[RLW]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

did an excellent job on a neighbor's countertop. They replace an old formica top with engineered stone. They recomend the engineered stone over marble or granite. As it is extremely low maintenence. No sealing required.

I agree with the above suggestion, however using either Lowe's and/or Home depot one never knows who will be doing the install. You may get someone that does an excellent job and the next person gets a contractor that does an awful job. Both places hires sub-contractors to do all there work and one can be real super and the rest do an awful job. That's just my 2¢ from past experience.