Cutting Granite Countertop For Cooktop

Weekend project cutting into granite counter tops to convert 30 inch cooktop to 36 inch cooktop.

Cutting granite countertop for cooktop.

Granite is the hardest natural material you can choose for your countertop so you d expect cutting it to be more challenging than cutting other materials. Although good granite can be pricey a lot of the cost comes from cutting which you can do at home to save. How to cut granite countertops. After many years in the countertop industry we ve come across many homeowners asking if their granite countertop can be cut or modified to fit their new cooktop fridge or new sink.

All the new cooktop models available even the 30 size that my old cooktop supposedly is require the rough opening in the countertop to be about 1 2 to 1 larger on each side than the existing hole in my granite counter. Surprisingly the answer is yes this can be achieved with the help from surface link of course. Need opening on granite counter cut larger for new cooktop i need to replace my glass cooktop that broke. While that s true to some extent the procedure and tools you use to cut granite aren t more sophisticated than those you use to cut other hard materials.