Stone repair
Stone benchtop repair
Caesarstone chips, granite cracks, marble scratches.
A chipped Caesarstone benchtop almost never needs replacing. Send us a photo and we'll come back with a quote.
What we repair
- Sink-lip chips (the most common Caesarstone fail mode)
- Hairline cracks at cooktop cutouts (heat shock)
- Acid etch and stain rings (lemon, oil, wine, coffee)
- Caesarstone, Smartstone, Quantum Quartz, marble, granite
- Burn marks and heat scorching
Watch a repair
A chip or crack ground back, filled, and polished on site. No replacement, no renovation.
Recent stone repairs
Stone · Melbourne
Chip on a dark stone benchtop edge. Filled, colour-matched, and polished flat in one visit.
Stone · Melbourne
A second chip on the same dark stone bench. Built back level and buffed to match the finish.
Stone · Melbourne
Chip on the edge of a cafe stone counter. Repaired on site so the counter stayed in service.
Stone · Melbourne
Heat mark burned into an engineered stone benchtop. Ground back, refilled, and polished until the scorch was gone.
Stone · Melbourne
Chip on the edge of a white stone benchtop by the sink. Filled, colour-matched, and polished flush.
Stone · Melbourne
A second chip in an engineered stone benchtop. Built back up, levelled, and buffed into the finish.
Stone · Melbourne
Crack running across an engineered stone benchtop. Stabilised, filled, and polished back to one surface.
Stone · Melbourne
A cracked engineered stone benchtop. Repaired in place and polished so the join reads as one piece.
How the job runs
- 01
Photo and quote
You send 2 to 3 photos: a wide shot of the bench, a close-up of the damage, and one with a coin or finger for scale. We reply with a fixed quote within 24 hours.
- 02
Site visit
Technician arrives, confirms the stone type, and checks the chip depth and edge profile. If the damage is different from the photos (a deeper void, or secondary cracks), the technician tells you before any work starts.
- 03
Repair
Most sink-lip and edge chips: 60 to 90 minutes onsite. We colour-match the resin to the stone, fill the void in feathered passes, then hand-polish to match the surrounding finish.
- 04
Cure and done
Stone repairs cure within 2 hours under normal kitchen conditions. We send aftercare instructions (avoid acidic spills directly on the repair for 24 hours) and a reminder when the cure window closes.
Repair vs replace
Replace
Repair
Time onsite
1 to 2 days
1 to 2 hours
Kitchen downtime
1 to 3 weeks (template + fabricate)
Same day
Cost order
Thousands to tens of thousands
Hundreds
Mess
Rip out, re-plumb, re-fit
Dust sheet, vacuum
Repair or replace?
We do not push a repair when a replacement is the right call. Here is how Ben reads it before quoting.
Repair makes sense when
- Chips on the edge, sink lip, or cooktop cutout
- Hairline cracks that have not spread across the slab
- Etch marks, stain rings, or burn marks on the surface
- A single damaged spot on a benchtop you otherwise like
Replacement is the honest call when
- A crack runs the full width and the slab has shifted
- The stone is delaminating from the substrate
- You are changing the kitchen layout and the bench has to move
Not sure which one you have? Send a photo. If it cannot be repaired, we will tell you, and point you to the right trade.
Frequently asked questions
Got a stone benchtop repair job?
Stone benchtop repair across all of Victoria. Send a photo, quote back within 24 hours.