Quartz & Granite Countertops in Dallas, TX

Quartz & Granite Countertops in Dallas, TX

Quartz and granite countertops in Dallas typically run $55 to $140 per square foot installed, with most kitchens landing between $3,200 and $6,800 all-in, including tear-out, fabrication, and installation. Quartz runs more predictable on pricing because it’s engineered; granite varies more because each slab is quarried, not made. Mason Remodeling Co Dallas handles the full job: template, fabrication, removal of the old top, and installation of the new one, with a written price before any work starts. If you’re planning a full Kitchen Remodeling in Dallas project, countertops are usually the centerpiece decision, so we’ll walk you through slab selection, edge profiles, and sink mounting without the showroom pressure.

We’re part of the Threshold Group family of home-service companies, and we’ve been doing this work since 2004. Isaac Pruett runs Mason Remodeling Co Dallas. Call (432) 302-8761 to talk through your project, or keep reading if you want the full picture first.

Key Takeaways

• Installed cost in Dallas: $55 – $140/sq ft, with most kitchens at $3,200 – $6,800 total.
• Quartz vs. granite: quartz is non-porous and doesn’t need sealing; granite is natural stone and needs sealing once or twice a year.
• Timeline: template to install usually takes 1 – 2 weeks, depending on slab availability.
• Who shows up: name and photo sent before the visit, photo ID badge at the door, clean marked uniform.
• Written price before work starts: always, on every project, no exceptions.
• 365-Day Done Right Promise: if it’s not right within a year of completion, we make it right at no cost.

Why Dallas Homeowners Choose Quartz or Granite

Dallas kitchens deal with heat, hard water, and a lot of daily use. Granite holds up beautifully to hot pans straight off the burner. Quartz resists staining from red wine, coffee, and cooking oil without ever needing a sealer. Both add real resale value in the Dallas market, where buyers expect stone counters in any updated kitchen. What matters more than the material choice is the fabrication and installation behind it. A poorly cut seam or an unlevel cabinet base will make even the most expensive slab look wrong.

We’ve torn out counters in Lakewood, Lake Highlands, and Preston Hollow where the original install was never properly shimmed, so the stone sat under stress for years before cracking. That’s the kind of thing that doesn’t show up in a showroom photo. We check cabinet level before we ever template, because a slab can’t fix a crooked base.

Quartz brands like Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone give us consistent color matching and warranty backing. For granite, we source from Dallas slab yards so you can walk the lot, see the exact stone you’re buying, and touch the surface before you commit. In the Dallas market, stone selection on the north side of town (Addison, Richardson, Plano) trends toward lighter quartz tones, while older homes in East Dallas and Oak Cliff more often go with honed or leathered granite for a less glossy look.

When You Need Quartz & Granite Countertops

Sometimes the sign is obvious. Sometimes it’s a slow build of small annoyances. Here’s what we see most in Dallas homes:

• Chipped edges or cracked corners. In Dallas slab-built homes from the 1980s and 1990s, original laminate or tile counters are often at the end of their life. A cracked corner on a tile countertop can catch water and wick it into the sub-counter, creating a bigger problem.
• Stains that won’t come out. If you’re bleaching or scrubbing a laminate top and the stain still shows, that’s a sealed surface breaking down. Stone doesn’t have that failure mode.
• You’re replacing a sink or cooktop. New sink or cooktop dimensions often don’t match the existing cutout. Rather than patch laminate, most Dallas homeowners upgrade the whole top to stone at that point.
• Selling in the next 2 – 3 years. In Dallas, stone counters are table stakes for a mid-range or higher listing. Buyers notice the difference immediately during showings.
• Expanding or reconfiguring the kitchen. A peninsula-to-island change, a new cabinet run, or moving the range all mean new counters. Stone lets you seam long runs cleanly in ways tile and laminate can’t match.
• The existing seams are failing. In older Dallas remodels, we regularly see caulk-filled seams that have separated and become a hygiene problem. Food debris gets in there, and it’s not cleanable.

Our Quartz & Granite Countertops Process

This is how the job works, start to finish, when you hire Mason Remodeling Co Dallas.

