Quartz Countertops Pricing Guide for Homeowners

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The most important aspect of any kitchen remodel is sticking to the budget. Following it loosely throughout the renovation may leave you scrambling for extra funds to get everything on your wishlist — which isn’t a position you want to find yourself in! To help you avoid running into any issues with your countertops budget, we’ve put together a guide to quartz countertops costs so you can have peace of mind throughout the entire remodeling process.

The Cost of Quartz Countertops

When pricing out quartz countertops for your kitchen renovation project, you need to factor in the quality of quartz you’re planning on purchasing and how much of it you’ll need. On average, quartz countertops cost around $70 to $80 per square foot, not including installation. However, this price point can vary drastically depending on the quality, grade, and depth of the quartz. Here are the average quartz countertop prices you can expect:

Low-quality quartz ranges from $60 to $90 per square foot

Mid-quality quartz ranges from $75 to $130 per square foot

High-quality quartz ranges from $110 to $200 per square foot

Now that you’re aware of how much the quartz slabs will cost for your upcoming project, let’s break down the various factors that affect the cost — including installation.

Calacatta Izaro Quartz

Grade of Quartz

During your quartz vs granite research, you may have learned that quartz is an engineered countertop material that is manmade blending quartz and other stones mixed with resins and pigments to create a multitude of styles and qualities. To differentiate between these different grades of quartz, most distributors will refer to them as closeout, standard, premium, and designer — ranging from least expensive to most expensive.

In many cases, standard quartz may be more than enough for your project if you’re looking for a more subtle countertop. Standard grade quartz is typically available in a neutral color palette of earthy tones, which some individuals may find to be a bit bland. When these standard quartz options are discontinued, their grade changes to closeout.

For a more luxurious quartz option, you may opt for premium or designer grades of quartz. Premium and designer-grade quartz countertop colors and patterns typically have more depth and enhanced coloration. They’re often custom-made for each kitchen renovation project which leaves them with a higher price tag than standard grade quartz.

Calacatta Miraggio Gold Quartz

Quartz Finish

Depending on the desired aesthetic of your kitchen, you can choose between two finish options for your quartz countertops. The standard option is a polished finish, allowing the quartz slab’s natural beauty to shine and reflect light beautifully. Quartz countertops are also available in a matte finish. In most cases, the desired finish does not affect the final cost of your quartz countertops. However, a matte finish will sometimes cost a bit more, but it depends on the quartz slab distributor.

Complexity of Job

When pricing out your engineered quartz countertops, you need to consider the complexity of the job. If your kitchen only requires a single slab of quartz that doesn’t require any corners or seams, it’ll be a much easier job for your installer — most likely costing you less. However, if you have an elaborate kitchen floor plan that will require multiple seams and wraps around the entire room, it’s going to add time to the installation process which is going to add to your final cost.

Along with the shape of the room, you may have special requests such as a sink cut-out in the slab so you can seamlessly fit your new under-mount kitchen sink. You may also need to factor in costs for fixture cut-outs if you’re having the installer make any special cuts for a soap dispenser, electrical outlets, or any other element in your kitchen. Do you have a preference about what the edge of the countertop looks like? Edging style requests like eased, beveled, double-beveled, bullnose, or half-bullnose can also add any additional cost to consider.

Statuaury Classique Quartz

Installation

Along with the cost of the actual quartz slabs, you’ll also need to budget for the installation of your kitchen countertops. On average quartz countertops cost $60 – $150 per square foot to install. The installation cost will range based on the various complexities outlined above, such as sink cut-outs, soap cut-outs, fixtures, edging detail, and corner details. You may also need to factor in the cost of backsplash installation if you are relying on them to do that as well.

Costs will vary from company to company depending on their expertise, which is why it can be helpful to get installation estimates from multiple contractors. When reviewing your options, make sure the premium surfaces installer you select is licensed and insured, so that if the countertops are damaged during installation or are improperly installed, you’re fully covered.

In total, most homeowners can expect to pay between $5,000 and $20,000 to install engineered quartz countertops in their kitchen. However, this does not account for the removal or disposal of the existing countertops that are being replaced. If you need your installer to remove the old countertops make sure you schedule this ahead of time and ask them about any additional fees so you can factor them into your budget from the beginning.

Some quartz countertops installers may even charge a delivery fee. Make sure you understand the fine print of your installation job so you’re across everything and there won’t be any surprise bills at the end of the job.

Choose MSI Surfaces for High-Quality Quartz Countertops

If you’re in the market for luxurious quartz countertops, MSI offers a wide selection of quartz colors and styles for you to choose from. No matter what color palette or style you’re looking for, we can help you transform your vision into a reality.

Do you need help envisioning how each quartz option will look in your existing space? Try MSI’s countertop visualizer to easily show, in real-time, how the quartz countertops will look in your kitchen. There’s no easier way to plan an upcoming kitchen remodel!

You can also connect with our team today to finalize your selections. You can reach us using our website's chat feature, visit an MSI showroom, or find an authorized MSI dealer in your area.

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Today we’re sharing how we saved thousands of dollars on our quartz countertops cost—not only for our kitchen remodel (with two large islands), but also two of our bathroom remodels! We’ll also share our EXACT quartz countertops cost and answer “How much do quartz countertops cost?”

