What is quartz (engineered stone) countertop material?
Engineered stone or “quartz” countertops are a manmade product although they contain 93% natural quartz. The quartz is ground to a gravel, then combined with 7% resin and colorants and pressed in to 2cm and 3cm slabs. Permastone Granite and Quartz is a certified fabricator and installer of the Cambria, Hanstone and Zodiaq line(s) of quartz countertops. Quartz countertops are scratch and heat resistant. The surface is completely smooth with no pits or fissures as with granite. The best advantage in choosing quartz countertops is they are non-porous requiring no sealers. They are LEED compliant and GREENGUARD certified. Depending on the style of your project and your personal tastes, there are circumstances where a quartz countertop would be a suitable choice. • I want to switch out my old countertops but there is nothing wrong with the backsplash. Can I keep the existing backsplash and won’t this save me money? This depends on how the countertops were originally installed. Most of the t
