Steven K: Prefab slab has nothing over the Bedrock Creations system. Just look at the pictures and video for yourself. http://bedrockcreations.net.

The beauty of the high end premium edging, simple configuration, immense design possibilities and low cost (1/3 of an installed REAL slab in most cases) makes the “Kitchen in a BOX” from Bedrock Creations an amazing upgrade for your home.

I checked them out pretty thoroughly and I’m with Michael. Seemed like a puzzle where the pieces didn’t fit well. The check out sales counter was done with them, including the bullnose piece. Great for the sales counter, but looked a little odd for most homes.

Seems full slab or regular tile would be a better option for most homes. I couldn’t quite figure out how you would do the back splash in most areas, and I have two tiered counters on two sides with smaller stool areas that wouldn’t fit the configuration of the large slabs at all. Would like look like a big cut up DIY project when done.

Though I could see it fitting some situations, especially if the base area of an island was built to fit them from scratch, vs recovering an is island that was already built beforehand.

Islands and peninsulas really throw prefab out the the options.

Hence, additional fabrication is needed, which raises the cost. On the quality side, most of the prefab material is coming in from china and the edges have inferior polishing and there are variations in the edge profile. The quality just isn’t that great.

Diyers can save money and get a great looking countertop with some of the modular kits on the market. Kitchen in a Box is one I have used . I saw it on the Today Show. It ships directly to your door. Try getting prefab slab shipped to your door, and then try to figure out how to install it.

What was the square footage of the countertop you installed? What were the size of the tiles you installed (12×12 or 24×24 inches, etc.)? How long did the install take you? Have you had any problems with the edging? From pictures I’ve seen, it looks like it could be pretty easy to lean on the edge and have it pop off. Thanks for your help.

Sorry I wasn’t clear in my post. The total cost was $1621.00. This includes the granite tiles, edges, corners, thinset, grout, plywood, nails, screws, and shipping…the whole ball of wax. Except the labor of course. We did the installation. And there wasn’t any waste. We were short a couple of pieces of tile at the end, and Bedrock sent them UPS. When we wee looking at slabs, we only need about 1 1/2, but we were told we had to buy the full two slabs.

Thanks for the follow up.

If you email me the photos at Ardell@SoundRealty.biz, I can post them in the comments here.

If the bullnose edge was $1,600 how much was the tile for the surface? Looks like $1,600 was just the bullnose edging, so we can’t compare $4,200 – $4,875 to $1,600. Seems the cost of the tile for the flat surface should be added. Grout…other things.

We got a couple of quotes on granite slab. The quotes ranged from $4,200 up to $4,875. The edging makes a big digfference in price. These quotes were for bullnose edge. The installer said if we wanted the upgraded ogee edge, the price would add $30.00 per lineal foot of edging. We have a lot of edging with an island an a penninsula. We ending up getting the nicer ogee edge from bedrock creations, which is what we really wanted for about $1300.00 total Shipping was $184.00, and plywood backerboard, and thinset cost about an extra $120.00. The total cost ending up being about $1600.00 for bedrock creations vs. $4k-$5K for granite slab. This was a no brainer for us because we installed it ourselves. I don’t how to post a picture. I would love to share one.

Sounds great. Can you tell us if it was half the price as slab granite? Can you give us a cost difference? A photo would be great! I haven’t seen granite tile done with a bullnose edging.

Thanks for posting the comment.