven wall looks worse, not better. That is the downside. The usual sequence is stone first, tile after, sitting on the new top with a caulk joint. Full height stone splash needs the wall bare. The crew does not demo tile and does not set tile. Pick the sequence before template. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Take pets out of the house or crate them in a closed room away from the path. Do that for template and for install, for the whole visit. Leave parking open for a truck and a trailer and keep the walk from curb to kitchen clear. If a car blocks the unload, the crew leaves. Kids underfoot are the same problem as pets. You are in charge of the house while they carry stone. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Empty it for the template date you get in writing, then keep the run empty until install is done. Do not empty a month early and live out of boxes for no reason. The crew does not give a count of days up front. Dates come with the quote. If you fill the cabinets again between template and install, you create the same access problem on set day. Keep a work surface in another room so you are not cooking on the cabinets. Call (512) 297-7493 for a straight quote.
Tell us the rooms, the rough square footage and what you have in mind for prepping your kitchen for new countertops. You get a number for the whole job, in writing, before anyone cuts anything.