Creative In Counters
About us
Cost is determined by the job.
Services we offer
Residential and commercial Kitchen & bathroom countertops including vanity, corian, fireplace, granite, marbal, shower., tabel tops
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After looking at several providers of shower enclosures we settled on Creative In Counters for several reasons. First, the previous owner of the house used them to install some kitchen counters. We were pleased with the work they did when we used them to extend the counter. Second, because we did not want a ceramic tile or fiberglass shower enclosure, the alternate materials they offered were attractive. Third, we wanted to minimize the number of seams exposed to water in the shower. Fourth, we wanted the material of the shower to match the material of the counter tops. When we were at the display room, we were told that we could get a walk in shower consisting of 4 pieces, 3 walls and a basin. We were told by the sales person, that the walls would each be a single piece, with the only seams/joints located in the corners where the panels abutted.
The first problem arose when the delivered basin was too small. I find this interesting because they used a computer controlled device to measure the actual opening after the general contractor had taken the walls down to the studs. The incorrect sizing was not realized until after the contractor had installed the wall durock. When the Creative In Counters person came to make the measurements for fabricating the wall pieces and the bathroom counters (2) he noted the discrepancy between the durock walls and the basin, and stated that the location of durock needed to be changed. At this point, we also found out that the side wall would be constructed of 2 separate pieces that would be epoxied together at the time of installation. During this visit, we were told that due to the length of one of the counters, we would need to install addition support under the portion of the counter not over the cabinet unit. Our contractor spent a day removing the installed durock, installing shims on top of the existing studs, and reinstalling the durock. The contractor also installed the additional support for the counter. When Creative In Counters returned to install the shower sidewalls and the counters, we noted a significant gap between the back of the Corian side panels and the previously existing level of the wall, that was due to the extra shims that the contractor had to install between the durock and the studs. The way that we agreed to deal with this issue, was to install an additional bull nose transition piece between the panel pieces and the existing wall. The initial bull nose pieces were not thick enough to bridge the distance. After some additional discussion with the home office and a return trip, the workers installed a thicker transition piece. After the panels were installed and epoxied together, we noticed that there was a very apparent difference in grain between the upper and lower portions of the panels. After some further examination, we noticed that each of the panels (the 2 end panels) consisted of epoxied together sections. This was not an issue with the end panels, as some effort was made to match the grains of the abutting sections. There was obviously no effort to match the grain of the side wall upper and lower panel sections. The bathroom counters were both very attractive and were installed without any issues. The workers who came to our house were all very polite and punctual. After some interaction, Creative In Counters did provide some compensation to our contractor.
One of the slabs we had was accidently broken so they had to redo the image and we had to re-approve it.
The staff that came out to install the counter tops were pleasant and did a good job. They were so impressed with what they were installing that they took pictures.
This was an amazing experience, I would highly recommend this company.
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