We hired Pinnacle StoneWorks, LLC. to fabricate and install our granite countertops onto our existing cabinets. After installation, we noticed a hairline crack in the granite at the LEFT hand corner of the sink. Four weeks later we noticed the crack getting MUCH worse and another crack forming to the right of the original crack. Upon further investigation, we noticed that this section and one other were not resting on the cabinets, but floating on shims that were ¼" in height that the installers had placed 4 feet apart. These suspended sections of granite included the thinnest, weakest 4' section of granite in front of the sink with a quarter inch gap of daylight between counter and cabinet leaving unsupported with NO shim on the right side of the sink to support the weight. We contacted the owner, Natalya Nikolenko, several times by phone and email. We were rudely told that this was our fault, and we should have had the cabinet box leveled professionally prior to installation. We explained that her company never informed us of this fact prior to or at installation and that the shims that were placed were not done so correctly (on the load bearing joints in the cabinets) or frequently enough (they were placed 4 feet apart) to support the weight of the stone which literally in turn was cracking under its own weight. She indicated that the company that had referred us to them should have taken care of this issue, a company that had never set foot in our home and had just given them a referral for business. Natalya offered to send someone out to put epoxy in the 2 cracks of our 6 week old nearly $6,000 counter tops, but refused to replace the cracking 57" section and suggested that the obvious "CRACKS" that we sent her pictures of were fissures in the stone and that Pinnacle StoneWorks, LLC was not liable. We asked her to send one of her technicians to at least look at it. She wouldn't even do that. We were then forced to hire a granite repair specialist (6 weeks after our new counter tops were installed) to provide more support and repair the cracks at a cost of $600. If this saga wasn't bad enough, the repair specialist noticed that our counter had already cracked prior to installation on the RIGHT front corner of the sink and a shoddy repair had been made with epoxy and blade scratches on the stone PRIOR to installing them in our home! We did not pay nearly $6000 to have previously cracked granite installed in our home!! In short, Pinnacle StoneWorks, LLC provided negligent installation, rude customer service, denial of obvious wrong doing, and no acceptable resolution for our nearly $6000 6 week old counter tops and we would NEVER recommend them to family, friends, or anyone looking for quality workmanship or upstanding customer service.
www.granite-doctor.com Project Inspection Date: 05/07/2020 Good day, Per our inspection, kitchen countertops were installed on shims. there were missing shims as well, which is a lack of support for the kitchen granite, which leads to crack granite on a rail in front of the sink. As well, we determined that one of the cracks was previously repaired, the crack was filled with epoxy and there were scratches from the blade. Please see photos attached. (click on photos to read the comments) If you have any questions, please contact us directly at: XXXX Sincerely, Mark with G.D read more