Custom Countertops in Chino Hills, CA, for Large Kitchens
Rancho Cucamonga Custom Countertops is a trusted San Bernardino County fabricator of custom countertops in Chino Hills, CA, specializing in multi-slab kitchen replacements, oversized island tops and matched granite and quartz lots. We offer full-height slab backsplashes and mitered island edges.
- Free template visit
- Seams approved before a cut
- One written quote
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Countertops for Chino Hills
Our team provides one seam plan drawn across every slab in the job, delivering a large kitchen whose countertop reads as one surface and careful results for both residential and commercial projects. We lay out the seams on all of your chosen slabs together and walk you through the plan before any stone is cut.
From confirming that every slab carries the same lot number to setting a long L-shaped run and its island in one visit, our team handles every detail. Serving Chino Hills together with Chino, Ontario and Eastvale, we group template and install days out here and keep a big kitchen replacement on a clear, short schedule.
How we work
One Crew From Template to Install
Homeowners get a free template visit. Contractors, cabinet shops and builders get tops to their schedule.
Multi-slab kitchens in Chino Hills
A large Chino Hills kitchen with an island and long perimeter runs usually takes two or three slabs, so the job is planned as a set of slabs rather than a single top. Most of the city was built out as master-planned villages through the 1980s and 1990s, after it incorporated in 1991, and those plans favoured generous kitchens.
A granite slab is typically 9 to 10 feet long and 5 to 6 feet wide, around 45 square feet on average. A kitchen with a 12-foot run, a return and an island of any size quickly passes what one slab can yield once the pieces are nested and the waste around them is counted.
What drives the slab count
- Island size: an island much wider than about 5 feet may need a whole slab of its own.
- Long runs: a run longer than a slab needs a seam somewhere.
- Full-height backsplash: tall splash pieces use a lot of stone.
- Pattern: a strongly veined stone wastes more to keep the veins flowing.
Counting slabs is the first thing we do at the template visit, because it drives both the price and which stones are realistic for your kitchen.
Matching slabs from one lot
Every slab in a multi-slab kitchen should come from the same lot, meaning the same block of stone, so the colour and pattern match across the room. Quarries cut a block into a run of slabs and ship them bundled, usually 8 to 10 together, precisely because colour and movement can vary a great deal from one block to the next and even within a block.
Two slabs sold under the same name but from different blocks can look like different stones once they sit side by side on an island and a back wall. On a large kitchen that difference is obvious from across the room.
How we keep the lot together
- We note the lot or bundle number on each slab you choose.
- All slabs for the job are held together from the same bundle.
- If the bundle cannot supply the full count, we tell you before you commit.
- For quartz, every piece for the job is ordered together, so the whole kitchen comes from one order.
Seam plans for long runs and islands
On a large Chino Hills kitchen, the seam plan is drawn across all of the slabs at once, so the joints fall where they are least visible and the pattern flows from run to run. A plan made one piece at a time puts seams wherever each slab happens to end.
We lay the templates over the actual slabs and move them until the veins line up and the joints land in sensible places.
Where seams usually go
- At an inside corner of an L-shaped run.
- Across the sink or cooktop, where the cutout shortens the joint.
- Away from the island, so the largest single surface stays unbroken where possible.
You see the plan on the slabs and approve it before anything is cut. If you choose a waterfall edge on the island, its mitered fold is planned from the same slab as the island top, so the vein carries over the edge.
What comes off a thirty-year-old Chino Hills kitchen
The original tops in a 1990s Chino Hills kitchen are usually builder tile or an early granite, and taking them off a large kitchen is a bigger tear-out than most owners expect. Big kitchens mean long runs of old material, and often a matching top on a bar, a desk nook or a butler pantry that the owner wants replaced at the same time.
Common starting points
- Tile with wide grout lines on a mortar bed, heavy and slow to remove.
- Early granite in thin pieces with several seams and a dated edge.
- A tiled island with a raised bar ledge that the new design drops.
