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Custom Countertops in Upland, Templated to the Room You Actually Have

Rancho Cucamonga Custom Countertops is San Bernardino County's trusted fabricator for custom countertops in Upland, CA, specializing in granite, quartz and natural stone kitchen tops cut to walls that are rarely square. We offer full countertop replacement and bathroom vanity tops.

  • Free template visit
  • Seams approved before a cut
  • One written quote

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Countertops for Upland

Our team provides digital templating on the cabinets you already have, delivering tops that close tight to an old plaster wall for homes and clean, durable work for both residential and commercial projects. The same crew that templates your kitchen comes back to install it, and we lay out the seams on your chosen slab for your approval before a single cut is made.

From scribing a back edge to a wall that bows to pulling the old tile and resetting the sink, our team handles every detail. Serving Upland, Claremont, Ontario and our home base next door in Rancho Cucamonga, we ensure fast, efficient service and deliver reliable, professional and beautiful results on every countertop project.

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.

Same crewThe crew that templates your cabinets is the crew that installs the tops
Seams approved firstSeam layout marked on your chosen slab and approved before anything is cut
Cut in the shopEvery cut made wet in the shop, never in your home
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Older Upland homes and out-of-square walls

Countertops in older Upland homes have to be templated to the room itself, because the walls and cabinet runs in these houses are seldom square and a top cut from tape measurements leaves gaps you can slide a finger into. Upland began as George Chaffey's irrigation colony in 1882 and was incorporated in 1906 under the name North Ontario, and much of the town grew up in the citrus decades that followed. The result is a housing stock where the typical kitchen was built, rebuilt and patched long before anyone planned for a stone slab.

Why a tape measure is not enough

A stone top is rigid. It cannot flex to meet a plaster wall that bellies out in the middle or a corner that closes at 88 degrees instead of 90. On a laminate top the old installer could hide that with a thick bead of caulk. On granite or quartz the gap shows, and the slab cannot be trimmed on site without dust and risk. So we template on the installed cabinets, record the real line of every wall, and cut the back edge to follow it.

What we check before the template

Whether the cabinet boxes are level and strong enough to carry stone, which is heavier than the laminate or tile most older Upland kitchens started with. How the old top was set. Tile on a mortar bed comes off slower and heavier than a laminate top screwed from below. How far the wall drifts over the length of the run, which decides whether the back edge is scribed or a backsplash covers the line. Where the sink and range sit relative to the seams, so a joint never lands over a dishwasher or at the thin strip in front of a cooktop. None of this is exotic. It is simply the difference between a top that was measured and one that was fitted.

Upgrading a Colonies builder kitchen

A kitchen in The Colonies at San Antonio is usually a top swap rather than a remodel, because the cabinets from the original build are square, young and worth keeping. The Colonies is a master plan of about 440 acres along Campus Avenue at the 210, with over 1,100 homes and the Colonies Crossroads retail center beside it, and its kitchens came off a builder's option sheet. Many owners now want to trade the original builder granite for quartz, a thicker edge or a full-height stone splash.

This is a different job from the older side of town. The walls are closer to true, the cabinet boxes are sound, and the main work is lifting the old stone and tile cleanly so the cabinet faces and the drywall behind them survive. We disconnect the sink and cooktop, take the old top off in pieces, template the next morning on the bare boxes, and set the new top once it is fabricated. If a builder kitchen is going to full-height stone behind the range, the template visit is the moment to decide, because the slab count changes.

White oak kitchen with a heavily veined stone waterfall island, a matching full height backsplash and woven bar stools

Offices, medical suites and downtown counters

Upland's commercial countertop work comes from medical offices and from the storefronts of the historic downtown. San Antonio Regional Hospital is the city's largest employer, and a 59,000 square foot medical office building went up beside it in a partnership with City of Hope. Suites in buildings like that need reception transaction tops, exam room counters and break rooms fitted around a schedule that keeps patients moving.

