Does my kitchen worktops look properly fitted or aibu?

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Kitchen fit nearly complete but this is making me feel uneasy
Aibu?

Not brilliant. What’s it made out of? And who fitted it?

I am not an expert but it doesn’t look good does it?

The marble effect isn't the same where the pieces meet so it looks a bit haphazard.

No YANBU it looks terrible! I don’t have granite tops but if I did, I think I would want the marbling to go in one direction. The joint is really visible too.

It does look a bit messy where the cure of the top is but it's difficult to make an almost seamless joint in a light coloured worktop.

Ours are black and you can' see the join.

Unfortunately, there's no saying they would do any better with another try.

Many years ago I did a spell fitting kitchens for a company. I'm an Electrician by trade and an avid DIY-er and slowly got more and more involved in the rest of the works. Getting good joint even when your've made sure the biscuits in the joint are correct and the joining bolt is aligned straight it's still difficult.

Depends if you can live with it?

No, that's shit.

curve not cure

Agree with pp. Also why isn’t the cut straight? I don’t understand the need for the curve

I doubt you'd get the marbling to line up as it runs along the worktop so where it meets at 90 degrees will always be a bit of a mis-match

I wouldn’t be happy with this. Did they ask if you were happy about the marble running the opposite way? I wouldn’t be. The join isn’t good either. I suppose it depends on how much you paid and if they discussed with you.

Sorry,it looks awful.I would not accept that botch.the marble effect looks "against the grain" where it meets and the cut looks wonky.was it a professional who did this job?

No I definitely can't live with that, it's stressing me out looking at it because it's so obvious
Thanks for clarifying that it's awful and I'll be on the phone first thing tomorrow
I had so much going on when they'd done it I didn't really notice at first but now it's the first thing I see when I go in to the kitchen!

Where the curve is - as a pp said - it looks a bit ropey. Not shit, but a bit ropey. If my DH or dad had done it, I would be OK with it I guess, but this is not really acceptable for a professional job tbh.

When you discussed the worktop there should have been a discussion about the joins. It costs more to have them mitred into the corners - and that's probably what you were expecting.

Have a chat with them, but it would mean replacing most, if not all, of it.

@LazyDoll

Agree with pp. Also why isn’t the cut straight? I don’t understand the need for the curve

You need the curve, there isnt anyway it would fit otherwise, you cant do a straight line, it just wouldn't work, unless you know how to do it? If its a laminate top, then they use a jig to cut it

Nope - I wouldn't be happy with that at all. Why does there have to be a join there at all? Couldn't they cut it out of the one piece and to fit the area required? There was no attempt at even making the grain in the surface flow the same way. Really poorly done.

Yes the curve is normal, all corner joins I have ever seen are curved like that.

It looks like whatever did the cut wasn’t sharp, typical ragged edges you get when a blade gets blunt. Personally I could live with that though, just looks a bit scrappy when you look closely.

You shouldn’t need joins unless you’re using granite and have a really large space to cover. The fact that they gave them to you in such a small space suggests they’re probably using offcuts from someone else’s kitchen. I’d be raising hell about this.

Two issues, the quality of the joint and the odd decision to orient the two pieces of the joints in different 'marble flow' directions. I would not accept the latter approach.

Is this marble or laminate ?

It's shocking!
Hope you can get it sorted out.

They don't look the same level. Can you feel a ridge when you run your hand over the join? Or is it the glue that's visible?

It looks terrible but everything can be sorted. Have they been paid already? You will have more control of the situation if they haven't.

I wouldn't accept that. If it does have to have a join, the marble effect should at least be matched up to run in the same direction. Was it pre-cut by the supplier or by the fitter? If it's latter, you'll have more recourse because they shouldn't have sent such a shoddy match. If it's the fitter, it's trickier, because you might have to get them to cover the cost of a new worktop if they can't salvage it.

Awful, should be one piece