It's not good. It's excellent. Nearly don't get any better.

A++

Im curious as to what the people on HOUZZ think of seams. Everyone's expectations are different and I am just trying to get a feel of some.

If you have more than 8 feet length of countertop in a single run, it's pretty much impossible to not have a seam with granite because that's the typical length of a slab (typically ~100", some longer). They are a necessary evil with real stone, and don't look bad if properly done (like your picture).

Whoever votes "bad" on this poll should have to provide a comment to explain themselves. That seam is fantastically executed. That granite has a lot of pattern to it so it would be very hard to match that well, so good work to whomever did that.

Thank you. This is a seam that came from my facility.

I too am curious as to why people think it is "bad". Maybe because of the movement of the stone?

I have been in the countertop / stone business for over 15 years and this might not be perfect but damn near close to it! Great job!!!

Houzz is full of $1 budget Princessesses desperately looking for that pea under 1001 mattresses.

It's good for the natural stone industry that the bar has been raised for the quality of seams, however, fabricators must set proper expectations. Too often consumers think a wild movement stone is somehow supposed to seam as well as a small particulate Corian. Not happening. They are fabricators, not magicians. Any fabricator who does not drill that into the skull of his customer deserves the ensuing trouble.

I am FAR from an expert on stone. I don't even like stone with lots of movement. Yet, the only thing I could think when I saw this was "What seam...? Oh. OHHHH!!! How the heck did they DO that!??!?"

Superb job!

One a scale from 1 to 10...this is an twelve!

Great seam! I had to look twice to find it. I agree with Sophie, post a thread with good seams and can they make that a sticky?

That sounds like a great idea!!! I will do it now!

[Seam Thread[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/super-thread-on-countertop-seams-dsvw-vd~5296909)

I think the color of the seam could be better, less noticeable.

The pattern match is good.

This is a bad one

seems like the fabricator did not have enough slabs to ensure proper flow

Very sad!

I guess I’m no expert and could have done better but my guess is at least part of the problem is they didn’t cut them the way we laid them out.

Well it's hard to tell which of the sections are seamed in your counter pic. It appears that the slabs are either not in continuous slab numbers as the veining should not shift that dramatically from one to the next slab or even from different lots.

Also, if the bar counter (assuming the long rectangle below the large L-shape) would have been cut from a different slab the seam of the L-piece could have been moved downwards to move the same in the 'calmer' area which is then easier to match.....

Just my thoughts... but please keep in mind that the seam is not BAD per say and I have seen worse in over 20 years.

Ben, there is nothing wrong with your above-pictured seam. It's clearly within industry standards. You picked a stone with lots of movement and are expecting magic and miracles from your fabricator.

The seam would have been the small part of the L from the top piece of pic 2 (seam left) and the top of the far right piece of pic 3(seam right) Doesn’t look like the same layout to me. If one is going to alter the layout after the customer has approved it, the customer should be notified.

My primary objection is the dramatic(at least to me) shift from cool tones on the left to warm tones on the right in the middle of a seam.