Quartz, engineered with ground quartz, polymer resins, and pigments, is also the favorite countertop material in home renovations, according to the 2025 U.S. Houzz Kitchen Trends Study that found ...

Interior designer Emily Henderson doesn't agree with using engineered stone countertops in some homes. Learn how to decide if they are right for your property.

Consumer Reports looks at the best countertops for bathroom vanity based on our tests of over a dozen countertops, from laminate to limestone. Only a handful are good enough for your bathroom vanity.

Irreversible lung disease has started to show up among young workers who cut, grind and polish countertops made of increasingly popular "engineered" stone. The material is more than 90% silica.

From morning to evening, six days a week, Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez spent his days cutting engineered stone, a man-made product that has become a popular choice for kitchen and bathroom countertops.

So far, 19 countertop workers in the U.S. are known to have developed severe lung disease after cutting engineered stone along with other stone; two of them died of their illness, and others have ...

QA basket left a stain on my “engineered marble” bathroom counter. The counter was installed in 1974, and the manufacturer no longer exists. I tried, without success, to remove it with a ...

Olive Glass & Marble is a family owned and operated business on Robeson ... “We are a fabricator and installer of natural stone and engineered quartz stone for kitchen and bathroom countertops.