1. Call and talk to a person. You call (432) 302-8761. A live person answers, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays. No phone tree. We ask about your kitchen, your timeline, and what you’re replacing.
2. In-home measurement and consultation. We come out, look at the existing counters, check cabinet level, and talk through material options. Before this visit, you get the technician’s name and photo. At the door, they show a photo ID badge and arrive in a clean marked uniform. That’s the Threshold Standard, and it applies to every crew member we send.
3. Slab selection. For granite, you’ll visit a Dallas slab yard and pick the exact stone. For quartz, we provide samples from Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone to match against your cabinets and flooring at home under your actual lighting.
4. Written price before any work starts. We write up the full scope: tear-out, disposal, fabrication, edge profile, sink cutout, faucet holes, installation, and sealing if it’s granite. You get that price in writing. It does not change unless the scope changes and you approve it in writing first. No surprise invoices, ever.
5. Template and fabrication. We use a digital template to capture the exact dimensions of your cabinets. The slab is cut, polished, and seamed offsite. Typical turnaround in Dallas is one to two weeks, depending on whether the slab is in stock locally or needs to be ordered.
6. Installation and cleanup. We remove the old counters, set the new stone, seam it, mount the sink, and hook up the plumbing. We haul away all debris. We wipe down the stone and walk you through what was installed. If it’s granite, we seal it that day and explain the resealing schedule.

Every job carries our 365-Day Done Right Promise. If anything about the installation is not right within 365 days of the completion date, we return and make it right at no cost to you. That’s written into the guarantee language, with the coverage terms clearly stated. You’ll see exactly what’s covered, what’s excluded, and for how long before you ever sign anything.

Quartz & Granite Countertops Pricing in Dallas

Dallas stone countertop pricing falls into three tiers. Here’s what you should budget:

Item	Typical Dallas Range
Granite (mid-range, installed)	$55 – $90 per sq ft
Quartz (mid-range, installed)	$65 – $110 per sq ft
Premium quartz (Cambria, Caesarstone, Silestone)	$90 – $140 per sq ft
Tear-out and disposal of old counters	$300 – $700
Standard edge profile (eased, pencil)	Included
Upgraded edge (bullnose, ogee, waterfall)	$8 – $25 per linear ft
Sink cutout and mounting	$150 – $350
Faucet hole drilling	$25 – $75
Granite sealing (first application)	Included
Full kitchen, average Dallas size (~45 – 55 sq ft)	$3,200 – $6,800

What moves the price:

• Slab choice. Exotic granite from Brazil or India costs more than domestic or common-import stone. Quartz pricing moves with brand and color tier.
• Number of seams. An L-shaped kitchen with a sink run and an island will need at least one or two seams. Fewer seams on a simple galley keeps labor and waste down.
• Edge profile. A simple eased edge is included. Ogee, bullnose, or waterfall edges add fabrication time and material.
• Backsplash. Whether you’re doing a short stone backsplash (4 – 6 inches) or full-height stone behind the range changes material count significantly.
• Cabinet condition. If your cabinets are out of level, we may need to shim or reinforce before templating. That’s part of the written price we’ll give you, not a surprise add-on later.

We give free estimates. Call (432) 302-8761, tell us your kitchen layout and what material you’re considering, and we’ll give you a real number range before we ever schedule a visit.

Quartz vs. Granite in Dallas: What Actually Matters

The quartz-versus-granite debate gets overwrought. Here’s the practical breakdown for Dallas kitchens:

Quartz

Engineered stone, about 90% ground quartz bound with resin. Non-porous, so it never needs sealing and won’t harbor bacteria in surface pores. Dallas water and humidity don’t affect it. Color is consistent from slab to slab, which matters if you’re matching a specific cabinet finish. Downside: direct heat can scorch the resin, so you’ll want trivets for hot skillets. In practice, most people do that anyway.

Granite

Natural stone, quarried in huge blocks, cut into slabs, polished. It’s heat-proof, so hot pans straight off the burner are fine. Every slab is unique, which homeowners either love or find unpredictable. It needs sealing once or twice a year; we seal on install and show you how to check whether it’s time to reseal (sprinkle water, see if it beads).

For Dallas buyers concerned with resale, quartz currently dominates mid-range and upscale listings. Granite still reads as high-end when the stone is dramatic and the edge profile is clean. Both are fine choices. The install quality is the bigger variable, and that’s where we focus.