If you drop a raised ledge to one flat island top, the slab count changes too, because a single wide top needs more stone than two narrow levels. We work out that trade-off with you at the template visit.
Every extra area you add to the job, a pantry, a bar or a laundry, is templated on the same day so its stone can come from the same matched lot.
Countertop costs in Chino Hills
A large Chino Hills kitchen with an island in a premium stone is commonly estimated at roughly $8,000 to $20,000, while a smaller kitchen in quartz or granite typically runs an estimated $2,500 to $6,000.
Priced by area, granite is usually estimated at about $40 to $100 per square foot installed and quartz at roughly $60 to $150. A full-height slab backsplash is typically estimated to add $2,000 to $8,000, and a waterfall island edge an estimated $1,500 to $5,000.
What sets the price on a big kitchen
- Slab count, which rises with island size and pattern matching.
- Material group and thickness.
- Edge profile, including mitered or waterfall edges.
- Number and length of seams.
- Sink, cooktop and outlet cutouts.
- Tear-out and disposal of the original tops.
All of these are estimates for Chino Hills and are subject to change. The final price comes from the written quote after we measure and you choose your slabs.
Scheduling at the edge of our area
Chino Hills sits at the edge of our service area, a longer drive from our Rancho Cucamonga base than the towns around us, so template visits and installs here are grouped on set days. That keeps the crew's time on your kitchen, not on the freeway.
In practice it means booking a little further ahead than you might closer in. We give you the template date and the likely install window at the same time, and a large kitchen is usually installed in a single long visit.
Access is usually straightforward in the planned villages such as Butterfield Ranch, Rolling Ridge and Los Serranos, though homes on the hillier streets toward Chino Hills State Park and Carbon Canyon Road get the same drive and stair check as any hillside job. The 71 and the 60 are the usual routes in.
Restaurant counters near The Shoppes
The Shoppes at Chino Hills, the open-air center beside City Hall that opened in 2008, brings restaurant and retail tenant work to the city. If you are fitting out a restaurant counter, bar top or service station there, send the drawings and finish schedule and we will return a written bid on the plans.
Book a template visit in Chino Hills
Call to book a visit on one of our Chino Hills days. We measure the whole kitchen, count slabs, and talk through stone, island edges and backsplash height, then send a written quote.
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Questions
Chino Hills Countertop Questions
What does a large kitchen countertop replacement cost in Chino Hills?
A large kitchen with an island in a premium stone is typically estimated at roughly $8,000 to $20,000. Slab count, material and edges move it most, and your written quote sets the final price.
How many slabs will my kitchen need?
Most large Chino Hills kitchens with an island need two or three. We count them at the template visit by laying the pieces out against real slab sizes, including a whole slab for a wide island if needed.
Why do all my slabs need to come from one lot?
Stone varies from block to block. Slabs from one lot were cut from the same block, so the colour and pattern match across the island and the perimeter runs.
Where will the seams go?
We place them at inside corners and across sink or cooktop runs, and try to keep the island in one piece. You see and approve the plan on your slabs before cutting.
Can you remove the raised bar ledge on my island?
Yes. The old ledge and its support wall are cut down during tear-out, and the island gets one flat top. It usually needs more stone, so we recount the slabs before quoting.
Do you really come out to Chino Hills?
Yes. Chino Hills is at the edge of our area, so we group template and install days here. Booking a little ahead gets you on the next set of dates.
How long does a multi-slab kitchen take?
The schedule is set at the template visit, and on a multi-slab kitchen it turns mostly on whether the supplier can pull every slab from a single lot. The install itself is normally one long day.
Can you keep my existing cabinets?
Usually. Cabinets in these homes are often sound, and we check them for level and water damage around the sink before templating.
Is a written warranty included?
Yes. Each install includes a written warranty, which we explain with the quote.
Talk to us about countertops in Chino Hills
Homeowners get a free template visit. Contractors and builders can send plans for a bid.
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