The quartz industry is reformulating its products to remove crystalline silica because of a serious lung-disease risk to the workers who cut and polish slabs — not because installed countertops…
If new countertops are part of your 2027 kitchen renovation, start planning three to six months before the date you want the kitchen finished — and choose your fabricator well before you need the…
Heading into 2027, the strongest countertop signals all point the same direction: warm, earthy colours instead of stark white and cool grey, tactile matte and textured finishes instead of high…
The important countertop technology change heading into 2027 is not a gadget — it is chemistry: the industry-wide reformulation of engineered quartz into low-silica and silica-free products,…
Nobody can honestly tell you what countertops will cost in 2027 — and we won’t pretend to. What we can do is explain the forces that will move prices: the CAD/USD exchange rate, freight and…
Despite the near-identical names, quartzite and quartz are completely different products. Quartzite is 100% natural stone quarried from the earth; quartz is engineered — ground stone bound with…
Quartzite and marble can look almost identical — both are natural stone with soft, flowing veins — but they behave very differently. Quartzite is much harder and acid-resistant ; true quartzite…
Quartzite and granite are both 100% natural stone, and both are excellent, hard-wearing countertops. Quartzite is generally harder (Mohs 7–8 vs granite’s 6–7), tends to deliver a brighter,…
Quartzite is a hard, natural stone that delivers a marble-like look with far more durability — excellent heat and scratch resistance, and (in true quartzite) no etching from kitchen acids. The…
Quartz is the go-to for indoor kitchens — it’s non-porous, comes in hundreds of consistent colours, and is easy to live with. But quartz is not UV-stable and is not warrantied for outdoor use, so…