Buncombe Custom Countertops is a trusted name for countertop replacement in Asheville, NC, and throughout Buncombe County, specializing in tear-out of laminate, tile and old stone, new quartz and granite over sound cabinets, and moisture checks on boxes that took water. We offer haul-away of your old countertops and edges that suit the doors you keep.
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Our team provides a cabinet inspection the moment the old top is off, delivering new countertops on the boxes you already paid for and a clear path for landlords and remodelers working through several kitchens, for both residential and commercial projects. We walk the carry path and check every box for level before the old top comes off, and the new template is taken on those same cabinets once they are bare.
From a swollen particleboard deck under an old sink to the last patch of mortar left by a tiled counter, our team handles every detail. Serving Asheville, Candler and Weaverville, we put new stone on kitchens that are worth keeping and tell you plainly when a cabinet is not.
Why Buncombe Custom Countertops
The crew that measures your kitchen is the crew that sets the tops.
Your cabinets can stay when the boxes are solid, fastened to the wall and close to level, even if the doors are dated. A new top does not care what the doors look like; it cares whether the boxes underneath are strong and flat. Most kitchen cabinet boxes are built from MDF, plywood or particle board with a veneer inside, and a dry, undamaged box of any of the three will carry stone.
If you are also changing the doors, do it after the new tops are set. The stone overhang is sized to the face of the cabinets, and a thicker door can change that line.
Tear-out is the part of a replacement that decides whether your cabinets survive it, and each old material comes off its own way. We cut the old top free from the wall and the sink, lift it in sections, and haul it away.
A laminate top is a thin sheet of high-pressure laminate, under 2 millimeters thick, glued onto a core of MDF or chipboard. The whole top usually lifts off in one or two pieces once the screws from below are out, which makes it the cleanest tear-out.
Tile is set in mortar made of sand and Portland cement, with grout between the tiles, often over a board screwed to the cabinets. It comes off in chunks, and the mortar bed and its board are stripped down to the cabinet tops so the new stone sits on something flat.
A granite top is dense, averaging 2.65 to 2.75 grams per cubic centimeter, so an old slab is cut into manageable pieces before it is carried out. That protects your floors, your walls and the crew on the stairs.
Taking the old top off often shows damage nobody could see, and any cabinet damage it reveals is fixed before we template. It is better to find a soft sink base now than after new stone is sitting on it.
When we find something, we show you before anyone goes further, so the decision stays yours.
Cabinets that sat in floodwater are checked box by box before any new stone goes on, because a top is only as sound as what it rests on. Many kitchens across the county took water in Hurricane Helene, and some owners are only now replacing tops as repairs move forward.
We look for swelling along the bottom edges and floors, joints that have opened, soft spots, and staining that shows how high the water reached. Particle board that has absorbed water expands and does not shrink back, so a swollen box is replaced rather than dried and reused. Your cabinet maker or general contractor replaces any failed boxes; once they are fastened and level, we template on them.
If you are waiting on an insurance adjuster or a repair program, call us anyway. We can measure, give you a written quote the adjuster can see, and hold the template until the cabinets are ready.
A replacement top has to fit the parts of the kitchen that stay, so we measure around them rather than around a blank room. The overhang is set to the existing cabinet faces, the cooktop opening is cut to the appliance you already own, and the back edge is scribed to your wall.
A range or cooktop you are keeping sets the size of its opening and the gap on each side. We record the model at the measure so the cut matches it.
If you keep a tiled or painted backsplash, the new stone has to meet it at the old height or a new one. Where the old top was thicker or thinner than the new one, we tell you at the measure how much wall will show and whether a short stone splash would cover the line.
A drop-in sink can often go back into a new opening. An undermount bowl needs its cutout polished to a finished edge, since the edge of the stone is exposed around the rim.
Countertop replacement in Asheville is typically estimated at roughly $2,500 to $6,000 for a standard kitchen, with the new material and the tear-out moving the number most. The range is a service-ticket bank estimate, not a quote for your kitchen.
Every figure here is an estimate and is subject to change with slab prices and what the tear-out uncovers. The final price is set in your written quote after the free in-home measure.
Rental owners, flippers and remodelers can replace tops across several kitchens without replacing cabinets in each one. Send the addresses and the layouts, and we can measure the units together, price the tear-out for each, and schedule installs around tenant moves or your other trades. Ask about a trade account when you call.
Drag the handle. The cabinets stayed; only the top changed.
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We come to the house, look at the cabinets, the walls and the way in from the driveway, and talk through materials and edges.
You get the slab, the edge, the cutouts, the seam plan and the dates in writing. Nothing is cut until you sign off.
Once the cabinets are set and level, we template them, then cut and finish the tops in the shop to that template.
We set and join the tops, then walk the finished kitchen with you before we call it done.
Questions
Yes, as long as the boxes are solid, fastened and close to level. We check them when the old top is off and tell you before templating if any box needs attention.
The old top is cut free and lifted in sections to protect the boxes and the wall. Some touch-up of paint along the old backsplash line is common, and we point it out at the walk-through.
Yes. Tile, its mortar and its board come off with the counter if you are changing the splash, and we quote that removal separately in the written estimate.
Only after each box is checked. Swollen particle board does not recover, so any failed box is replaced by your cabinet maker or contractor first, then we template.
Often, if it suits the new top. A drop-in sink can be reused in a new opening; an undermount needs a new finished cutout sized to the bowl. Your licensed plumber disconnects and reconnects it.
It is typically estimated at roughly $2,500 to $6,000 for a standard kitchen, depending on the new material and the tear-out. Your written quote sets the final price.
Because we template on the bare cabinets, the old top comes off at the template visit and the kitchen runs without a counter until the new stone goes in. We set both dates at the measure and put them on your quote so you can plan around the gap.
Yes. We cut the cooktop opening to the model already in your kitchen and scribe the new stone to the existing wall, so a tiled or painted splash you are keeping meets the new edge cleanly.
Yes. Landlords and property managers can group several units, and we schedule each tear-out and install around the tenant change.
Free measures across Buncombe County. Builders, cabinet shops and property owners can send drawings for a bid.
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