If you’re comparing, going for any countertop material other than laminate is going to feel spendy by that comparison. (Especially when you’re doing it for a big project like your kitchen or bathroom!)

(And yes, I just had to make a rhyme for this blog post title. Shorts…quartz…who can resist? ?)

SAVING ON QUARTZ COUNTERTOPS

From 1 Room to 3: How We Maximized Our Quartz Slabs

We calculated we’d need 3 quartz slabs for our kitchen remodel (which has double islands, hence the need for more solid slabs so we could avoid the joints)…

…but the problem was, we’d still have a lot of quartz left over!

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Boom! Solution? Matt used his Superhero Engineering Brain to calculate out how and where to cut every single piece of quartz for our kitchen within the three slabs. THEN, he figured out how we could maximize and place these cuts so that we’d have major quartz pieces leftover…

…which were the exact measurements we needed for

1. Our quartz countertop for our downstairs guest bathroom and
2. Our quartz countertop for our girls’ bathroom double sink vanity!

SAVING ON QUARTZ COUNTERTOPS

How to Lay Out Your Quartz Slabs

Our quartz countertop slabs (read all about the exact color we chose) measured 131"x63".

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Step #1. Lay out your biggest pieces first.

For us, this was our two island countertops for our kitchen’s double islands, plus our sink area countertop (which extended underneath our hidden appliance cabinets).

You can use whatever program works best for you to do this (even if it’s just a piece of paper plus a ruler!), but Matt chose to use Excel as the easiest way for him to. This was even faster than doing it in AutoCad because it was actually easiest to lay out each of the small cuts this way. Also, everyone has Excel, so it was easy to share with the fabricator.

The only big bummer for me was that quartz slabs didn’t come in the 147" length I needed for one solid piece of countertop around our sink and under our appliance cabinets. So instead of cutting our sink slab up into two even pieces, we chose to do the biggest piece possible (see below) so there wouldn’t be any grout lines around the sink area, and add the smaller section to the right under our right appliance cabinet.

(Now, whether our fabricator chose to follow directions or not is another story! ?)

Step #2. Add your counter edges + backsplashes next to the countertop pieces.

While you might think our #2 step would be to fit in the next-largest pieces of quartz, that’s not entirely correct. We’d actually recommend that once you get your major countertop pieces laid out, you lay out the edges next to those pieces in your layout.

That’s going to help maximize the rest of the portions of your slabs to be useful, because your countertop edges will usually be the same length as your countertop pieces (see below for “Island 1” plus “Island 1 Edge”).

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Step #3. Fit in your medium, small, & other miscellaneous pieces.

Now, with the remaining room in your quartz slab layouts, you can fit in the rest of your medium and large pieces.

For example, you can see that we fit in pieces for the solid backsplash above our stove. Sidenote: I’d originally planned to have solid “sidesplashes” covering the walls on either side of the stove, for easy wipe-down, but once the installers got them up for me I decided it was just too much quartz on the walls for me! So I had them leave the backsplash only, and we used the cut side pieces 1) for another projects, and 2) gave to a sweet friend who needed a small bathroom countertop in her ADU build! Share the quartz love, people!?

PS: We even used a leftover quartz piece for the shower threshold in our downstairs bathroom remodel!

Basically it’s an adult form of Tetris.

(Matt had no idea all his childhood years of playing Tetris were preparing him for JUST this moment…but I know!? God knew my Designer brain would start to explode were I required to do this kind of finagling, and Matt enjoys doing it, so we’re the ideal match for these projects!)

This, dear readers, is one way to save big-time on quartz countertops! Instead of having to buy pieces later on for our bathroom remodels, we thought ahead of what else we’d need in future and essentially got them for free!

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QUARTZ COUNTERTOPS cost

“How much do quartz countertops cost?”

Quartz slab cost: $20.25 per square foot. So total cost for the slabs (131"x63", or 57.3 sq ft per slab) was $3,483 for 3 slabs, or $1,161 per slab.

Fabrication & installation cost: $39.50 per square foot. So total labor was $5,490.50 for 139 sq. ft. of counter (including our custom drain grooves!).

TOTAL COST per square foot of our quartz countertops: $59.75

If you’ve researched quartz slab and installation costs, you’ll recognize the smokin’ deal we got on both our slabs and our installation! (The average can cost anywhere from $70-150 per square foot!)

QUARTZ COUNTERTOPS cost

“Which quartz countertops do you have?”

We chose the LG Viatera Cirrus and go into full detail on that HERE!

If you’ve missed seeing all our “beauty shots” of our kitchen remodel with our white quartz countertops, you can view those here!

QUARTZ COUNTERTOPS cost

More tips to save money on your quartz countertop costs!

In addition to the above, other tips are:

1. Shop around! And not only for your quartz countertops, but also for the fabricator/installer! Don’t be tempted to skimp on a cheap installer—if they make a mistake, you want someone who will fix the problem.
2. Look for remnants if you only need a small amount.
3. Find out about warranties before you buy.

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HOW TO USE QUARTZ COUNTERTOPS

“What else should I keep in mind for my quartz countertops?”

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