Debb Janes EcoBroker and Bernie Stea JD
ViewHomes of Clark County - Nature As Neighbors - Camas, WA
REALTORS® in Clark County, WA

We are going to be doing this soon. Timely topic, and I'm grateful you posted about it. Our overhang will be about 15", so we will defintely need supports. 

Dec 12, 2018 10:57 AM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Hi Elizabeth... with a 5 foot counter, I'd rather be safe than sorry. I have some great contractors here who would give you a good answer!

Dec 12, 2018 11:59 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Realtor Top 1%

I'm sure you do, Nina, and all of their answers would conflict with each other!

Dec 12, 2018 03:35 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Realtor Top 1%
RE/MAX Gold - Sacramento, CA
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Debb Janes EcoBroker and Bernie Stea JD To bury the brackets, this is what I did:

Dec 12, 2018 03:34 PM
Debb Janes EcoBroker and Bernie Stea JD

Thanks for sharing this, I love this idea as I'm not a fan of seeing the brackets. 

Dec 13, 2018 07:32 AM
Myrl Jeffcoat
GreatWest Realty - Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Real Estate Agent

I think your decision to be safe rather than sorry was a good one, Elizabeth.  

Dec 13, 2018 12:49 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Elizabeth, I definitely had supports with my previous house for the quartz counters.   Don't want to take a chance.   They were not very noticeable, as they were more in the center, not on the ends.

Dec 13, 2018 07:55 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Realtor Top 1%

I think yours were L-shaped and not flat and buried.

Dec 13, 2018 09:10 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Realtor Top 1%
RE/MAX Gold - Sacramento, CA
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Debb Janes EcoBroker and Bernie Stea JD The countertop installers had never heard of these support braces. I had to find a place to buy them and pick them up.

Dec 13, 2018 09:09 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Realtor Top 1%
RE/MAX Gold - Sacramento, CA
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Myrl Jeffcoat While there are times I don't mind being sorry if I'm wrong, this is not one of them.

Dec 13, 2018 09:10 AM
Kathy Streib
Room Service Home Staging - Delray Beach, FL
Home Stager - Palm Beach County,FL -561-914-6224

Hi Elizabeth- after reading this I'd have to say that you've done this a time or two!!!!!

Dec 13, 2018 04:35 PM
Francine Viola
Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Olympia WA - Olympia, WA
REALTOR®, In Tune with your Real Estate Needs

I can see the conflict in the responses just here.  I have been told that Quartz countertops do not need supports but granite does needs supports.

Dec 13, 2018 07:04 PM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Realtor Top 1%
RE/MAX Gold - Sacramento, CA
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Francine Viola That is preposterous. Here is from Sciencing.com:

granite weighs in at 19 pounds per square foot. Because its density is about the same, a foot-square slab of quartz of the same thickness will have the same weight.

Dec 13, 2018 08:10 PM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster REALTORS®, Gainesville, VA - Bristow, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

You certainly did your due diligence in ferreting out an answer that left you with peace of mind, and worked aesthetically.

Dec 15, 2018 10:11 AM