Anyone use Granite Transformations??

[Eric95403]

Has anyone ever used Granite Transformations? We're about to redo our kitchen counter tops and I passed by their kiosk at our one of our malls (red flags waving in my book ). Anyway...it's a granite type material that just slips over your current countertop. Looks like granite, but cheaper. I found the companies internet site, but not much in the way of customer reviews. So...I'll ask the DIS crowd. Has anyone used this company (they're nation-wide) and if so...pro's/cons. Thanks...

 

[lil mermaid]

A friend of mine did this. Not sure if it was Granite Transformations or another company but it sounds like the same process.

I have to say that I don't really like the way it looks. It looks sort of "chunky" - hard to describe, but something looks "off."

 

[I Love Pluto]

Anyone? We were thinking of Granite Transformations also. Any info would be really helpful. Thanks.

 

[goofy!]

We live just a couple of miles from their factory in Colorado. We went into the "showroom" (not very impressive), as we thought this was a great idea.

Turns out, by the time you add all the necessary "extras" in, it isn't much cheaper than one of the standard real granites. After all the stuff they don't tell you about up front, we were looking at a quote of about $45.00 ft. When I mentioned I could do real granite for this, the lady got huffy and said "but you don't have to pay to have the old counters removed."

Well, sorry, most companies here will remove your old counters for the cost of the granite installation.

I also was not impressed with the actual looks of the showroom slabs.

If the price was substantially less than real granite, it would be a great idea. But, for as expensive as Granite Transformations is, I would much rather pay a few dollars more a foot and just get the real stuff.