Dallas-Specific Considerations for Stone Countertops

A few things we deal with in Dallas more than other markets:

• Slab homes and foundation movement. Much of Dallas sits on expansive clay soil. Over years, foundation shifts can knock cabinets slightly out of level. We check cabinet level before template, and if there’s movement beyond what shims can correct, we’ll flag it before cutting stone. A stone top on a warped base will eventually crack at the seam or corner.
• Hard water. Dallas tap water is hard, which shows up as mineral spotting around faucets and sink edges. Quartz resists this better than granite because there’s no porosity for minerals to sit in. Granite needs more diligent wiping at the faucet base.
• Summer heat and slab yards. If you’re selecting granite in July, the slab yard is hot. Dress accordingly and bring a water bottle. We’ve templated in every weather condition Dallas throws at us.
• Historic districts. Homes in Swiss Avenue, M Streets, and Winnetka Heights historic districts sometimes have design guidelines that affect kitchen changes. If your home falls in one of those, we’ll note it during the consultation.

Who Comes to Your Home

We know this is the part of the process that matters most to Dallas homeowners, especially those home alone during the day, parents with young children, and older adults. Here’s exactly how it works:

• Before the visit: you receive the name and photo of the technician who will arrive. Not a generic logo, not a truck description. A name and a face.
• At the door: the technician shows a photo ID badge and is wearing a clean marked uniform that identifies them as Mason Remodeling Co Dallas.
• Every crew member is background-checked and identity-verified. This is the Threshold Standard: a named, verified process, not a loose promise. It’s how the Threshold Group has operated across every brand since 2004.
• One live number, always answered. Call (432) 302-8761 at 2 a.m. on a Sunday and a person picks up. That’s a Mason Remodeling policy, not a phone-system feature.

We never send a sub we haven’t vetted personally. The person who templates your counters may be the same person who installs them, or we’ll introduce you to the fabricator by name and photo before the slab is cut.

Materials We Recommend and Why

We carry specification-grade material partnerships, which means we’re not pulling from liquidation lots. For quartz, we work with Cambria, Silestone, and Caesarstone. These brands maintain consistent color lots, which matters if you need a matching replacement slab down the line. They also stand behind their products with written warranties we can hand you before you buy.

For granite, we recommend buying from Dallas slab yards where you can walk the lot and pick the exact slab. Not “a Blizzard White” but that Blizzard White, the one with the specific veining you liked. Granite is a natural material. Photos lie. Touching the stone in person matters.

For cabinets paired with your new counters, our Kitchen Remodeling in Dallas work often uses KraftMaid and Wellborn, which gives us predictable cabinet box dimensions. A knife-edge quartz counter on a KraftMaid box with a full-overlay door will sit flush and clean every time because we know the exact tolerances from years of pairing those lines.

Windows matter less for countertops, but since we’re a full-service remodeler, we’ve also installed ES Windows and ECO Window Systems in Dallas kitchens where the counters run beneath a garden window or a pass-through. When stone meets glass, the reveal matters. We template for that.

How Long Installation Takes

From template to completed install, plan on one to two weeks for most Dallas kitchens. Here’s the typical flow:

• Day 1: In-home measurement and consultation. We confirm material, edge profile, sink type, and faucet layout.
• Days 2 – 3: Slab selection (granite) or sample approval (quartz). You’re not buying sight unseen.
• Days 3 – 5: Digital template. We capture cabinet dimensions, overhang specs, and seam placement.
• Days 5 – 10: Fabrication. The slab is cut, polished, and seamed at the fabricator’s Dallas facility.
• Day 10 – 14: Installation. Tear-out of the old top, stone set, sink mounted, plumbing hooked up, area cleaned, debris hauled.

If you’re doing a full Kitchen Remodeling with new cabinets, the countertop install slots in after cabinets are set and level. We sequence it so you’re not without a sink for more than a day or two.