Historic Downtown Upland holds nearly 200 businesses, breweries and restaurants among them, and a brewery bar top or a cafe service counter is fabricated to a drawing and installed around opening hours. For a tenant improvement general contractor or a property manager, the path is a bid: send the drawings and the finish schedule, and we return pricing by room. A cabinet shop building for an Upland client can also have tops fabricated without us ever meeting the homeowner.

Countertop costs in Upland

Countertop costs in Upland are driven first by square footage and slab count, then by how much of the old top and the old kitchen has to be dealt with before the new stone goes down. As a guide, a full kitchen replacement is typically estimated at roughly $2,500 to $6,000, granite is generally estimated at about $40 to $100 per square foot installed, and quartz usually runs an estimated $60 to $150 per square foot installed, depending on the slab and the edge.

What moves the number in an older house

  • Tear-off and disposal. A mortar-bed tile top weighs far more and takes longer to remove than a laminate one.
  • Cabinet levelling or reinforcing, when an old base is out of level or too light for stone.
  • Scribing, where the back edge is cut to follow a wall that is not straight.
  • Material group and thickness, edge profile, and how many cutouts the sink, cooktop and any outlets need.
  • Seam count, which follows the slab size and the shape of the run.
  • Plumbing disconnect and reconnect at the sink and dishwasher.

Every figure on this page is an estimate for Upland and can change with slab prices and site conditions. Your final price is set in a written quote after we template the kitchen and see the cabinets, the walls and the old top in person.

Scheduling from Rancho Cucamonga

Upland is the next city west of our base, so an Upland template visit or install day does not wait for a crew to be in the area. Rancho Cucamonga borders Upland on the east, and the 210 and Foothill Boulevard, the old Route 66 alignment, connect the two in minutes. San Antonio Heights sits just above the city to the north, and a foothill driveway there is handled like any Upland job, with the delivery route checked at the template visit.

The order of a job is simple. You call or fill in the form, we book a template visit, you choose your slab, we lay out the seams and send them for approval, the shop fabricates, and the same crew returns to install. How long that takes depends on the material you pick and whether the slab is on hand, and we give you a date at the template visit rather than a guess on the phone.

White quartz island with soft grey veining, a stainless undermount sink and a brushed nickel pull-down faucet

Finishes and Edges We Fabricate

Questions

Upland Countertop Questions

How much do new countertops cost in an older Upland house?

A typical Upland kitchen replacement is estimated at roughly $2,500 to $6,000, and older houses sit higher in that range when a heavy tile top has to come off or the cabinets need levelling first. Slab choice, edge and cutouts move it too. Your written quote sets the final price.

My walls are not straight. Will a stone top still fit?

Yes, as long as it is templated to the room. We record the real line of each wall on the installed cabinets and cut the back edge to follow it, or plan a backsplash to cover the line where the drift is too large to scribe.

Can I keep my cabinets in a Colonies home?

Usually, yes. Colonies kitchens are young enough that the boxes are square and sound, so the job is lifting the builder top and tile and setting new stone on the same cabinets.

What happens at the template visit?

We check that the cabinets are level and strong enough for stone, record every wall and appliance position, mark the sink and cooktop, and talk through seams and edge profile. You leave the visit knowing how many slabs the kitchen needs.

Do you cover San Antonio Heights and north Upland?

Yes. San Antonio Heights sits directly above Upland and is covered the same way, with the delivery route and any steep driveway checked when we template.

Do you reconnect the sink and faucet?

We disconnect the sink and cooktop before tear-off and cut the new sink and faucet holes during fabrication. Reconnection is arranged as part of the install day, and your quote says who handles the plumbing.

Do you work with contractors and cabinet shops on Upland jobs?

Yes. A remodeler or cabinet shop can send the drawings and have tops fabricated and installed, or fabricated only, and a tenant improvement contractor can send plans for a medical or retail suite for a bid.

Is there a warranty on the installation?

Yes, every installation comes with a written warranty, and the terms are set out in your written quote before any work begins.

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Talk to us about countertops in Upland

Homeowners get a free template visit. Contractors and builders can send plans for a bid.

Call (909) 922-1858

Licensed, bonded & insured · License #585047. Calls only, we do not receive text messages.

Call (909) 922-1858Licensed, bonded & insured · License #585047