Our kitchen gets strong afternoon sun. Does that rule anything out?

Some quartz lines, yes. Prolonged UV can discolour them, and unlike stone it cannot be polished back. On a strongly sun-exposed Kitisuru run we would specify granite, marble or terrazzo, or a quartz line with a documented UV rating, not simply the colour you liked.

Can a big top be carried down to the kitchen?

Usually, with enough people and on edge. What decides it is the stair: the turn, the headroom and whether the piece can be rotated at the half-landing. We survey it before cutting, because the piece size has to suit the staircase rather than just the doorway.

Plumber in Kitisuru, Nairobi

We cover Kitisuru including New Kitisuru, Lower Kabete, Kyuna, Loresho, Loresho Ridge, Spring Valley, Thigiri. Off Lower Kabete Road and Peponi Road. Driveway gradient decides the vehicle, so slabs arrive in fewer pieces per trip.

What is different about plumbing in Kitisuru

Kitisuru's steep driveways off Lower Kabete Road rule out a slab truck, so tops arrive on a smaller vehicle in fewer pieces per trip.
Valley-side New Kitisuru kitchens take strong afternoon sun through large glazing, which rules out the quartz lines prone to UV discolouration.
Split-level Kitisuru houses put the kitchen below the entrance, so a large top is carried down stairs on edge rather than wheeled along.

Countertops in Kitisuru

Kitisuru gives us generous kitchens at the end of difficult approaches, frequently a floor below the front door. Nearly everything distinctive here is about getting the stone to the room intact.

The driveway decides the vehicle

Steep, tightly turned private drives rule out the slab truck we would normally use. Tops come on a smaller vehicle, which means fewer pieces per trip and more trips.

We price that openly rather than absorbing it, and we survey the drive before quoting. A vehicle that cannot turn at the top is a considerably worse outcome than an extra journey.

Stairs, not doorways

On a valley-side house the kitchen is often below the entrance, so a large top is carried down rather than along. The staircase then sets the maximum piece size: the turn, the headroom and whether the slab can be rotated at the half-landing.

That constraint is frequently tighter than the doorway, and it is the one people forget. We measure the stair, not just the door.

Sun

The large glazing these houses were built for puts strong direct afternoon light onto worktops. Some engineered quartz lines discolour under prolonged UV, and unlike natural stone the change cannot be polished out.

On a strongly sun-exposed run we specify granite, marble or terrazzo, or a quartz line with a documented UV rating. It is a specification conversation that has to happen before the colour is chosen, not after.

What we are usually called out for in Kitisuru

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. Marble countertops Marble for those who want it, with a frank account of etching, staining and where it belongs. Vanity tops Bathroom vanity tops in stone, quartz or terrazzo, with basin cutouts made in the workshop.

Landmarks we work around here: Lower Kabete Road, Peponi Road, Loresho shopping centre, Kitisuru Ridge. See what countertops cost.