Common Installation Problems We Fix

We get called out to Dallas homes where another installer got it wrong. The most common issues, and what we do about them:

• Uneven seams. A seam that catches your fingernail or has visible lippage means the installer didn’t shim properly. We pull the affected slab, re-level, and re-seam.
• Unsupported overhang. A 12-inch overhang on a peninsula needs corbels or steel brackets. Without them, the stone will start to sag and eventually crack. We spec the support before the slab is cut.
• Poorly cut sink openings. If the cutout is rough, the undermount sink won’t sit flush, water pools, and the seal fails. We template sink cutouts from the actual sink, not the spec sheet.
• Caulked, not seamed. Some installers caulk a seam gap instead of using color-matched epoxy. Over time the caulk separates, food debris collects, and the seam reads as a black line. We re-seam properly.

If someone else installed your counters and any of these problems show up, we’re glad to take a look. A free second opinion beats living with a seam that draws your eye every time you walk into the kitchen.

Safety Note: Stone is Heavy

A full kitchen’s worth of quartz or granite can weigh 600 to 900 pounds. This is not a DIY-friendly material. Even removing an old stone top without the right equipment risks crushing injuries, cabinet damage, and floor cracks. We bring suction cups, dollies, and enough crew to handle the weight safely. If you’re replacing stone with stone, call someone who does this weekly, not a general handyman who does it occasionally.

FAQs – Quartz & Granite Countertops

How much do quartz countertops cost in Dallas?

Quartz countertops in Dallas typically cost $65 to $140 per square foot installed, with mid-range kitchens averaging $4,000 to $6,000 for 45 – 55 square feet. The final number depends on brand tier, edge profile, sink cutout, and whether you’re replacing existing counters or starting fresh. Call (432) 302-8761 for a written estimate on your specific kitchen; it’s free and takes one conversation.

Is quartz or granite better for a Dallas kitchen?

For most Dallas homeowners, quartz is the lower-maintenance choice because it’s non-porous and never needs sealing, while granite is the better choice if you want a one-of-a-kind natural pattern and don’t mind resealing it yearly. Both hold up well to Dallas heat and hard water if fabricated and installed correctly. Tell us how you cook and how often you entertain, and we’ll steer you to the right one.

How long does countertop installation take?

Countertop installation in Dallas usually takes one to two weeks from template to completed install. Day one is measurement and consultation, then slab selection, digital template, fabrication, and finally a single-day install where we tear out the old top, set the new stone, mount the sink, and haul away debris. If your slab is in stock locally, it trends faster.

Do you give written estimates before starting?

Yes, a written price is delivered before any work begins on every Mason Remodeling Co Dallas project, with no exceptions and no verbal estimates that grow on the final bill. The only way the price changes is if the scope changes and you approve the change in writing first. Call (432) 302-8761 to get your written number.

Is it cheaper to repair or replace countertops?

If the damage is a single small chip or scratch, repair is cheaper; if the counter is cracked at a seam, has multiple chips, or is a laminate top with edge failure, replacement is the better long-term value in Dallas, because patched stone always reads as patched. For granite and quartz, a pro can fill a small chip for a few hundred dollars and you’ll stop noticing it. A seam that has separated needs re-seaming, not just caulking; call us and we’ll tell you honestly which route makes sense for your specific top.

Can you come to my house today?

In many cases, yes. We keep same-day availability for consultations across Dallas, and a live person answers (432) 302-8761 around the clock, so call and we’ll tell you exactly when we can get someone to your door. No call trees, no waiting until Monday.

Why Dallas Homeowners Call Mason Remodeling Co Dallas

Dallas has no shortage of countertop installers. What separates the good ones from the ones you regret is what happens before the stone is cut and after the install is done. We wrote our name into the business: Mason. It means careful, lasting building. That’s the bar we work to.

Founded in 2004, Mason Remodeling has spent two decades building kitchens, baths, and whole-home remodels across the Dallas market. We’re part of the Threshold Group, which means every crew member operates under the Threshold Standard: background-checked, identity-verified, uniformed, badged, and introduced to you by name and photo before they ever ring the bell. You’ll never open the door to a stranger on our watch.

Our 365-Day Done Right Promise applies to every countertop install we complete. If it’s not right within a year of completion, we make it right at no cost to you. No dispute process, no conditions, no arguments. That’s the guarantee, in writing, on every job.

Call (432) 302-8761 for a free estimate on quartz or granite countertops in Dallas. A live person answers, day or night. You’ll get a straight answer, a real price range, and the name of whoever will show up at your door.

Written by Isaac Pruett, Owner at Mason Remodeling Co Dallas, serving Dallas.