Granite is the hardest natural material you can choose for your countertop so you d expect cutting it to be more challenging than cutting other materials.
Cutting granite countertop for cooktop.
Need opening on granite counter cut larger for new cooktop i need to replace my glass cooktop that broke.
If you need to remodel your home granite is a great choice for a durable but appealing countertop.
While that s true to some extent the procedure and tools you use to cut granite aren t more sophisticated than those you use to cut other hard materials.
As long as you have a template of the larger cooktop all that s required to create the new opening is a circular saw and a power sander.
After many years in the countertop industry we ve come across many homeowners asking if their granite countertop can be cut or modified to fit their new cooktop fridge or new sink.
All the new cooktop models available even the 30 size that my old cooktop supposedly is require the rough opening in the countertop to be about 1 2 to 1 larger on each side than the existing hole in my granite counter.
Increasing the size of your cooktop cutout in a granite slab countertop requires the same cutting process used to create the original cutout.
How to cut granite countertops.