What happens to the units when the old top comes off?

Thin developer tops are often bonded down hard, and lifting one can tear the carcass top. We check before quoting and price any making-good, because a top cannot be templated onto a damaged or uneven carcass.

Why can you not template before the units are in?

Because stone is not adjustable. We template onto the levelled carcasses, so the top matches the room as built. Anyone templating from a kitchen drawing is guessing, and a 5mm error in stone is a permanent gap.

Plumber in Kileleshwa, Nairobi

We cover Kileleshwa including Othaya Road, Laikipia Road, Gatundu Road, Mandera Road, Siaya Road, Kandara Road, Ring Road Kileleshwa. Off Ring Road Kileleshwa and Gitanga Road. Old tops generate heavy waste, so disposal is arranged with the caretaker.

What is different about plumbing in Kileleshwa

Kileleshwa developer apartments hand over with a thin worktop that owners replace, and lifting it frequently damages the carcass tops underneath.
Blocks on Laikipia Road set units before the worktop is chosen, so templating waits until those carcasses have been levelled properly.
Compact Gatundu Road kitchens yield several tops from one slab, so we plan the cutting to put the offcut onto a vanity.

Countertops in Kileleshwa

Kileleshwa is almost all recent apartments, most handed over with a worktop already fitted. So the work here is replacement, and replacement has its own sequence.

What the old top takes with it

Builder-grade tops are frequently bonded down hard. Lifting one can tear the carcass top beneath, and a new stone worktop cannot be templated onto a damaged or uneven base.

We check that before quoting and price the making-good, because the alternative is discovering it with the old top already off and the kitchen unusable.

Level first, template second

Templating happens after the carcasses are in and levelled: never from a drawing, never before. Stone has no tolerance: a top cut to a plan and fitted to a room that differs by a few millimetres leaves a permanent gap or a rocking top.

That means a return visit between levelling and installation. It is not padding; it is the only sequence that works.

Offcuts

Compact Kileleshwa kitchens use well under a full slab. We plan cutting so the remainder becomes a vanity top or a set of upstands in the same stone rather than being written off.

On a small job that is a meaningful proportion of the price, and it also gives you a matching bathroom top for very little extra.

What we are usually called out for in Kileleshwa

Granite countertops Granite templated on site, cut and polished in our workshop, and sealed before handover. Quartz countertops Engineered quartz: non-porous, consistent and sealing-free, at a premium over granite. Vanity tops Bathroom vanity tops in stone, quartz or terrazzo, with basin cutouts made in the workshop. Repair, resealing and polishing Chips, etching, dull patches and staining: most of it fixable in place, without replacing the top.

Landmarks we work around here: Kirichwa Road, Ring Road Kileleshwa, Gitanga Road, Kileleshwa shopping centre. See what countertops cost.