Home Depot for countertops and install?

[maddiepaddy]

Has anyone used Home Depot for new countertops?

I am remodeling a SMALL vacation home. We’re doing a lot ourselves and had outsourced a couple things here and there. It’s in a rural location and fairly far from a bigger town so it’s not super easy to find contractors and then get them to show up on a reasonable timeline (I realize this is not a rural-only issue). It seems like the easiest way to get countertops is to ho through Home Depot and pay their small extra travel charge. Is there any reason I’ll end up regretting this?

[mccallister84]

We did it and it went smoothly. Just really think through exactly what you want. We really regret not doing a small overhang. And that’s 100% on us but maybe if we worked with an actual kitchen designer they would have suggested it (maybe not).

We also did not get to pick our slab - one company we talked to but didn’t use said we would go and physically pick out our actual slab at their warehouse.

[simpsongal]

I think they tend to work w/local contractors, so you many not be avoiding a hassle or getting anything much different than looking yourself locally. My GMIL used home depot and had a fine experience, it really depends.

I priced a small countertop there on my mudroom reno and they were priced high (quartz) - the rep told me they're $$$ at small amounts (I need like a 89" piece or something). If you can find local places, I've found shopping for counters to be one of the more straightforward/painless and transactional home renos. It's worth a few phone calls - you could probably send photos to a place to get a quote and if you like the numbers have them out to measure. I find the easier I make the process for the contractor, the more likely I'll get a bid and a good one at that.

[sandandsea]

We used them for quartz countertops in our last house about ten years ago and it went smoothly. The price was fair and the timing was pretty fast.

ETA. If it’s really small you may be able to use remnants from another project through a contractor but that usually works for really small projects not a whole kitchen.

[af1212]

We used them for laminate counters in 2006. They kept getting knicked before delivery so it took like 3x before we got what we wanted but we ended up getting them for free.

[aprilsails]

We used them for a couple of small pieces of laminate countertop in our basement remodel. The prices were very low and the install went smoothly, although there were no sinks and it was very simple. No complaints.